Today's the Only Day to Get it Done
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This video of John Cleese discussing the structure of being creative is pure gold!
Watch/Listen to the talk in its entirety, below are some highlights.
- Have a place where you will be uninterupted
- Set aside specific time [~90 minutes every week] after that go back to regularly scheduled programming. make sure there is start and stop time otherwise it is not play.
- Maximize pondering time by making decisions when they are due, not right away; most creative people often stay with a problem longer
- Have confidence to fail; there are no wrong ideas.
- Make sure humor is involved = its a quick way to go from close mode to open mode
- Keep going back to problem a solution will appear
- You are more creative when you can bounce ideas off of other people [make sure they are people you like and trust & be sure not to negate their ideas; always be positive]
- Bonus japanese business tip re: company meetings - Let junior ppl speak first so they are not intimidated to provide ideas different from veterans
This was a pleasure to watch! Thanks for taking notes, Michael!
A writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.
- E. B. White on the social responsibility of the writer, a worthy aspiration to remember and live up to in today’s media climate increasingly plagued by negativism, sensationalism, and journalistic laziness. (via explore-blog)
All of us race up and down the straight asphalt slashes of our lives at huge speed every day, seeing only the carscape of our immediate concerns. It seems to go on forever but it’s really only the thinnest of strips. Out beyond that strip is the rest of the world, the rest of our lives.
- ~ Anne Rudloe died yesterday. Zen Abbess, co-director of the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab in Panacea, Florida, author and lifelong teacher. She shared her thoughts on cancer with us on her blog rudloeanne.wordpress.com
`by Sarah Walker on Etsy
If I had to make a bet, I would say that the mind is a ghost from God that comes from the sky and lives in the brain.
- ~Jimmy Breslin, I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me.
I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my bedroom and was in bed before the room was dark.
- ~ Muhammad Ali
I was six when I saw that everything was God, and my hair stood up…It was Sunday, I remember. My sister was only a tiny child then, and she was drinking her milk, and all of a sudden I saw that she was God and the milk was God. I mean, all she was doing was pouring God into God, if you know what I mean.
- ~ J. D.Salinger
Sometmes the present that you are in is all good, just behave a bit better.
- ~unknown
Don’t ignore your dreams; don’t work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.
Vegenista: The Dalai Lama's 18 Rules For Living
The Dalai Lama’s 18 Rules for Living
Take into account that great love & great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Follow the three Rs: -Respect for self -Respect for others -Responsibility for all your actions.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
When you realize you have made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
Spend some time alone every day.
Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older & think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
Be gentle with the earth.
Once a year, go someplace you have never been before.
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Live Compassionately - toward yourself, the environment, & all beings.
~ via Finio
If you’re feeling frightened about what comes next, don’t. Embrace the uncertainty. Allow it to lead you places. Be brave as it challenges you to exercise both your heart and your mind as you create your own path towards happiness. Don’t waste time with regret. Spin wildly into your next action. Enjoy the present - each moment as it comes - because you’ll never get another one quite like it. And if you should ever look up and find yourself lost, simply take a breath and start over. Retrace your steps and go back to the purest place in your heart, where your hope lives. You’ll find your way again.
- Julia Brown (via finio)
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