The Thought For The Day: Awake at the Wheel
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Inspiration: “It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.” Roger Babson
Be: (positive confession) I am Awake at the Wheel.
Do: (First Steps) Today, watch out for highway hypnosis. Sometimes on the road to our dreams our creative instincts can be lulled to sleep, just like we do while watching the lines on a highway wizz by as we travel an extended distance to our desitination. Here are 5 things you can do to rescuscitate the creativity necessary to bring your dreams into the land of the wide awake. 1. Break it! Taking a break from the action and coming back to it later may bring new perspective. 2. Spork it! Why do things always have to be either or, when sometimes the answer lies in “and”. Just like the combination spoon-fork (spork) your vision may take off by combining something unexpected to the mix. 3. Rip it off! Find out what other successful people in your field are doing and learn from their mistakes. This may be done by observation or in a best case scenario through a mentoring process, but most importantly keep it legal (don’t steal their work). 4. Be Ready to Write It Down! Have you ever noticed that your most inspirational ideas come at the most inopportune times (like when you are sleeping, showering, or using the bathroom). Keep a journal near you at all times and write down these flashes of brillance immediately, otherwise they might lose their listre with the passage of just a few minutes. 5. Climb it! Never be satisfied with just one idea or with improving in just one area of your life. When all areas are growing synergestically the end result is exponential enlargement. Allow yourself the freedom to build, and climb, the bigger mountain.
Have: (Making Dreams Reality) As my creative juices start flowing the long lonely road will start looking more like easy street.
Be, Do, and Have the best day of your life! God Bless You!