Episode 75: Time Tools - Bad Habits

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We all have bad habits that rob us of time!
Overcome these bad habits today!

Don't fall prey to the time wasters looking to replace your creative time with wasted time.

Let me know how this week's time tools have impacted your life in the comments below!
Manifest your creative potential everyday!

Episode 74: Time Tools - Weekly Pow-Wow

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Refocus yourself creatively each week with two quick questions:
What is working?
What is not working?

Adopt the routine of taking stock each week in a weekly Pow-Wow and use the results when making a daily plan for the next week.

Use this technique to reframe your week and keep you on track creatively:

Episode 73: Time Tools - Pick One Thing

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Now that you have started to carve out some Creative Time the best way to use it is focus on one piece of your creative process and be intentional in completing it.

Pick one thing a day (creatively) and get it done!

Why pick just one thing? 
Today's video has the answer:

Use the Johari Window to establish what is important, make a plan each day, and now pick one thing to get done today.

Focusing your energies on a single task will help keep you in the creative zone and avoid wasting time on distractions and time wasters.

What is the one thing you will do today to manifest some of your creative potential?

Episode 72: Time Tools - Get a Plan

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Manifesting your creative potential takes time, today I tell you how getting a plan can give you the time you need!

Stay tuned all week for time tools that will free up more time than you thought possible!

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Episode 71: Time Tools - Johari Window

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Use a Johari Window to get more time to manifest your creative potential!

Watch today's video to find out how!

A Johari Window is used to ask two things: What is important? What is urgent?

Use this tool to eliminate the time wasters in your life and focus your time on the creative things you enjoy doing.

Now you officially can't use the excuse of "not enough time".

Leave a comment about how you felt about using the Johari Window.

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70 Creative Mindset Day 5

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The final thought before you rush off to the weekend...

Use the creative mindset-even if you don't consider yourself a "creative" or don't currently work in a "creative" field. These tips will work for anyone that wants to enjoy what they do in life.

Creative people do think differently - and these differences help them reframe our world into one that fosters their creative efforts.

Day 1: Observing the world around you
Day 2: Organizing your thoughts with mood boards, memory palaces
Day 3: Get into the creative zone using music
Day 4: Relaxing in the zone with some deep breathing

Day 5: ...

69 Creative Mindset Day 4

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Are you tense?

Is it interfering with your creative mindset?

Well look no further for a cure for your woes:

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Let me know how you relax in the comments below. :)

68 Creative Mindset Day 3

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Get into the creative mindset and think more creatively!

Creatives all over the globe use some similar techniques to create the mood that helps them create!

Join them today with this simple technique:

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67 Creative Mindset Day 2

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We delve deep into the mind of the creative to unearth some useful tools that you can use to manifest your creative potential.

Organize the ideas that you gather while observing the world. Try a mood board or vision board, or a collage.

Have you created a memory palace to store all your ideas yet?

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66 Creative Mindset Day 1

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The creative mind is different from mind that does not wish to express itself.

The first difference is the constant observation of the world.

Observe your world today.

Change your position, angle, viewpoint, and focus to really take in what the world is showing you today!

65 Consistency

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Make sure you stay on your Creative Track over the weekend and get into your creative zone Every Day!

If you don't feel like you have enough energy to get creative this weekend - start re-watching the past 64 episodes and that will get you fired up, in the zone, focused on creativity and anchored in a creative state!

Have a great weekend and see you next week!

64 Creative Play

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Get out there and PLAY!

Let the good times roll!

Make sure you take some time today to enjoy your creative journey!

Here is your encouraging video of the day:

63 Third Thought Thinking

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Our natural response when confronted with a decision is to simply agree with what is put before us.

The second thought is to blindly disagree and reject what is presented.

The Third thought is where all creativity begins. The Third Thought is  one of "how can I make this work" not whether it will work or not, but HOW.

Third Thought Thinking engages your creativity centre in your brain and you begin to problem solve as opposed to just regurgitating reasons pro or con for the provided options of a decision.

In Improv comedy it is essential to live in the third thought - for that is where all of the punchlines to all the jokes live.

Improv example:
Free word association with the word "apple"

First thought thinkers:
iPhone, iPad, Computers, Red, Golden delicious, granny smith,

Second thought thinkers:
Orange, Banana, fruit, PC, android

Third thought thinkers:
Gravity, of my eye, archery, pineapple, apple Jacksparrow, Steve Jobs, Adam and Eve, Adam and Steve (Jobs)

62 Your Topic Ideas

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Let me know if there is anything that you would like to see covered in the blog.

I aim to provide practical encouragement for creative people.

My Vision: "Help Humanity Manifest its Creative Potential".

Do you do creative things? Are you looking to become more creative? I want to help you manifest your creative potential!

Travel with me on an encouraging daily journey into creativity and see what happens next!

61 - Waiting

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How many times have you sat and waited for an idea?

Have you ever waited for creativity to just hit you over the head?

Today's video is of me, waiting.

Have a super day!
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60 Writers Week - Day 5

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Is that Kelowna's newest rap collaboration? - Nope, just me and Andrew Schroeder having some fun on the Friday of Writer's Week.

Have a super weekend!

Don't forget to manifest your Creative Potential every day!

59 Writers Week - Day 4

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What makes collaborations work?

I chat with Andrew Schroeder this week and today we focus in on our collaboration, and communication.

Who are the people you collaborate with?

If you are looking to collaborate with people in your area - leave your name and city in the comments!

58 Writers Week - Day 3

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How did you get your creative start?

When did you know that you were destined for a life filled with creativity?

The origin of your Creative Journey is important.

Today I chat with Andrew Schroeder about the origin of his Creative Journey:

Share how you got started in the comments below!

57 Writers Week - Day 2

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Get out your pens and paper, notebooks, binders, word processors, typewriters, computers, laptops, dictaphones, iPads and twitter fingers!

Writers Week is in full swing as I chat about consistency with my buddy (and Author) Andrew Schroeder!

Don't get blocked, get energized!

56 Writers Week - Day 1

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Hello Creative Compadres!

I introduce to you today Andrew Schroeder, a writer who I have collaborated with in the past.

Andrew and I have a chat about being creative and getting into the creative zone as it applies to writing.

Have a great week and keep checking back for more writing tips!

I did add an effect to the video to boost the dark night image (pun intended) as an experiment let me know what you think.

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