Even if you could be exposed to every insight within that 8 to 16 hour timeframe, you'd most likely hit information overload and not be able to apply what you've learned. That's why it's important to take tools like audio programs, books and software back with you. Practical creativity develops and grows through ongoing repetition. Repetition breeds retention. Retention induces application.
Application leads to long-term change.
The workplace doesn't care that that you worked 80 hours last week or that it took ten years of mistakes to get it right. They don't care whether you found your answers through divine intervention, in a users manual or on the back of a cereal box. Your employers, employees and customers only care that you can be an effective communicator, coach and agent for change. We need to stop telling our employees to think outside the lines . We should be focusing first on the other essential skills such as becoming effective communicators, being consistent coaches , encouraging teamwork, improving morale, hiring the best people, firing dead wood, increasing profitability, and marketing our corporate mission .