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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

How to Stay Creative

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Creativity is a state of mind that always needs to be nurtured. It can blossom into something beyond your wildest imagination or wither into bitterness depending on how you care for it. In order to stay creative, one must be willing to constantly experience new things, hang around new people, and launch out into the unknown. One must also continue to fill his/her mind with fruitful information because this is food for the creative brain. We can't live free of every negative person (everyone is negative from time to time), but we can limit the amount of time we spend with such people. If you are able to do such, then do it. Continue to work on your ideas, your diligence in this will act as a creative lifeline. If you stop working on your ideas, they will began to collect dust and die all together. Us creative types get bored easily, so it is important to remember that. Instead of trying to move on to the next thing before you finish the current thing, expand upon the current and find a new way to work on it. This does two things. It keeps you focused and set to complete the current task as well as indulges your need to innovate and improve.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Greatness: Coincidence or Choice?

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Have you ever had one of those moments in life where you pause and ask yourself how did I get here? When I say "here", I am speaking of your current condition in life, positive or negative, heck, maybe both. When you mentally rewind all the events that have led up to your present, did you notice a trend? I am coming to find that greatness lies in ones will to improve, perfect, learn, master, study, risk, and grow day in and day out. I'm sure there are many other words that can be added into that mix, but these stand out the strongest to me personally. Greatness means (my personal definition) that you stand out from the crowd because of a unique set of character traits and skill sets that highly influence the lives of people who you come into contact with. I believe that greatness lies in every human being, but some chose to tap into it and others forfeit it. Sometimes great circumstances thrust people into becoming great and others take it up on themselves to find it within. What type of person are you?

Friday, June 4, 2010

How are you progressing in life?

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I often find myself so busy in the hustle and bustle of everyday life that I forget to reflect and re-evaluate how I'm progressing toward what is most important. I have discovered that life truly is a balancing act once you become an adult and there are many hats that you have to wear. It is wise to sit down somewhere quiet for about 20-45 minutes once a week or every other week (if you have A.D.D.like me, ha ha) and just think about your highest priorities. Think about how you are fairing in achieving/accomplishing what you set out for. If we are not careful, our lives will be based merely on putting out fires if we aren't proactively keeping our road map in front of us. When you take the time to reflect on "what you actually do" in your day as opposed to "what you think you do", you may find a stark contrast that reveals that you are off course. Or you may find that you are on course, but too many "other things" have gotten in the mix and they are slowing you down. Reflection allows you to make the necessary adjustments.