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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Stimulate Your Mind for Astonishing Creativity

creative thumb Stimulate Your Mind for Astonishing CreativityWant to unleash some mind-blowing creativity?

Our brains become lethargic just like our bodies.  If you want to achieve a new level of creativity, then you’ve got to find some ways to get your mind moving at peak efficiency.

Stimulating the brain isn’t that difficult and the results can be truly astonishing.  I’ve used the techniques below myself so, I know they work.  I’m sure you’ll find them as useful …

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Opening Up My Creativity: Right Brain Resources

artist painting Opening Up My Creativity: Right Brain Resources How creative are you?

Creativity is like a muscle.  We have to exercise it to know that we have any.  When was the last time that you gave your creativity a workout?

I used to think I wasn’t that creative.  It just wasn’t my thang.  I don’t play a musical instrument.  I don’t paint and I don’t write poetry.  I’m a Director of IT for crying out loud.

I’ve …

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7 Awesome Ways to Find Your Creative Inspiration

This is a guest post by Dustin Riechmann from the Engaged Marriage.

light bulb 7 Awesome Ways to Find Your Creative InspirationAre you a creative person?

Do you feel like you could create something useful, but you just don’t have the time, the interest or the motivation?

Each of us has unique talents to offer, even the power to create something truly extraordinary.

The problem is that it is so easy to get trapped in our daily routines. …

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Smart Living Rule 11 – Travel, Explore and Try New Things

sailing sunset Smart Living Rule 11   Travel, Explore and Try New Things Do you like to explore the world?

The world is our oyster!  It is full of incredible treasures that will enrich our minds, hearts and souls.  Exploration invigorates and stimulates amazing creativity! 

Where would the world be today if brave men and women never set out into the unknown to discover new frontiers?  Open up your plans and you will unlock the greatest bounties ever imagined!…

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Transform Your Life From Ordinary to Extraordinary!

jumping Transform Your Life From Ordinary to Extraordinary! Do you really want to live an ordinary life?

I believe every one of us has the ability to transform our lives from ordinary to extraordinary!  I really do.  It is 100% available to you if you’ll just believe it and go for it.

The thing that gets us off track is our expectations.  Often the extraordinary life available to us doesn’t look exactly like what we imagined.  Therefore, …

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5 Things I Want To Be When I Grow Up

What do you dream of being when you grow up?

I don’t care how old you are.  I ask you to take a moment and really think about that question.  When you were a kid, did you hope to be an astronaut, a model, a painter, a princess, a cop, an army man, a mother, a father, a lawyer or maybe a doctor?  What was it back then?

As kids …

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