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You Didn’t LOSE Your Creativity. You STOPPED Using It. (S5) S39:E7 Friday · Inspirations for Your Life

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All right, everyone.
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So welcome, yes, welcome to the ever-popular
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I'm John C.
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Morley.
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I'm a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video
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producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, a graduate
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student at Montclair State University, passionate lifelong learner,
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and so grateful now to be a published
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author.
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Ladies and gentlemen, today is day seven.
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We are wrapping up this amazing master topic
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that we started.
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Your creativity isn't gone.
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You just stopped using it.
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Series five, show number 39, and you know
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we start on Saturday.
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We roll all the way through the week,
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and we finish up on, yes, today, a
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Friday.
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But don't worry, tomorrow we're going to have
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a whole new master topic starting off on
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Saturday, so it will be great to have
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that.
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So let's get right into this, shall we?
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All right.
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Number one, creativity weakens when you stop exercising.
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You know what I want to equate this
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to?
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Have you ever done exercises before?
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I'm sure a lot of you have, okay?
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When you stop exercising, you lose the benefit
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of it, right?
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Now, maybe not immediately, but you do lose
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the benefits of exercising.
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Another one that comes to mind, many of
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you know that I broke my tib and
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fib 10 years ago, and so I did
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it without surgery.
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That's a whole other story for another day.
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You can read my book, Adrena Driven.
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What I want to say is that when
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the leg was in the cast from, like,
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February 28th to, like, June 12th, it atrophied.
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And so when we say something atrophied, it
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basically, it becomes affected, right?
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Tissues in the organs basically get kind of
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arrested, and they can't move so well.
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They become diminished.
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The strength just kind of, like, just disappears.
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And, you know, if somebody said to me,
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John, you know, that's going to happen, I
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would never believe them.
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But getting that cast off and not being
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able to fully move the foot and that
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leg very well for, I'm going to say,
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a few days, I could get around, but
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I was not able to use it the
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way I did prior to the cast going
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on, prior to me breaking my tib and
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fib.
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So that's an important point, guys, is that
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creativity will weaken when you stop using it.
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So we're talking about, you know, ideas you're
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coming up with.
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We're talking about things for exercise.
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We're talking about things for motivation, right?
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When you lose it, you lose it.
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When you don't use it, you lose it,
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right?
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And things just kind of dwindle, right?
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And they decline.
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And of course, you can get it back,
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but it's harder to get the energy, the
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lifeblood back into, you know, your healthy tissue.
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Number two, guys, you haven't lost creativity just
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because you feel stuck.
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So this one gets a lot of people.
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I'm feeling stuck right now.
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What do I do?
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What am I supposed to do?
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And I think what I'm supposed to do
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is say, I can do this, okay?
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I think a lot of people, they get
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stuck because they don't know where to go.
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They don't know where to turn, okay?
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They just don't know where to go.
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And I know a lot of you out
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there are saying, hey, John, this is great,
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but I don't really know how to move.
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When someone says they're stuck, we're not talking
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about a car that suddenly is stuck because,
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you know, something's wedging it.
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We're talking about a condition.
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It could be physical, it could be mental,
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it could be spiritual.
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And this is holding us back from being
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all that we can be.
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And the more that somebody strokes it and
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basically says, yeah, you're definitely going down that
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path, you agree with it.
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And it just confirms that you are getting
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further away, that you are stuck.
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But again, you haven't lost creativity just because
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you're stuck.
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So when you're stuck, I want to think
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of being stuck as a writer's block.
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Has anybody ever had writer's block?
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You know, what is writer's block?
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We've all had it before.
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Writer's block happens when, you know, the teacher,
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professors ask you to write something on demand,
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and that can be stressful.
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Later on, I've learned that you have to
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just come back to it when you're ready.
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Staring at a blank page or a screen,
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you sit and you wait for words that
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do not seem to come.
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You feel like your ideas are bad or
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worthless.
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You get a mental freeze, right?
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Wanting the first sentence to be flawless.
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Don't worry about the first sentence being flawless.
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You're probably going to change it anyway.
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Worrying that others will judge your work.
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Who cares?
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What are they doing?
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Not knowing what happens next in your story
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or argument.
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Stress from everyday life or a noisy environment.
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How do you beat it?
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Just write badly on purpose.
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Give yourself permission to write a messy first
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draft, and you can fix it later.
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You could try free writing.
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Write anything nonstop for 10 minutes without stopping
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to edit.
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Change your spot.
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Move to a new room or a coffee
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shop to reset your brain.
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Set tiny goals.
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Aim to write just one single sentence.
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That's how it works.
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Number three, guys.
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Start using your imagination again.
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You know, when people are younger, I feel
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that everyone used their imagination because they didn't
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put limitations on themselves, right?
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They didn't put those blockers in, right?
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That's really what happens.
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And those blockers keep us from doing what
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we need to do.
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But they are a, I'm going to call
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it a condition that we have, that we've
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put there.
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There's nothing really there blocking us, except the
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block that we physically created.
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So if we take away the block, we
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take away the belief, suddenly we can do
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it.
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Suddenly.
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But so many people go through all this
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stuff and they're like wondering, what am I
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doing?
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What am I doing?
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Why can't I move forward?
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I'm stuck.
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How do I get out?
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Right?
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It's not like being stuck when you're in
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traffic and nobody's moving.
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That's different.
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Right?
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It's not like that.
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It's not like that at all.
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But it's different.
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It's different.
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And the difference says to us, you can
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do this, right?
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So use your imagination.
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Don't worry if it doesn't work right.
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It's not going to work right.
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Your imagination is a muscle.
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So you've got to exercise it, right?
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But don't give up just because it's not
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working for you right away, right?
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Number four, create something small today.
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Everybody I talk to wants to create this
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grandiose thing, but they don't think about something
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small.
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Why?
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Because they feel everything has to be big.
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If it's not big, then they can't go
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anywhere.
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They can't do anything.
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That's a big problem, guys.
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It's a huge problem.
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But the problem is all caused because of
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what's in someone's mind.
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So what's small?
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Something small could just be creating an act
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of gratitude.
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It could be making yourself a sandwich, breakfast.
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It could be creating some space for you
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to just breathe and live and enjoy life.
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Another thing I want to tell you is
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stop waiting for inspiration to arrive first.
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What I've found is that inspiration doesn't just
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show up.
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No.
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When you believe you have inspiration, that's when
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it changes.
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But it does not change immediately.
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It does not change immediately.
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And I think that's something that caused a
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lot of people to dig their heels in
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the ground.
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Like they don't want to move.
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This is the way it's got to be.
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Use the imagination.
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Stop waiting for inspiration to arrive.
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Because if you wait for it, you don't
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get that epiphany.
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You're just like not going to move.
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So move as if you have inspiration, and
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the inspiration will find you.
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Number six, action can generate inspiration.
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Yes, action.
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Act as though you have it and you'll
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get it.
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Your body in motion is very unique.
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So I want to share something that I
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think I've shared a while ago.
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If you're in a great mood, okay, you're
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standing in a great mood, and you're standing
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a certain way.
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And I say, don't move, okay?
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And I say stay exactly the way you
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are, same body position, posture, et cetera.
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And I say, now try to become angry.
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Don't move.
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You can't become angry.
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You can't.
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Now, if I ask you to get angry,
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and I ask you to get happy, I
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can't.
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Your body controls that.
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So our body language is not just for
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other people.
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It actually affects our states.
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That's another important thing, okay?
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Number seven, creativity becomes easier through repetition.
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It's that muscle, guys.
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It's the muscle that we can keep rebuilding
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and rebuilding and rebuilding.
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Number eight, make creating part of your routine.
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Don't expect perfection.
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Just what I like to say is creatively
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play.
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Things work out really well in business when
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I creatively play.
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When I stressed about things, it's like they're
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never going to get done.
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I say, let me just try this.
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Let me just see how this is going
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to fit in there, and it works really
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well.
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So make creating part of your routine.
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Number nine, give yourself regular time to experiment.
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You know, you could put more time on
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your calendar.
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I don't care what you want to do,
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but I want you to be committed to
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doing this.
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Can you do that?
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Be committed to doing it, and when you're
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committed to doing it, your life is going
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to change, not overnight.
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So let me be clear about that.
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Number 10, protect your curiosity as you get
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older.
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So as you get older, a lot of
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people say, you know what?
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I know how that works.
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I got the whole thing.
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I got it all figured out.
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I'm glad you got it all figured out.
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But the fact that you have it all
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figured out, you're crippling yourself from getting to
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another success or to your first success.
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So that's a real important thing.
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Protect the curiosity you had when you were
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younger.
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Ask the questions.
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You know, whenever I go somewhere and I
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want to learn about something, I ask questions
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like I was a two- or three
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-year-old.
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Not in a bad manner, but I just
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get so right in there, and I ask
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them.
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And I become curious not because I have
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to, but because I want to, and that's
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the thing.
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When you want to do something, I don't
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care whether it's education, it's a relationship, it's
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learning a language, whatever it is, your body's
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going to be moving in that direction because
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you want it.
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Number 11, don't let responsibility eliminate imagination.
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Now, don't say because, well, you know what?
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I have to do it this way.
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No, you don't.
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Number 12, keep asking what else is possible.
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See, when we ask the questions, our mind
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says, all right, you want the answer, I'm
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going to work on the answer for you.
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So continue learning things outside your normal work,
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number 13.
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If your scope is here, and this is
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all you do, learn outside that scope, right?
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Take a class.
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Could be pottery.
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Maybe you're going to join the choir.
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Maybe you're going to volunteer somewhere.
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Maybe you're going to go back and get
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some more education.
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But think outside the box.
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Think outside your normal world, your box that
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you're in.
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Get out of the box.
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Number 14, new experiences give creativity new material.
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What do you mean by that, John?
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So we get a new experience, our mind
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has a completely different perception.
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It allows creativity to pull forward, right?
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Why is it when you get a writer's
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block, you pick up and you go to
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the room and you might work, you go
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outside and then it works for you, right?
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That's pretty cool.
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I think that's an important thing.
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A lot of people just don't get it,
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right?
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They don't get it.
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And the reason they don't get it is
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because they think it's the only way they
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can do it.
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That's important.
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If you act like you're not open to
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new creativity or having new ideas, you're going
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to be locked in the same framework that
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you've been.
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And we know what Einstein says, do the
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same thing over and over again, expecting different
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results.
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That is insanity.
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Number 15, talk with people who think differently
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in your life, right?
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You get the people that are the naysayers,
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I know you're going to get them.
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You can't change them, don't even try.
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Talk with other people in your life.
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I think that is one of the most
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important things that I can share with you,
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okay?
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That is the most important thing I can
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share with you.
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But it comes from the mind first, okay?
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Number 16, explore subjects that have nothing to
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do with your work, right?
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If you're in, I don't know, let's say
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you're in the field of real estate, explore
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music.
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Explore other things, whether you like them or
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not.
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See what they're like.
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My grandmother, Morley, on my dad's side, always
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used to tell me, you know, John, you
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need to try new things.
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One of the things she wanted me to
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try was liver.
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And my dad's like, oh, he'll never eat
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that.
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I said, first I was a little bit
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of like, he's like, you have to try
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it.
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I'm like, all right, I'll give it a
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shot.
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What's the worst that happens?
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I don't like it.
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Took it, a little messy, cut it up.
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But it's pretty good.
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I told people like liver, they said, oh,
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we're never trying that.
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So when somebody's already marked in their mind
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that they're not trying it, they don't even
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give anything a chance.
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And ladies and gentlemen, this is what I
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think that a lot of people get stuck
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on, okay?
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You know what that is?
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People get stuck on so many things.
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But what do you think people get stuck
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on?
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Make things simply because they're interesting.
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Not because you have to.
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Number 18, stop requiring creativity to produce money
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every time.
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It doesn't have to.
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It will for you lots of time, but
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you don't need it to.
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Number 20, guys, creativity can make ordinary life
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more interesting.
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I found that when we actually get creative,
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when we actually enjoy the moment, life slows
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down for us.
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Life slows down.
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That's important, guys.
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And what do we mean by that?
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I think it comes down to, again, our
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perceptions.
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And these perceptions happen because of our surrounding,
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because of what we hear, what we see,
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what we touch, even what we taste and
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smell.
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Number 21, solve familiar problems in an unfamiliar
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way, right?
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We've all been taught that you can't put
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the square peg in a round hole.
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But suppose there was a way to do
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it.
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Just suppose.
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Suppose there was a way to do it.
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Would you try to go that way?
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Would you say, I'm not doing that.
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When people dig their heels into something, first
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thing I say is stubborn.
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And the second thing I say to myself
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is, why?
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Are they scared?
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Are they embarrassed?
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Or are they just that adamant?
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And usually what I find is they're scared.
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They have no idea.
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I'll ask them, like, OK, so I know
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you don't want to do this today.
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That's fine.
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But I have a question.
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What would have made you want to do
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that?
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I'm not going to ask you to do
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it.
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But what would have made you want to
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do that today?
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Well, I think if I understood how to
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do it, oh, well, I can show you
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how I do it.
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And then you get the idea.
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It's important to understand those things.
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Number 22, keep an idea list you actually
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return to.
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How many people write things down in a
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journal or a book and go back to
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them?
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They don't.
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They don't.
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They don't do it.
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But the question is, why?
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I think the why question comes out because,
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well, it's not the norm.
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Nobody else is doing it.
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That's also why they're not successful.
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Number 23, build on ideas instead of endlessly
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collecting them.
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What do I mean by that?
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So this goes back to the premise of
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working on your business as opposed to working
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in your business.
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I think that's an important piece.
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How do we work on our business?
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On our business is not hard, but it's
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different.
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And those ideas and just collecting them and
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saying, gee, I'm going to do this and
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do that.
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But then you actually just collect them, but
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you never really execute.
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It's kind of like the procrastinator that tries
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to write a book and just outlines.
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I know what happened to me.
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I was outlining.
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I said, OK, enough.
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I've been outlining for a week.
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No more outlining.
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Let me start writing now.
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Number 24, finish some of what you start.
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I didn't say you have to finish everything.
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I said finish some of what you start.
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When your mind and body get into this
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state of saying, I finish things, I do
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things, you know what happens?
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It gets easier for you.
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But in the beginning, it is uncomfortable.
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All right, number 25, share ideas when sharing
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can help them grow.
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Sometimes people are afraid to give their two
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cents because maybe it might, I don't know,
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affect someone.
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It might rustle their feathers the wrong way.
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Just saying.
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Share ideas when sharing can help them grow.
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Many people think that, well, they got their
25:09
way of doing it.
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But maybe you have an idea that might
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help them.
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I'm just saying, guys.
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Number 26, protect ideas that aren't ready for
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outside judgment, right?
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Maybe you're doing something a certain way, but
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the audience you're with, you don't feel safe
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around because you feel they're going to judge
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you.
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It's OK to keep those ideas under your
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hat.
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You don't need to disclose them.
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You don't need outside judgment.
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Number 27, guys, keep creating even when nobody
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notices.
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You're not creating for other people.
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You're creating for you so you can become
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a better version of yourself.
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That's the real reason.
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Anybody that tries to do something just for
26:02
show, they've already lost.
26:08
When you do it for yourself and you
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show up for yourself, regardless of who shows
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up, that's when you win.
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OK?
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Number 27, keep creating even when nobody notices.
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And I tell you this because I want
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to emphasize it again and again.
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Number 28, your creativity belongs to you before
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it ever belongs to an audience.
26:33
There was somebody I was sending an email
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to today about supporting one of my organizations
26:39
for something that we do.
26:42
And the person got back to me emphatically
26:45
and said, no, they didn't like our style
26:48
of artwork or what we were doing because
26:50
they're an artist and they're a little bit,
26:52
let's say, sore that we weren't using them.
26:56
But that's not really fair.
26:58
The person was respectful at the end and
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said, hey, I wish all you all the
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best, but I can't be part of this.
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That's fine.
27:06
Number 28, as we understand our audience and
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we grow it, it has to start with
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us first.
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Number 29, the creative person you remember is
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still inside you.
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You can still get him or her out.
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Don't be afraid.
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Number 30, your creativity isn't gone.
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You just need to start using it again.
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And that's what this whole week has been
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about.
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You didn't lose anything, ladies and gentlemen.
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All you did was stop something for a
27:38
little while.
27:39
You didn't realize you could turn the light
27:43
off or turn it back on at any
27:47
time.
27:49
You didn't realize the mic was off.
27:51
You didn't realize that all you had to
27:54
do was do a few stretches every morning
27:57
to feel a little better.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you so much
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for joining me this week, tonight, and every
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time you come on.
28:02
Be sure to check out BelieveMeAchieved.com for
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more of my amazing, inspiring creations.
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I'll see you guys tomorrow with a brand
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new master topic.
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Take care, everyone.