homes We had a winter storm the other day here in Toronto. And as I was driving, I started thinking about what my winter driving had in common with my creative dreams. Here’s what I came up with.
1. Being grateful to be in my car, pointed in the right direction and moving (however slowly). Some days I don’t accomplish as much work towards my creative dream as I set out to. Other days it seems like I’m moving backwards.
juegos carreras Keep moving (spending time on my creative dream every day, even just five minutes),
I’m doing the right things to protect my creative dreams and keep them alive.
real estate investing When I see my 93 year old mother she is usually crocheting, At age 86 she rediscovered the joy of crocheting afghans. She now makes afghans for the ever increasing number of great grand children. She will say that crocheting makes her feel useful. Although her memory is failing the sense of usefulness and creativity is ever present.
3. If I try to do more than one thing at a time I risk derailing myself – and my very survival. A winter storm day is not the time to open a water bottle, make a phone call or jot down my grocery list while I’m driving.
I have many creative dreams and many things I want to accomplish everyday, every week and throughout my life. I can do them all. And I can only do one at a time. Spreading myself thin makes it harder to be effective and I risk giving up on one of my projects.
One worry is that I’ll “lose something” – completely forget about a project or my excitement for it. I have to keep faith that the really special projects won’t be forgotten.
And that if something is jumping in front of me and distracting me from the task at hand, maybe the truly exciting thing about it is that it’s taking me away from the “drudgery” of completing what’s in front of me. I need to complete what’s in front of me.
When you do and if you will do this, what you will find is that each original thought leads to another original thought, and you can take these thoughts and creative innovations and sprinkle them around various industries with new applications for each one. Of course, you are going to have to also work on your creative concept capture strategies for your ideas and innovations and that means writing them down. Please consider all this You can be published without charge. You can to republish this article in your website or blog. Please provide links Active.
July 26th, 2010
real estate land Children love stories. You all do. You watch television and movies to get carried away by a story. You relate to the character you see on the screen who has similar life challenges. You compare your abilities and potential to the larger-than-life stars of the screen.
Stories have been used since the beginning of time to teach new concepts and raise awareness. If you are particularly inspired by a story, it may spark a change in your thinking and/or behavior. A good story wakes up your thinking in new and different ways.
juegos motos When it comes to raising self-esteem, a good story about someone who struggles with an issue of confidence, who has a step-by-step process that is followed to overcome a lack of self-assurance, and is successful in overcoming anxiety, can be inspiring and even life-changing.
Here is a story to open up children’s imaginations up to the concept of being a strong and confident person. It is about tapping into the strength you posses within. It is about becoming aware of and using tools you already posses that can easily be used to feel strong and secure.
Did you know that we all have a superhero have inside of us? Let me tell you a story. Matt is a really, really good soccer player. He wants to be on the soccer team. Trouble is, to play on the team, he has to tryout in front of the coach and the other kids, and Matt is really, really shy. So he keeps practicing his dribbles and getting better and faster - he feels good. Then he realizes it’s only 3 weeks to tryouts and he starts getting nervous! What if I screw up in front of all those people?!
real estate marketing But Matt keeps working the ball and practicing. Now tryouts are only 2 weeks away and he starts tripping and missing easy goals! What’s wrong! Mom says he’ll be fine. Dad says not to worry that Mr. Jones is the coach! Well, what dad doesn’t know is that Mr. Jones son, Randy Jones, is the meanest kid in the whole neighborhood and is always teasing Matt. Great! That makes him even more nervous! And his soccer playing gets terrible!
Now it’s 1 week to go until tryouts, Matt is messing around with the soccer ball when he feels it, deep down inside he knows he can do this! Actually, Matt feels like there’s another person inside him, someone who’s been there all along - a very strong and brave person - kind of like a… a superhero! Yah, that’s it, a superhero!
Nah, this is too weird! But it’s there! So Matt finds his Superhero again. He lets his superhero grow strong inside of him. Man, does he feel great! Like he can do anything! Then he goes back to kicking the ball. Score! Score! Score!
This is great! Matt even gives his superhero a name, “Super Soccer Guy” and he feels strong and good about himself. And guess what? He doesn’t feel as nervous any more. Not even Randy Jones can get in his way now!
Matt is going to try out for the soccer team and he’s going to let “Super Soccer Guy” grow strong and tall and he’s going to play the best ever! Yeah, Matt!
We all have a superhero inside of us! You so too!”
Please share this story with your child. Also, share your experiences of times when you’ve pushed through the barrier of anxiety. It will have a profound effect on his/her ability to tap into and use the strongest part of him/herself You can be published without charge. You can to republish this article in your website or blog. Please provide links Active.
July 26th, 2010