Comments on: A Letter to Daymond John: Robots Rise When Imagination Dies

By: rae longest

rae longest — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:28:25 +0000

This was a really thought-provoking post, and it did, indeed make me think. I would never consider anything that gave me pleasure: writing a blog; reading; watching TV, even mindless TV, a waste of time. Business-minded people are focused on the outcome–success, aka big bucks; Creative people are focused on the journey, not the final stop.

By: Joy Lennick

Joy Lennick — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 10:50:00 +0000

What a fascinating article, Kristen! I too bristle when individuals take it upon themselves (whoever they are and however bright…) to ASSUME so much about others. I love learning, even more so now I’m ancient (aware of ‘time’ being such a self-indulgent cannibal…). As a writer, the word eclectic applies as I write such varied ‘copy.’Being retired, I have the luxury of indulging in more reading but often watch television during the evening. If the mind is receptive and the subject matter on the box appealing, why not? All writers, surely,soak up their knowledge of life from many angles: from experiences along the path, travel, people met, books, films, AND television programmes. It is then up to individual writers to use their imaginations to interpret and make their knowledge as unique as they can.

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By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 01:58:41 +0000

In reply to Deborah. He is still amazing and Power of Broke is AMAZING. I'm sure he meant it that if people watch this stuff ALL THE TIME at the expense of their dreams, it is an issue. If I'd been his editor though I'd have had him rephrase it ;).

By: Patricia Robertson

Patricia Robertson — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 19:13:33 +0000

I often forget instructions and details, but I always remember good stories. Agree with Betty’s comments. As humans, we are hard-wired for stories!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 15:09:03 +0000

Great article! Daymond John sounds brilliant as an entrepreneur and motivational speaker, but experts can be wrong. I’ve learned heaps and heaps from watching television shows. Some of my best ideas have been triggered by shows that I wouldn’t even have considered watching in a million years. We need imagination to thrive.

By: Audrey Kalman

Audrey Kalman — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:03:55 +0000

I’m feeling those bees right along with you. Wow. I wonder what Daymond John has to say about the many new enterprises that have sprung up focused on corporate storytelling–i.e., how to harness the power of story to sharpen your connection to your audience/brand? It seems to me that the keenest entrepreneurs recognize the value of storytelling. They’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. Of course, “pure” entertainers (writers, screenwriters, poets, visual artists) don’t always reap the financial rewards. I’m also interested in how we can change the system to make the balance a bit more fair.

By: Gabriella L. Garlock

Gabriella L. Garlock — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:26:10 +0000

Knickers likewise-knotted. I’m so weary of the attack on liberal arts. So weary of defending my degrees in the humanities and love of books and the super-rich-have-you-right-where-they-want-you advice to push math and science in order to turn out drone employees and drone citizens to do their grunt work and make them richer.

I’m using this boulder on my shoulder as the main theme in my WIP. A lament on the loss of literacy and the strangely American notion that if it doesn’t immediately make you money it’s useless, nay, a drain on the rest of Americans. Intellects and experts are not to be trusted! Better home-school your kids. . .

Anyhow, here’s hoping the sublimation of my defining rant is successful, because I’m too old to haul around rocks this big.

Don’t mind those who look askance at your distant gaze. Odin saw more with his one eye than all the near-sighted, single-minded denizens in Midgard.

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By: Betty Bolte

Betty Bolte — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:53:48 +0000

I think what too many people don’t realize is that people learn from stories every day, whether they are written down or told at the water cooler at work. Thank goodness we don’t have to directly experience everything in order to learn how to protect ourselves, change a tire, find the perfect outfit, avoid a lengthy delay on the highway, or even make a new dish for our significant other. When one person tells another about their day, they’re telling a story that informs and educates as well as perhaps entertains. Have you read Lisa Cron’s “Wired for Story”? Very insightful!