Comfort Is the Enemy of Creativity

comfort recliner Comfort Is the Enemy of CreativityDo you want to be more creative?

Stop clinging to comfort.  Comfort is the enemy of creativity.

You are comfortable where it is safe and predictable.  When you are curled up in your recliner watching your favorite sitcom.

Creativity resides out on the edge where things are a little dicey.

If you want to be more creative, then you’ve got to force yourself — usually kicking and screaming — to move …

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What Things Are Inspiring You?

This is a guest post by Mariana Ashley.

inspiring scene What Things Are Inspiring You?Inspiration often does not come easily, especially when we are caught up in the rat race that is life.

Whether it’s working a tedious job, struggling to pay off debt, or worrying about whether you’re raising your children the right way, a number of anxieties can threaten to deflate your motivation and steal your inspiration.

You must actively seek out inspiration. So, …

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Making Life Count: To Everything There Is a Season

life seasons Making Life Count: To Everything There Is a SeasonThis is a guest post by Taka Sande.

In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, the Bible says that “to everything there is a season…” In the same book, Ecclesiastes 9:11 says, “but time and chance happen to them all.”

We normally say to each other “do you remember those days,” days when certain things were happening. In life, there are seasons when you have abundance and seasons when you have to put extra …

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How to Get Washboard Abs Without Doing a Single Sit-Up-Seriously!

fitness male How to Get Washboard Abs Without Doing a Single Sit Up Seriously!This is a guest post by SGT Michael Volkin.

As a military fitness trainer, you might think I am a big advocate of sit-ups. Actually, I despise sit-ups and rarely ever do them, but many people ask how I maintain my 6-pack abs at the age of 35 without being on a diet. Well today, I will tell you my secret.

There is a muscle called the Transverse Abdominus that …

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Do This To Increase Self Confidence

self confident Do This To Increase Self ConfidenceHow would you like to wake up every day feeling sure of yourself and totally happy with who you are?

How would it feel not to worry what other people think of you?

How would it feel to comfortably walk in a room and start a conversation with ease?

How would it feel to be the initiator, to make great plans and to really go for it in life?

How would …

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How Blogging Can Change Your Life

blog celebration How Blogging Can Change Your LifeWant to experience more growth and success?

Unspent success can make you feel like a well-shaken bottle of Diet Coke on the inside.  Ever felt like that?

The lessons I’ve learned from blogging have literally changed my life and they can change yours too.

You have absolutely everything you need to live a more successful, fulfilling life.  Trust me, it is all right there inside of you.  You are full

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4 Simple Steps to Solidifying Change

This is a guest post by Michele Rosenthal.

standing strong 4 Simple Steps to Solidifying ChangeWe’ve all been there: we want to make some change in our lives, we get all jazzed up about it, start the process and then — whomp!  We hit a speed bump, veer off the “road to change” and wind up in a ditch saying, “Oh, forget it!”

When we start out with good goals and intentions, how do things go so …

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