The New Ideas Blog

I have written a lot about creativity in the business world. Innovations and inventions and ideas will always be interesting to me. But what about getting more creative in one’s everyday life? That’s what I’m going to write about today, and again soon. Consider this the first installment of my “Creative Life Series.”

For today’s post I want to suggest some new ways to provide yourself with housing. Some of you who are reading this already own a home and perhaps have no plans to move anytime soon. Others are perhaps renting and not sure if you want to buy. Let me start by saying that those are certainly not the only two options.

I once lived in a shed. Why? Because (more…)

I saw a study of happiness levels from around the world. Denmark was at the top of the list, but you might be surprised at how many countries with awful conditions were ahead of richer ones (The United States was number 23). Some may say that happiness can’t be measured, but the only real argument is about how accurate such measurements are. After all, anyone can think of people they know and confidently pick out one who is happier than another. That’s measurement.

Of course, as is typical with such studies, many (more…)