I will fight for what i know is mine. This is what has been buzzing in my head all day.
I now truly understand what it means to chase what you truly are passionate about. Butt flat,eyes weary,fingers dwingling,mind on a constant roar and the heart in constant motion.When you wake up and are in constant battle,when you look in the mirror and fight with who you were yesterday,when progress and success are your lifetime Mantra.
Yesterday i was sharing with a friend and telling them how God gives you exactly what you ask him for,and they say "even Better"..which in my case is so true and many of us out there. Life throws lemons at you and you make lemonade,and just like the sun shines you strive to challenge yourself daily before it goes down.
When pressure becomes part of you and delivering go hand in hand.
As a creative,and speaking for many creatives out there,we usually find it hard to just be normal,let alone settling for less.We always want to be on the know,exposing ourselves to new experiences, sensations and states of mind.Creativity to me is like a muscle,the more i see it,the stronger it gets and at this point in my life it feels soooo freakin' good to just be in my element!
I have "friends" who always ask why i'm always so complicated,why i'm always so weird and queer and blah blah blah...and you know what i tell them? I seek to be different! I am that difference.
Be you,and in the end you'll be happy.
For all those who think that Creativity is overrated,this is for you.
Highly creative people:
- Have the COURAGE to try new things and risk failure. Every big breakthrough starts as a harebrained idea.This doesn’t mean you should constantly go off the deep end, just that you should balance your routine portfolio of solutions with an investment in the new and untried. Over time, the risk is usually worth the reward.
- Use INTUITION as well as logic to make decisions and produce ideas. When Matt Drudge designed his Web site, he listened to his gut instead of the Internet gurus. He kept it simple, small, fast, and some would say ugly and primitive. But it works for him, making The Drudge Report one of the most recognizable and popular sites in the world.
- Like to PLAY, since humor and fun are the ultimate creative act. Which is to say you just have to lighten up. We all have goals, and quotas, and deadlines, but it’s not life and death. When you enjoy yourself, your brain relaxes and is able to produce more and better ideas. One of those ideas may be just what you’re looking for.
- Are EXPRESSIVE and willing to share what they feel and think, to be themselves. Blogging is the ideal arena for injecting their personality into their work. People are emotional creatures and respond better to people who appear real, honest, and open. Not only is it more interesting, it can also be more persuasive.
- Can FIND ORDER in confusion and discover hidden meaning in information. Research and critical thinking are key tools for the creative person. Information is to the brain what food is to the stomach. So-called “writer’s block” or creative burnout almost always results from a lack of fresh information and having nothing meaningful to say.
- Are MOTIVATED BY A TASK rather than by external rewards. You must like the challenge of writing, explaining, teaching, and persuading. Sure, you can make money along the way, but if you’re in it just for the money, you’re not going to be a fountain of new ideas.
- Have a need to FIND SOLUTIONS to challenging problems. Even the most creative writers won’t have a solution for everything. If they claim to, they’ve stopped thinking. Highly creative people are those whose eyes light up at a question they can’t answer. That’s the opportunity to learn something new and produce remarkably creative content.
- Will CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS and ask hard questions to discover what is real. Writing, blogging, or business rules aren’t really rules, only rules of thumb. If you want to wield true creative power, you will always take what others advise with a grain of salt. (That includes all of us gurus who love to don our pointy wizard hats and pontificate on the secrets of success.) If you don’t know something from personal knowledge or experience, you don’t know it at all.
- Can MAKE CONNECTIONS between old ideas to produce new insights. Combine the little doodles you make on a white board with online video and you get CommonCraft, a new approach to explaining things to people in a way they can easily understand. Sometimes the best solutions are simply two old ideas jammed together.
- Are willing to TEST new ideas and compete with others based on results. Isn’t that what they mean by the “market of ideas”? Isn’t that what business competition is about? If you’re afraid of being wrong or losing, your creativity will suffer.
From me to you,if you're afraid of being wrong or loosing,your creativity will suffer!
Challenge yourself! Be different! Chase!
Thanks for the read.XO
