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Rejuvenate & Re-Fuel Your Inner Drive
I believe that as solo-entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives we all need a pat on the back. Give yourself commendation. Why? Because we have the courage to step outside of the corporate box and start our own businesses, be our own boss and take on the challenge and responsibilities required for this adventure. In order to even contemplate that step we must have had a vision, a dream and a passion to bring it to fruition. So commend yourself. Now, we're in business. We've been working our little brains out. We are dedicated to making our dream come true. But some time has passed and we may have exhausted ourselves of ideas, that passion that once used to drive us is fading and our never ending "to do list" is overshadowing our dreams. Do not be discouraged, we only need to refuel. Picture the never ending stair master at the gym. I know we all dread that machine, because it seems like you just keep climbing and there is no landing. But each step is a further progression. Each step brings us to a higher level. Perhaps by reading these strategies we can replenish our passion and reinvigorate our inner drive. So let's focus on a few ideas that I have found to be helpful. 1) Narrow Your Niche I know that as a woman, mother, wife, housekeeper, and a chef, solo-entrepreneur and so on, I tend to think that I can handle it all. Maybe not with grace, but I can accomplish a lot. I am a multi-tasker. We assume that if we can do so in our personal lives, the same should be true in our professional lives. No doubt, we can manage a lot. And as solo-entrepreneurs there are a lot of hats to wear. Business owners are in advertising, marketing, accounting, and so on. But when it comes to the services we offer we should consider "narrowing our niche". We may be more proficient in a particular area of our practice. By honing in on our skills in that area, we are creating a competitive edge, an area of expertise. You can position yourself as a leader in your own industry. Opposed to fitting in with a thousand of professionals offering the same service, we are now exposed to clientele as specializing in a certain skill. We can also appeal more specifically to a "target market". 2) Partnerships and Alliances Wouldn't you agree that we all need support? We need confirmation that we are heading in the right direction, a resource for assistance, or an honest opinion when we need advice. That's why it is essential to group ourselves together with a variety of individuals who are enlisted within a similar profession. It also increases our professional appearance to clients when we can refer them to an associate of ours who specializes in a particular area of expertise. (Hence the importance of "narrowing your niche"). There are many associations and links available to aid us in our endeavors. So make the connections needed and integrate yourself with a partner or an alliance and unite together with a support system. (E.g. become more involved with the community at www.solo-e.com/community/ where you will connect with individuals who are coming together to help you present yourself with the resources you need). 3) Maintaining Passion The word passion is described as: "enthusiasm, excitement, desire for a particular activity, or devotion to a cause". How do we maintain that enthusiastic approach? Focus on your core message. This is the innermost substance of your business. Maybe our business is a consulting firm. Why not focus on and think about how you are empowering other others to accomplish all that is needed of them by assisting them with your services and/or your products. Try focusing on the message that you are communicating to others and try to incorporate that in your everyday duties. For instance, the core message of my company is growth. Not only personal growth, but business growth and helping other businesses grow, expand, and develop. I try to allow clients to see the quality of my concern and I enjoy the opportunity I have to help them. When they become more productive and increase profits, I benefit too! My motto is "If you grow - I grow!" Another way to maintain your passion is to find similarities in your personal values and your business. All of us have a certain moral code. We all have things that are of particular importance to us and if we harmonize that connection between our work ethic and our personal ethics we will be passionate about what we do. Most of us appreciate sincerity from our family, friends and associates; by reflecting the same sincerity to others we are highlighting its importance to us. Having synchronization with our personal and business values will bring about passion, thus helping us to enjoy the entrepreneurial experience. From my business to yours, I wish you much success and delight in your journey. Copyright, 2004, Amy Ewart ____________________________________________ Amy Ewart, President of Secretarial Solutions and Team Member of Solo-E (http://www.Solo-E.com), operates as a virtual administrator from her home office in Brampton, Ontario. She grants her clients the time to increase their client base and revenue potential by handling their administrative tasks while they handle growth strategies and networking. Her clients are spread across Canada and the U.S. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing and playing with her kids. She feels abundantly blessed to love what she does and be available for her two children and husband. To gain more free time and increase your billable hours visit http://www.secretarialsolutions.ca today.____________________________________________ *********** Find more articles like this at http://www.Solo-E.com - Keeping Solo Entrepreneurs Juiced in Business and in Life. 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MORE RESOURCES: Are you struggling to come up with innovative new ideas to help make your business more successful? Maybe you've exhausted all your options and are about to give up. If it's at that stage there doesn't look like there's much hope. But what if that was all to change? Do you know you possess an unlimited source of power to create your own reality... a reality that can exceed your wildest dreams? The key component that creates your own reality is your perception. Discover how your perceptions can dramatically effect your results and your life. Being creative doesn't mean sitting at a craft table or in front of an easel. You can find great inspiration and creative activities to do outdoors as well. Not long ago, I was talking with a Grad Student from Washington University about the challenges our great nation faces in the future with regards to creativity, and I had suggested a few concepts we might deploy to solve this problem of ours moving forward. Our nation's future depends on innovation, and we will need fertile and creative minds to get there. Okay so, let's talk. We've all bumped into obstacles that block our progress. In trying to fulfill a dream or just reach the next goal, these challenges will emerge to test us. This doesn't have to be a negative thing... the good news is, it's often an opportunity to evolve. An article is something by that you can express your thinking to audience. By that you can share what you know, your experience about something, your hobby, what you like or dislike and many more. But when it comes to your profession it's little different from expressing yourself. Is there a correlation between depression and creativity? Or insomnia and creativity? One writer's view of the role of a having a 'damaged soul' and it's connection to writing. What do you think creativity is? You have probably heard people mentioning 'thinking outside the box' when describing creativity. This is not just a lucky coincidence, but there is a very logical explanation for this. Creativity is by its largest part the ability to look at the whole instead of focusing on small details. There are three principles which explains it: Participative Principle, The Cost-Benefit Principle, and The Commitment Principle. Participative Principle states that the more the members of the organizations are participating in initiating, designing and implementing the change program, the higher the chances of success and the degree of success that will be expected. It is important to involve all workers in change programme because it enables them to comprehend clearly the new programme in the organization, hence increasing the chances perceived being as feasible and generally boosting the support and commitment of participants in many other ways. It will also enable management to tap the best brains in the organization... Believe that it's possible to turn your creativity into a career. Enough other people have done it...and you can too. There is undoubtedly that in order to become a developed nation, we must produce independent thinkers who are innovative, analytical, having the capacity to adjust well to crisis, throw ideas, think outside the box as well as solve problems fast. Since a wide variety of competencies are needed to get ready the younger generations for a challenging future, this signifies the need of laying a strong foundation in thinking attributes since as early as at primary and secondary schools age. Attempts to introduce thinking attributes into primary and/ or secondary schools or even colleges are, needless to say,... No life strategy in the world will work if these three areas of life aren't aligned. So if you're looking for your purpose in life, but find yourself saying, "I'm fed up being stuck in the place, and I don't know how to get out of it," this formula may be just the thing you're looking for! Have you decided that you are not creative? Do you feel a deadness regarding creativity? Yes, I know there is a big difference between innovation and creativity, after all, perhaps like you, I have a whole bookshelf full of the latest trendy books on the topic, along with all of those that were produced in the 80s, 90s, and the roaring 2000s. Not long ago, I was listening to a tenured faculty professor at one of the top universities on YouTube explaining how innovation works as he was teaching his students, and anyone who is willing to buy his latest book - on how to use learned skills and thinking to innovate faster and become... Creating a vision board is one of the most creative ways to help you achieve your goals in life. This brief article will teach you the steps in creating a vision board to help you realize the life you've always dreamed of. Creativity is a must-have when it comes to visualizing and making your dreams come true. Learning how to think outside the box is imperative to realizing your dreams and goals for true happiness in your life. Being creative is not an easy task. As all of the people who work in fields that require constant creativity, there are moments when ideas just don't come. What can you do in those moments? In the beauty and barbering industry, creativity is imperative. Without harnessing that creative side that drew you into this magnificent field, you will not be able to set yourself apart. If you are an independent contractor in this industry, you know that if you fail to stand out from your competition it can make or break your business. We recently talked about marketing via social media. Now let's touch on another form of marketing, "cultivating creativity." By coming up with creative ways to promote your business- it can and will broaden you reach to more people which will eventually result in more clientele and an increase in your bottom line. Creativity is an inherent aspect of being human. It is demonstrated throughout the spectrum of human activity. To deny creativity, or to 'talk down' what is an innate gift is to deny yourself esteem, joy and personal satisfaction. And yet, don't we all fall into the blinkered trap of overlooking the multidimensional possibilities available to us in living our life? Even when you have no time and don't feel creative, you are surrounded by your own creativity. To be creative makes life juicy, even if it's small things. There's something shifting, can you tell? There's a new you that wants to be born. There's an expression of a Higher, Intelligent Being that is leading humanity into a new phase. Learning how to become more creative is a skill we're all capable of developing and harnessing. Many great and wonderful things we have in this world all originated from a creative idea. Read on for some great tips to help in your quest to become more creative in your life. To elimination confusion, sometimes it's just a matter of seeing a different perspective. But how do you do that when your OWN perspective is what's confusing you? Consider that you have your own Inner Board of Directors. It's kind of like your own personalized dream team. Each member will have its own perspective, and it's really quite easy to "find your own voice" using this technique. It can even be used to find your purpose in life. Creativity can heal the planet. Though it might sound silly that the rhythm you get into with color and canvas or the flow you find with pen and paper can lead to healing, it's true. You see, being creative is inherently integrative. Often we see the world in limited ways. Creativity can open us, expand us, and shift our perspective. Yet, those feelings of boundlessness, peace, and vitality do not always last, making it helpful to have a daily practice that consistently connects you with the cosmos. If you haven't found a consistent way to access your expansiveness, your greatness, your power, I'll share how I access mine. Creative visualisation is a powerful technique in the process of solving problems, creating solutions, achieving your goals, and making your dreams come true. Whilst creative visualisation is powerful, it is also one of the most difficult techniques. Being a disciplined thinker is probably one of the hardest things to master, particularly in the world today. We are constantly bombarded by bits and pieces of information that distract us from whatever we were thinking about the first place. How many of you out there have started a creative project and then run out of money prior to completion? How many of you out there have creative ideas that never got off the ground because you didn't have the money to begin with? I still remember my first trip to a recording studio. Personal productivity skyrockets when you tap your creativity! And simple, directed daydreaming energizes artists and entrepreneurs, generating fresh, creative thoughts. So rather than judge yourself for daydreaming, encourage yourself to bring your best energies to it. The other day, I was talking to an engineering student who had two years under his belt, and was halfway through his third year of engineering at MIT. He told me a little story about something that one of his engineering professors made them do when they came to class. He made them take out a piece of paper, turn off all of their personal tech devices, and write down in 5 minutes as many uses as possible for a pencil other than writing with it. Do you think you are a creative person? Have you explored your talents for painting, drawing, singing or writing music? Do you think that you have to have some sort of talent to explore your creativity? Time to further develop your creativity? This article shows you how Life Coaching can improve your creativity. Fear or humiliation and embarrassment can lead to adults becoming less creative over time. How can life coaching or working with a life coach improve your life and your creativity? This article provides some insight. Every life is unique, and no life will ever be repeated. What is your unique life going to bring to the world? What will you create to make your life unique? What is sound? Where does it come from? And for what purpose does it serve? If you've ever wanted to make music but have felt that you can't because of what it takes to be a musician, read on. You'll discover how to start making music right away even if you don't know how to make music. There are many different approaches to finding your inner passions and exploring them. Meditation, music and relaxation can be key factors along with your surrounding when it comes to being creative. The mind and body are coordinated in an amazing way. You can close your eyes and clap your hands. Even if you move them up and down each seems to know where the other is. In a like manner the mind and body have to work together to be creative. When we get the conscious and subconscious mind on the same page there is no limit to what can be accomplished. Watercolor landscape artists and poets share a special bond. They are united in their love of nature. Nature sustains them, and creative individuals can never get enough. Watercolor artists depict a scene with a paintbrush loaded with color. The poet carefully selects words to evoke a picture in your mind's eye. It's for you to supply memories and associations that make the painting or poem a touchstone you simply must have. How can you learn to see what isn't there? Trick photography can help. Not long ago, I was talking to a mother at Starbucks, after talking to her son briefly, who then found something else to do and ran outside with his friends. Later, when he had completed whatever it was he had to do, he was walking in, and his mother apologized for him stating that; "he's creative," as if that was some sort of a disease. Apparently, her son had overheard her say that and didn't realize she used it in a negative vein, and asked; "am I creative" and I smiled, and I said; "you might be, I... My hair was white as cotton and it always tangled. For some reason, mom apparently thought changing the hair color from white to black would make my hair easier to brush. She just didn't like white hair. "I'm going to change it." And that's what she... The space that you occupy speaks volumes about your personality. It also influences your outlook towards life in general. It is a good idea to refresh your rooms every once in a while so that your space is always harmonious and pleasing. Doing this also improves the creativity of an individual so, let the new ideas and uniqueness comes out in you. Have you ever been thinking and a light bulb went off, and you had a great idea? You thought about it for a while, and then decided you would work on the question, thought, or challenge later? It happens all the time to some of the very best minds. Indeed, I've always had this theory that solar flares do affect the human biosystem, and the human brain to a large degree. It also makes sense because the human brain is an organic electro-mechanical device if you will. If this extra energy does affect the human brain, then it adversely affects it, positively affects it, or some of both. We all get a fresh opportunity with the arrival of spring. The force that melts the snow and coerces the green shoots from their husks is the same force that can focus an idea, create new work, or move any mountain. Hope does indeed spring eternal, and spring is our eternal hope. What is about to spring into your life? If I could share two words which embody joy they would be self-preservation. The measure in which you give to the world is directly connected to the level of mental, spiritual, and emotional energy you have for yourself. Here are a few ways to grow mentally and thrive emotionally. It's easy to get stuck in a routine - or worse yet, stop practicing - when you've been doing your tai chi, qigong or meditation practice the same way for months or years. Sadly, when your mind slips from intent to habit, your practice becomes less and less effective. The key to keeping it effective and keep guiding you towards breakthroughs is to keep it "special." When your practice feels intriguing, fresh and new, over and over, you have discovered the secret that few attain. Read on for glimpses of how a tai chi master practices. From this you can get some ideas about how to make your practice special, starting now. Though the article focuses on tai chi, this will work for any qigong, meditation, yoga or martial arts practice just as well. Those who have ridden in my car know first-hand that I have great affection for my GPS. To me it's a cherished "gift that keeps on giving". Not only do I love it because of the ease and confidence it offers me in finding my way, but this fabulous little gadget also calculates my anticipated time of arrival. Top 10 lists are a quick-glance on a range of topics from Hollywood's best dressed, to current events, to travel destinations and ideas for consideration on personal growth. As the year comes to a close and the New Year kicks-off, it's a great time to get out a notebook or journal and create your own Top 10 Lists! After retirement, I became an accidental writer of articles and e-books, and like many writers I enjoy sitting in a coffee shop, enjoying the ambience, and allowing the atmosphere to flow through my mind as I create some of my best works, and come up with original thoughts. Perhaps my mind is taking in conversations which I am overhearing, or perhaps participating in and running those ideas and concepts through my memory bank while the caffeine flows through my veins. For whatever reason, there seems to be something to this, and I'm not alone in thinking so. "How did you find that?" It was a profound question because it was engaging and thought provoking. After a pause of at least thirteen seconds, the answers bubbled in my thoughts... Self awareness is an essential skill when it comes to personal growth and success. In fact it is like a foundation stone out of which a lot of things build. Large black letters on the postage sized label were easy to read; however, the thick line above and beneath the letters temporarily deceived my eyes. Intense squinting did not reveal the secret held... Dealing with unexpected, complex problems is one of the most difficult tasks that a company can go through. Within any level of a corporation - a board of directors, a management team, supervisors dealing with help desk - all planned strategies can just crumble when facing a problem that could not be foreseen. To revert the situation, they need to act quickly and, most of all, with creativity. Turn the problem into an opportunity. And, within the process of dealing with a problem creatively, one of the most useful tools available is the divergent thinking. The mind is always at work. The brain is always processing something. If we get in a quiet environment the brain, always trying to process something, will turn inward begin to have fun, as if it is at recess or on vacation. "You are a creative winner!" Learn how to realize your potential with 5 delightful qualities to cultivate, along with some very special tips. Teaching Creativity can take two paths: Fantasy Based or Reality Based. There's plenty of Fantasy around. What we need is more reality based education. Where do kids learn how to dream big? Why is it that when we grow older and become adults our dreams fade away or seem unattainable? Learn why dreaming big matters...it can actually change the world! Most of us self-confessed "workaholics" are easily thrown into the arena of "work, work and work more" as dictated by our fully booked "Calendars"! It takes only one glance at a jam-packed weekly schedule for us to lose focus, freeze or go frenzy until we burn-out. Are you in that "crazy-busy" state of overwhelm? I was with some friends the other day, including Ginny Richards, and she had just played the piano superbly well. We were discussing how it is that some people play the piano - or instrument or sing - so expressively, and others, who may be technically proficient, make it all sound so dead. There is no easy answer, but my own focused on the space between the notes. Whether intuitively or not, the great instrumentalists play the notes but are more aware of the spaces between them. In fact these spaces frame the notes and are as important as the notes themselves; for it is in the contrast between a note sounding and its succeeding emptiness that the soul of the music resides. This article emphasizes the importance of consistency in working at your art. Examples from books by well-known creativity experts are given to underscore the need for persistence. Mrs. Boomerang stood in the open door of their home while Mr. Boomerang walked away from the house. He held a solitary piece of luggage. Her words were few but the sentiment was clear. "Go ahead and leave. You'll be back in 10 to 15 minutes, just like... You can only achieve in life what you can see in your imaginative faculty and what you perceive with the eye of creative nature. If you believe that you are a failure in the creative imaginative realm, failure will follow you in real life. See your success and work towards it. Greetings Creative Thinkers, I do have some thoughts on creativity that I'd like to share with you today, as I want you in the creative flow so that you can go and create beautiful, wonderful, and great things for the world, and for yourself too, you deserve it, you know you do. Okay so, let's talk shall we? You see, we sure hear an abundance of comments in the media about how important creativity and innovation is to our forward progress and economic prosperity in America. Here are some of my tips to get you moving! Too many people desire a detailed plan that must be absolutely right. Artistic careers depend on personal productivity. You can develop your personal productivity to guide your artistic career using 7 easy steps! Use them to create your personal productivity guide for a more organized studio and life. You'll enjoy happier time at work, and a more successful artistic career! Creativity definitely has a particular definition as put to it by a dictionary but the total and precise essence of the word cannot be absolutely captured in a definition. It goes way beyond a few strings of words, summed up for short; it's a phenomenon. Different people express different angles to it, experiencing diverse circumstances and having to work their way around it. There is never an exact tutorial or a perfect script as to going about various issues as they show up as random as they come, and it would take as many different perspectives to solve each peculiar issue. This is not in a bid to understate the value of experience or the process of learning from other people's previous situations; it is only a bid to say that there are various ways to go about problems even while ultimately ending up with the solution. What does it mean to create? Roughly put it is bringing something into being that did not already exist. We all have a creative seed inside of us that needs to be watered and nurtured and in due time it will blossom ito something that we never knew existed. We all have the ability to think and act creatively. It is something that is instilled within us. What do we need to do to get those juices flowing? To some it comes with little or no effort, and to others it is a challenge. There is a need to stretch ourselves beyond all the limitations others have put on us, and the limitations we have put on ourselves. Have a go at some unique scrapbooking materials. You'll be surprised at how they can meet your creative needs. Find out more here. I'm a firm believer that we make the time for things that are important. If a couple of friends invite us out for dinner, we usually don't have any problem with putting off cleaning the house in exchange for a good time. When a friend or relative comes into town, we can often take a day from work or rearrange our schedules to make time to visit. And when time becomes small for those close to us, we start to evaluate what it all means, why we're here, and if we've spent our time doing things that matter. How are rules relevant to the creative process? Are they any helpful on the matter of understanding creativity, or are they just boundaries to one's imagination? Are you having trouble getting started with those New Year's goals? Inspiration abounds this time of year, but maybe old-fashioned action is the answer. So what if you try and your idea fails? At least you tried. Failing many times leads to success. Setting the right artistic goals is more than energizing and inspirational! You step into your power when you create a crystal clear artistic intention. In fact, you start living as the artist you have always dreamed of being. Whether you are the most logical thinker or someone who enjoys lateral thinking this article is designed to show you how you can become incredibly motivated and creative in 2012. Develop new products, sales and marketing ideas and take yourself and your business to new levels. To simply be and receive allows us to channel creativity, inventiveness, healing, pleasure, inspiration and dreams, and imagine visionary ideals. When we receive, our hearts and souls fill up, ready to pour out into inspired action. If we do not learn to receive, we are deprived of our basic right to enjoy life, and the results can be depression or illness. Which organizing tools work best for artists? Consider a day planner, and consider these points to pick out just the right kind for you! Creativity. What exactly is it? Where does it come from? This article describes how to use the Lotus Blossom technique for problem solving. An important aspect of this technique is that it provides a global view of your problem, and the relationships and connections between its components. This allows you to combine several solutions together into one action plan. This article shows you how to create your own life plan using the Lotus Blossom technique. This life plan created is a powerful tool that can guide and motivate you toward a happier and more fulfilling life. If our competitive edge is based on linear processes, our competition may be able to buy software that accomplishes the same thing within a few years. What can we do to stay competitive? Quit using half our brains! If our competitive edge is based on linear processes, our competition may be able to buy software that accomplishes the same thing within a few years. What can we do to stay competitive? Quit using half our brains! Activity without fulfilment is just passing time while your body decays. It does not fulfil the emotional needs. Only by creating according to your own personal nature can fulfil that. If there is no channel for you to be creative, then the energy that is available for that must be used somewhere else. This article briefly explores the consequences of stifling our creativity and is intended to encourage thinking about creativity in a different way. It is about appreciating that we are all creative and have imagination. Resources that I believe are often undervalued. The Lotus Blossom technique provides an easy way to organize your vacations. You can organize your holiday by places to visit, things to eat or buy, activities to do, and so on. This article provides six ways of organizing your ideas using the Lotus Blossom brainstorming technique. The principle is simple. Once you are familiar with the principle, you can apply it to any of your daily problems. The internet represents a phenomenal opportunity to all who are hoping to transform their lives and connect with others trying to do the same. Anyone with an online facility at home, at work or in a nearby library now has, literally at their fingertips, a host of other souls offering useful guidance and support - for free! I've been through an astonishing transformation in the last couple of years and I can say hand on heart that it's down to the free material I've been able to read or listen to online. When you are asked to present your best thinking hat, and you proceed to inquire: "Which one"? Then you are by no means an absolute stranger to what is commonly known as the Six Thinking Hats. This unique technique, popularly used as parallel thinking to improve creativity, was first introduced by Edward de Bono, for initiating and sustaining creative thinking both in individuals as well as groups meetings. Silence gives us space to think about things, which can be very intimidating. During quiet times, we tend to start thinking about things we don't want to think about, maybe hurts from the past or situations in the present that we need to confront but wish we could ignore. Sometimes silence gets us thinking about what we really want in life, which is incredibly frightening to most people, as counter intuitive as that may seem Creating anything that is true comes from a place within that is true. It takes courage to standup for that special place but it is only in that place where your get the shine for your eyes. The creative side of our minds not only lies in the MIND, it is all around us in all the things that we do every day. Knowing how to bring that creative imagination out is a process that many people don't understand, most people say I'm no good at this or that and therefore they think that they aren't creative at all. I'm here to tell them that they are wrong, everyone has a creative side, and we just have to get it to come out. A lot of us "older people" feel that there is a dearth of good guidance and support for addressing us as the important culture that we have become. A noted a retirement online newsletter I receive on a regular basis, posted several apparently sound guidelines for improving the experience of aging. The topics, written by a well-known author, included "Thirteen luxuries we deserve after 50," "Things we are too old to say after 50," "Things to try at least once after 50," "Things never to wear again after 50." Camping stores to this non-camper represent a fantastic collection of innovation and invention. This article explores the link between camping and creativity, and how to take those lessons into the rest of your non-camping world. Somewhere along the line, I came across the idea of creating an imaginary board of directors. I think it was something that Thomas Edison actually did and I think he was eventually a bit worried about hearing people talking in his head. Thinking is a process of getting past ignorance and into solutions and ideas. It is needed more today than ever. Instead of following the thoughts of a few, it's time to do our own thinking through lifelong learning. When you dream you are both creating and participating in the dream. But what's really going on? What are dreams? What are they for and who is the dreamer? How might dreaming reveal a fundamental truth about your reality? If someone is copying your style this article is for you. If you are copying someone else's style this article is DEFINITELY for you. Dance on and be happy, dance, dance on, and be free!" (Michele's song) Here's a pop quiz and a trick question. What do little children do whenever they get real happy? What do most cultures do to celebrate? What do most of us not do anymore? Jeopardy music, please. And the answer is: they all, but we don't, dance! Spontaneous movement is often the instant reaction to joy. And, since many of us haven't danced for a while, maybe we haven't been joyful for that long, either. Let's change that, starting right now. I had some time to really think lately as I was taking a walk. I was just thanking God for my life. I was thinking back on my life and where I had started from, I thought, "How did I get here to this place? Have you heard the expression: "we all have a book in us"? Maybe, deep inside, you've been longing to write your own book: tell your life story, do a how-to book to boost your career, write a novel or poetry. But what's the best strategy to self-publish your first book? Publishing is, indeed, a complex jungle: maybe you'll strike gold or you can end up being eaten alive. In this article, I'll show you 10 real-life tips to write and publish your book in today's world. Although everyone has a creative side, (known as your 'right brain'), and a logical side, (known as your 'left brain'), some people find it a challenge to get in touch with their creative side because they are conditioned to remain on a path which is conventional and proven. 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Ideas While the inception of penicillin brought a bit of a stir, and the television warranted some focus, it is somewhat easier now to fashion an idea into something sustainable.Easier again is the ability to make an idea into a business without leaving the house. My Work Is My Play - The Journey From Survival to Creativity "For the love a' creation!", my father was fond of expounding, when "Pete" and "God" had run their course. It was years later until I realized that sentence actually held meaning for me - other than an expression of exasperation. 9 Ways to Live Creatively Creativity - according to Webster's it means having the ability or power to create; characterized by originality and expressiveness; imaginative. Ok that sounds great, wouldn't we all like to be more creative every day? Sometimes the hardest part to trying something new is the first step. How You Can Improve Your Creativity - What You Need to Know Would you like to enhance your creativity? Do you think that increased creativity is something that would improve your life?Before you answer yes or no to that question, take some time to explore what the word "creativity" means to you.If you think that creativity is something that you only need if you're an artist, while you happen to be a middle-manager in a corporation, you may decide that increased creativity is not really important to you. Creativity Management - Finish What You Start Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas. Top Ten Reasons To Start Creativity Coaching DEVELOP YOUR ARTISTIC CONFIDENCE I'd really like to write but I don't have enough time. Creativity coaching can give you back control over your calendar. Make EVERY DAY An Artist Retreat Day What do you enjoy most about going on an Artist Retreat Day? For most of us it's getting away from our "normal routine", having our creativity sparked by new surroundings and having the luxury of "open time" to work on our creative projects.A retreat gives us the opportunity to step outside the day-to-day and look at the big picture of our creative dreams. Get your Creative Juices Flowing Copyright 2005 Cherry Communications/Be Heard SolutionsThe creative arts enhance our lives in countless ways. They make us think. Charge Your Imagination (1) "The challenges are not in the marketplace. They are in the mind". What is Creativity? Here in England September represents the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn as well as the start of the new school year and the start of many new initiatives in business, life and lots more besides.When anyone is looking to make any kind of change in their life, often the approach they take needs to become attractive or appealing in order for them to maintain it and often it may not remain attractive or appealing for as long as we like. Why Creative Visualization Works Experience has shown that creative visualization works. It is quite possible to prove that circumstances and events follow thoughts. Who Wants To Be A Creative Genius? Can You Learn Creativity?Have you ever watched Robin Williams do a stand-up routine? Could so much creativity and spontaneity result from a highly organized approach? Definitely. Wild and funny thoughts don't come from nowhere.
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