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- *** How to Tap Into Your Greatest Talent - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteIt's a funny thing. What you excel at, what is your greatest gift, may not be obvious to you. You may believe that what you do and create so effortlessly is easily achieved by anyone and everyone. It comes so naturally for you that you think it comes just as naturally for everyone else. ...
Views: 3645(2 votes) - *** Stuck in a Creative Rut? You May Be Following Fools Rules - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteLife is a game. Whether you enjoy life or not depends upon the rules - your own personal rules of life. Whether you realize it or not you guide your life, make your choices, based upon a set of rules you selected for yourself in early childhood. These rules were based on misinterpretation ...
Views: 1513 - Reignite your Creativity- 6 Strategies for Sparking up your Enthusiasm and Revving up your Drive - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Gael DrumToday, I am going to share with you 6 simple strategies. These strategies may sound too simple to make a difference in your life, however these simple tasks are the ones which changed my life and that of many other very successful people. Some of these strategies you may feel a resistance ...
Views: 1680(3 votes) - How To Generate Original Creative Ideas On Any Subject - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Milo BonoRandom Word Stimulation is a powerful technique that provides a practical method of accessing your subconscious mind and utilize the wealth of information it contains to generate fresh new original ideas. Regular practice causes the brain to expand its neural network to accommodate this ...
Views: 1470(1 vote) - *** Your Self-Worth - Is it Measured by Your Stuff? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhitePeople often associate self-worth to worldly attachments and achievements. During your life, you are always trying to get something, be it education, job, money, or other material pleasures. You feel these things represent your value. The stuff (or lack of stuff) is evidence of how successful or ...
Views: 2381(2 votes) - Diary of a Creative Mind - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2009 from Tama KievesWeek One: Get a creative idea and the slightest bit of encouragement and feel on top of the world, burning, singing, dancing, and feeling as though it all makes sense now and everything will come together. You are magnificent. You will be rich. Life is so beautiful. You will never be stopped. ...
Views: 880(1 vote) - Rediscover Your Creative Self - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealAs we grow older, many of us feel that our creative side has gone for good. We wish we could be more creative but we don't know how. Chances are that our creativity is just sleeping, and if we try, we can reawaken it. Do you wish you could get in touch with your creativity? Chances are ...
Views: 2717(1 vote) - Yes, You Can Be More Creative! - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealDo you wish you were more creative in your life, but you don't know where to start? You can reconnect with your inner creative self. Try some of these ideas to help you get in touch with your inner creativity. How can we become more creative if we think we have lost the spark? For one ...
Views: 871(2 votes) - How to Create a Mind Map - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Marelisa FabregaA mind map is a whole-brain method for generating and organizing ideas. Basically, you place an image at the center of a piece of paper which represents the subject matter of the mind map. Then you write down a key word that describes your topic. Next, you proceed to draw branches leading out ...
Views: 1936 - *** Creatively Stressed: Anxiety is NOT the Enemy! - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhiteou're obsessed. You're obsessed with your work, your craft. You think about your art, your character, painting, sculpture, upcoming tour, or screenplay seemingly every waking minute of every day. Heck, you even dream about it! This fiendish infatuation with your craft, the passion that ...
Views: 1510(2 votes) - *** The Inner Critic Kidnaps The Artist Soul - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Valery Satterwhite“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your Soul.” - Walt Whitman For many artists, challenges are very personal. And one of the biggest challenges is the Critic in the room, the Inner Critic. This gnarly Inner Critic is the voice of your self-doubt and fear. It is the ...
Views: 1260(8 votes) - *** How to Get a Grip on Your Inner Critic - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteEver want to tell someone to get a grip? Tell them that they have run amok in their minds and are not facing reality? Stop them from completely 'losing it' and self-destructing? How often have you told yourself to get a grip only to later serve up more and more justification for your misguided ...
Views: 1576(1 vote) - ***Visions Provide the Energizing Context to Reach Our Goals - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon." — Konrad Adenauer, first chancellor of post war West Germany Like mission and vision statements and values, goal setting and visioning labels often get confused and used interchangeably. Generally that doesn't matter. ...
Views: 1113 - You Must Be Present to Win - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Bill SmallI remember seeing that phrase "You must be present to win" in the rules of a raffle or something a long time ago. If you weren't there when they pulled your number out of the hat, well they pulled another number. Somehow that phrase has always stuck in my mind. "You must be present to win." I ...
Views: 4105 - The Photographic ‘Moment’ - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2009 from Alyson EmminsYou do not need to be a ‘behaviorist’ to see that ‘success breeds success’ – children and young people are likely to unconsciously set down in their memory traces of positive experience. Enough of these ‘comfort’ associations with reading, listening to sounds, making music with others, ...
Views: 722 - Random Conversations Between the Left Brain and the Right Brain - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2009 from Janet WhiteheadLeft Brain: “That’s all well and good to dream but the reality is....” Right Brain: “Reality? Don’t we create our own reality?” ~~~~~~~~ Left Brain: “I know someone who tried that and failed.” Right Brain: “ If I connect this to that, and adjusted this, and added a bit of colour here, and ...
Views: 1703 - Discovering Your Passion Through Humble Practice and Outrageous Play - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Mark GorkinA playful challenge from an audience member helps bring to life the importance of searching for and developing your passion, whether in the face of skepticism, long periods of self-doubt and/or having to accept (even better, learn to play with and laugh at) your own flaws and foibles. Setting ...
Views: 1740(1 vote) - *** Is Creative Block Just Part of Your Process? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteBlocked! Words are not spilling onto the page; color choices elude you; you can't embody the character you've been chosen to portray. Simply put, you're stuck! It's not the first time you've been stuck and certainly not the last if you're a creative being. In your stuck-ness you beat ...
Views: 1405 - *** Your Exhaustion is Really Inner Critic FEAR - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteMany people come to me complaining that they're tired, exhausted, unable to find balance in their life. Some have incredibly busy schedules and others live a life of casual leisure. Yet, both are exhausted. I also know people who have either busy or leisurely schedules who are not tired, they ...
Views: 1758(1 vote) - *** How to Drop Your Creative Resistance - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteThe simple truth is creativity functions best when you let go of resistance to the creative flow. Resistance comes in many forms. Anxiety over a creative block is a form of resistance. Finding Excuses And Reasons (F.E.A.R.) for why you cannot or aren't whatever enough to come up with the ...
Views: 1481(1 vote) - *** Creatively Blocked? Let Go of "It Has to Be Good" - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteThere you are again, staring endlessly at the blank canvas or page. Perhaps you are sitting at the piano, clueless as to where to place your hands. Are you struggling with how to develop your character in the role you've just landed? Are you frozen with a creative block, stuck in ...
Views: 1342 - Creativity Is God - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’m very excited to have been invited to blog on “Intent.com”! As a professional songwriter and recording artist, I have been fascinated by creativity all my life and in the past decade I have been asked increasingly to teach workshops and lecture on the subject. So I thought my first blog ...
Views: 1045(4 votes) - *** How to Rise Above the Pecking Order - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteWhere are you in the pecking order of your life? Are you above or below the "measuring up to" rung you hoped to be on at this moment in time? Where are you in the heirarchy through which you define your life achievement; your sense of self-worth and accomplishment? If you had answers to ...
Views: 2647(1 vote) - *** The One Step Remedy for Anxiety - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteAnxiety! It has power. It has the power to stop you cold, in your tracks, as you freeze in your attempt to move forward in your life. Your anxiety gets in the way of you being, doing and having what you want in life. What is anxiety? The dictionary will tell you that anxiety is a sense of ...
Views: 1113(1 vote) - Karma and Art - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2009 from Caryn ColganArt and karma go together like paint and brush. Karma is generally thought of as the law of cause and effect. Karma can also be a powerful tool in the manifestation of goals and dreams. How? Changing your mind changes everything. At any moment you can change your life by the labels you attach ...
Views: 1228 - Show Up Aligned With Your Dream to Turn it Into Reality - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite"Eighty percent of success is just showing up." — Woody Allen Showing up in your life is, indeed, an ingredient to success in any endeavor. How you show up, what your state of being is, defines what it is you succeed in creating, experiencing. Do you show up insecure, doubtful, full of fear ...
Views: 887 - Send Artistic Greetings To Show How Much You Care - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraArtistic greetings come in several various kinds and forms and they have been very popular for many years until now. A lot of people like to buy one for special occasions like birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, weddings and holidays. Each individual feels the need to send good wishes to ...
Views: 729 - Protecting Your Flow: How Fear Blocks Creativity - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTo understand how fear blocks creativity, take a moment to imagine yourself telling a story. First, imagine telling the story to someone you love and who loves you. You probably feel warmth and energy as you fill in the details of your tale to your friend’s delight. Now, imagine telling the same ...
Views: 927(1 vote) - *** How to Let Go of Being Right to Get What You Want - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteYour Inner Critic, that nagging internal voice of self-doubt and fear loves to be right! Being right, to that egoistic nagger, is associated with being worthy. In order to feel worthy you have to be right! At the expense of everything else you want in life. Would you rather be right or ...
Views: 870(2 votes) - The Key Driver of Creative Success - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteWhat drives you to succeed as a creative person? Is it the dream of fame, wealth and recognition? Is the thought of seeing your name up in lights what propels you out of bed in the morning? Having such a strong and clear goal is a definite motivator and, if you work hard and pay your dues, you ...
Views: 4033 - Shift Out of Normal to Experience New Possibilities - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Andrea BeaulieuDefinition of Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Do you want to create something and you just haven't been able to do it? Here's the thing: If we want to experience something differently, or create something new, we need to get out of our ...
Views: 1335 - Tired Of Struggling To Find A Creative Solution? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Cameron CarterTo imagine a world without creative people is hard to do. We all know that it's these people that make our lives better. They come up with all the inventions that make our lives more comfortable and and efficient. Unfortunately many of us are not born with such talents for creativity. None the ...
Views: 1207 - When We Create, We are Fully Alive - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Betsy MullerSomething occurred to me today. When we create, we are fully alive. Maybe I’m most aware of this because I create all the time now, in my mind and in the physical dimension too. As a business owner, creation is an amazing cycle that begins with a tiny notion or idea, then grows and blossoms ...
Views: 1493 - *** The Hidden Enemy of Talent - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. When you act out of fear, you create what you fear. All of my clients have been praised and admired for their talent. You'd think that they have plenty of self-confidence ...
Views: 1146(1 vote) - *** Why Successful Actors Self-Sabotage - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteI opened up Sunday's Parade Magazine and read an article about "The Mixed-Up Life of Shia LaBeouf" written by Dotson Rader. Shia is a 23-year old wildly successful actor who's latest film is "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". I saw the irony in the title of the article and the title of the ...
Views: 1262 - Creativity or Inspiration from Divine Consciousness? - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat is the difference between creative expression and a true contact with Divine Consciousness? This is a fascinating question to ponder, but a question that deserves the attention of all of us who are either creative and/or claim to have inspirations filled with Divine Wisdom. The answer to ...
Views: 1242 - Seven Tips for Sparking Your Creativity - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’ve read a lot of advice about how to spark creativity. Everyone’s creativity takes a different form, however, so the advice that works varies a lot from person to person. For example, I put a lot of pressure on myself to be efficient and productive. One of my struggles is to allow myself to ...
Views: 693 - *** The Key to Financial Freedom for Artists, Actors, Writers & Musicians - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteWell-meaning, yet woefully misguided, advice from parents, teachers and other loved ones such as "You'll never make a living as an artist" has become the foundational belief and mantra of the artist's Inner Critic. What's worse is that this also woefully misguided Inner Critic loves to be right ...
Views: 1429 - Appreciating the Depth and Beauty in Works of Art - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2009 from Louis ParsonsMost public works of art get between 2 and 30 seconds of viewing time. That’s it. 30 seconds. Wether it’s the Mona Lisa, or aunty Mildreds watercolour hanging in the local Library. This is the amount of time it takes to create a first impression. The first time you viewed a piece, you decided, ...
Views: 1039 - *** Healing Patterns - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2009 from Lumari ~ Psychic and Psychic Readings ExpertHEALING PATTERNS AND CREATING HARMONY As you participate with the energies flowing through your world, remember that this is a time for change. Many dramas are being played for your benefit. Whether these dramas are in your personal life or within the global arena, you are working within these ...
Views: 3005(3 votes) - *** The Key To Expressing Full Creative Potential - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite“Love is a force that connects us to every strand of the universe, an unconditional state that characterizes human nature, a form of knowledge that is always there for us if only we can open ourselves to it” - Emily Hilburn Sell You were born with a magnificent gift. You came into this ...
Views: 1035 - *** Empowerment Tips from George Michael - Pop Star - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteSpending an entire day at an airport dealing with one flight delay after another was once a nightmare for me. I have since learned to look for the gift in every experience. My recent, and much anticipated, trip to Italy began with such an unexpected day. Instead of pouting thinking my entire ...
Views: 1627 - The Piano Has Been Drinking - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe human beings tell stories. We scratch them on cave walls, drip them on canvas, speak them, write them, film them, sing them, and dance them. We use stories to entertain, educate, illustrate, instill, to remember and to share. What a wonderful things they are. Children will pile up more books ...
Views: 732 - Manuscript Tips for New Novel Writers - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book Doctor“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” You don’t want to imitate a favorite author, but you can learn a lot from him or her. Whether you create notes for plot and character development first or dive into writing your novel, you want to get as much written as possible in your first ...
Views: 1103(1 vote) - Manuscript Tips for New Novel Writers - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book Doctor“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” You don’t want to imitate a favorite author, but you can learn a lot from him or her. Whether you create notes for plot and character development first or dive into writing your novel, you want to get as much written as possible in your first ...
Views: 878(1 vote) - *** Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Fear: A 4-Step Process - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite“Self-sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen.” - Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby Underneath any unwanted self-sabotaging pattern of behavior is fear. These undesirable experiences can include career self-sabotage, any form of addiction, workaholic or ...
Views: 3003 - What is Your Before/After Result? - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from William G Jr CovingtonSince success only comes after exerting effort, achievers attain results to the extend that they are pushed beyond their comfort zones. Regardless of the arena, a "before and after" process occurs whereby one is transformed in the process of contending successfully. Take education as one arena. ...
Views: 1193 - Parenting Advice: Promote Imaginative Play - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraImaginative play should be encouraged and fostered in children because not only is it fun for them but it is also a significant part of growing up and learning. Playing through imagination is an essential part of childhood. Through this, the child learn more about the world and about himself and ...
Views: 1091(2 votes) - *** Discover Your Muse: Intuition - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite“The only real valuable thing is intuition.” - Albert Einstein Everyone was born with the magical power of intuition. Intuition is a clear flow of information that is available to you that is aligned with you highest path and purpose. Intuition is one of the most amazing resources at your ...
Views: 1786 - Business Innovation – Turning Problems Into Solutions - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Milo BonoProblems, Problems, Problems – Wouldn’t life be grand if we never had any problems. Everything would work perfectly, everyone would always get along and be happy, everything would be wonderful for everyone everywhere, and things would only get better as we live happily ever ...
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