The Morning Routine
Time is a strange thing, isn’t it? Somehow we can feel like we have so much of it and at the same time, too little. But who controls who? I know—especially in a world that’s becoming more and more entrepreneurial—that no one will put structure to my day besides me. A career as an entrepreneur […]
Creativity: The Creative Process
We’ve been talking a lot about how to be more creative, good creative habits, and creative exercises. So what comes next? Now it’s time to generate the actual ideas and start your hard work to see them come to fruition. It’s time to really create! James Taylor—an internationally recognized leader in creativity and innovation—has broken down the creative process […]
5 Steps for Creating a Culture of Values
It’s hard enough to create personal values, much less values for your business. As a Christian business, we’ve faced the challenge of marrying our personal values as a leadership team with what the values should be as a business. Two years later, I can say that I am proud of the approach we took as […]
Design Thinking: A New Approach to Problem-Solving
If you’ve never heard of design thinking before, the same questions I first had might also be running through your mind right now. Design thinking isn’t only for designers as the name might suggest. Rather, it’s a creative approach to problem-solving that uses the strategies a designer would pull from their mind’s arsenal during the […]
5 New Year’s Resolutions to Strengthen Your Mind
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. True or false? If you’re talking about my stubborn maltipoo, then I’ll go ahead and say true. When it comes to people, though, I think it’s all about your mentality: fixed mindset vs growth mindset. It’s never too late to make positive changes, never too late to learn […]
What makes Good Friday ‘Good’?
To understand Christianity a bit; the foundation of the Christian faith is built upon the Gospel, also called the good news. To know how good something truly is, you also have to understand the bad. And in this case, the bad news is that we are all sinners under condemnation. Well, that seems harsh. Don’t worry; […]
Creativity: Good Habits of Creative People
Creativity is a huge part of what we do here at Red Door. It’s an essential element especially for our game designers, just as it will be for those of you trying to win that $1,000 grand prize from our Design Your Own Escape Room campaign! When you start thinking about how to design your own escape room, […]
Brain Food: 10 Foods that Help You Think
Ah, the New Year. Raise your hand if January 2018 marked your start of a healthy diet. Raise your hand if January’s not even over and you’re already struggling. One of the most common New Year’s Resolutions is to develop better eating habits, but it’s also one of the hardest to maintain. What’s up with that? […]
Gratitude Over Entitlement
“We are constantly thankful for the gifts we have been given and we show our thankfulness through our work. We work willingly and joyfully, tending never toiling.” This value was originally called “joy” but we believe that gratitude goes one level deeper—gratitude always leads to joy. We see in the Christian tradition, as well as many […]
Immersion and Sensory Stimulation
At the front of our game designers’ minds is a simple word: immersion. Our escape rooms seek to bring you into a new world, a task our designers do not take lightly. Immersion is the state of being deeply engaged, involved, or absorbed. You can think of it like being fully submerged in the ocean, […]
