What's one small improvement you can make in your life? This may seem very small and really unimportant - but making usable notes is an amazing skill to aquire! If you keep notes badly, you will end up with piles of incoherent pieces of important information. So instead of tangibly remembering things you need to … Continue reading Make Usable Notes
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Time and Creativity
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? Here’s three lessons that only come with time for authors or creatives. • Growth takes time. • Learning takes time. • Connection takes time. Growth takes time. Fails that lead to growth aren’t failure. But failure needs wisdom. Sometimes failure … Continue reading Time and Creativity
Six Qualities of a Good Leader.
What makes a good leader? I quickly brainstormed the question, and came up with six qualities a leader should possess. The first four happened to start with ‘C’ so I stuck with it. If I spent more time thinking about this then there would probably be additional qualities, and my thoughts would be more nuanced. … Continue reading Six Qualities of a Good Leader.
What is my mission? Not worrying about it and doing!
Years ago I used to wrestle with ‘what is my mission’, now I just do! I am a writer and creative therefore I must write and create. My mission is to do what I am. I’m other things too - so I do them. Please don’t read this as passivity through life - it is actually the opposite. It is intentional and mindful activity. You find yourself in your doing. You discover in doing. You discover that you weren’t that, or you weren’t that in the way you thought you were. You discover that you need to grind, or develop, or study. So no matter what doing is your teacher. So if you don’t know your life’s mission…then mindfully and purposefully do. But my final thought is to repeat myself, when you do something and serendipity tells you, this is not the thing, you’d be very wise to listen, as there is only so much you can do, and that your time upon this spinning orb is limited!
I could turn unwanted tasks into a game!
What could you do differently? I could turn unwanted tasks into a game! I could pick six unwanted, or avoided, or procrastinated tasks and number them one to six. I’d then pick what to do by throwing a dice. Okay how do I know how long to do it for. Either you do the job … Continue reading I could turn unwanted tasks into a game!
Write an ad – quickly!
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? WordPress writing prompt (NI version). If you had an advertising hoarding beside a busy road what would it say? This is a really tough question, not because I don’t have something to say, I’ve lots of things to say, but because it really needs to … Continue reading Write an ad – quickly!
Yes – I can say no.
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Yes I can say no, because I’ve learnt to say no, bitter experience has been my teacher. I’m happy to say yes to the time limited, the specific, the clearly defined. I used to believe saying no, or placing limits, was … Continue reading Yes – I can say no.
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