Showing posts with label Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Time. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Secret of the Millionaire Mind: Wealth File #11 Rich People Choose to Get Paid Based on Results


This is a chapter-by-chapter summary of a book by T. Harv Eker’s Secret of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth (2005) series. One chapter, one article. Read this summary, buy the book. Enjoy!

Wealth File #11:
Rich People Choose to Get Paid Based on Results.
Poor People* Choose to Get Paid Based on Time.

Harv Eker writes, “There’s nothing wrong with getting a steady paycheck unless it interferes with your ability to earn what you’re worth. There’s the rub. It usually does.” Wealth Rule #1: Never have a ceiling on your income. If you choose to get paid for your time, you are pretty much killing your chances for wealth, says the author. A steady paycheck is safe. A steady paycheck is also a ceiling on your income. A steady paycheck is killing your chances for wealth…

If you want to become rich, work for yourself or at least work on commission or percentage. That’s the only way you can get paid based on results write Eker. Maybe it seems less safe but it’s certainly how you can earn more money. And it’s the only way to get rich. It’s how you can earn what you’re worth. And living based on security (like a safe, steady paycheck) is living based on fear. What you’re actually saying is, “I’m afraid I won’t be able to earn enough based on my performance, so I’ll settle for earning just enough to survive or to be comfortable.”

Eker asks his readers: Who should get paid more, a good or a bad lawyer? I guess we’re all clear on that – the more you deliver, the more you should get paid. In a 9 to 5 job though, everybody is paid the same. Everybody is paid based on the time they “work.” He puts work in quotation mark became he thought it’s less about the work and more about the time… Again. Harv Eker is completely clear on that: If you want to get rich, you work for yourself!

[*I need to note that the Harv Eker makes it clear in this book that he does not mean to degrade poor people. He does not think that rich people are better than poor or middle-class people. They’re just richer.]

I Have A Millionaire Mind!


Wednesday, February 14, 2018

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck: ...And Then You Die (Chapter 9 Summary)



This is a chapter-by-chapter summary of a book by Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (2016) series. One chapter, one article. Read this summary, buy the book. Enjoy!

The more I peer into the darkness, the brighter life gets, the quieter the world becomes, and the less unconscious resistance I feel to, well, anything.”
(Mark Manson)

This is one of the hardest things you will ever have to do, because human beings possess an innate terror of death. We are the only animals (writes Manson) able to contemplate our own mortality and it is all too easy to become obsessed with death terror, but paradoxically, this leads us to waste the time we have. Only once we become comfortable with death can we learn how to truly embrace the time we have.

And the only way to become comfortable with death is to concentrate on the legacy you want to leave behind – how do you want the world to have been changed by your presence. If you have good values, you want to leave the world better than you found it. This means believing in something bigger than yourself, and working to serve that something bigger. Some people find it in religion, others in community, but the point is to find it, and let it change your perception of death… to let it transform the way you view your life, said Manson.

Accept the fact that you are going to die.

Monday, November 14, 2016

I Wonder #5 How Does Time Differ Around the World?


The earth gets light and dark at approximately the same time all over the world, so it is necessary to adjust the clocks. If we did not do this, you might find that dawn was at 10pm. In the year 1884 time zones were set up around the world, measured from Greenwich in London. Each time zone on the east or west of Greenwich has a different time.

Each zone is either one hour ahead or one hour behind its neighbouring zone – it is one hour earlier to the west of each zone, and one hour later to the east. One example of the time difference is, when it is 12 noon in Malaysia it is 1pm in Seoul, Korea.

Fact: When people travel long distances by fast jet plane they often get a feeling of confusion which is known as jet lag. The reason for this is because modern aircraft travel so fast that they may cross several time zones in a short time during a flight. It may take a couple of days for your brain to adjust.

Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)


Monday, May 30, 2016

Change Your Life: [Pursue Your [Passion] will Move Men Beyond Themselves]


Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, sold something more than computers and gadgets. He sold emotion and passion. When he first presented the iPad to the world, he repeatedly said, “It’s just so amazing to hold.” There was obviously a genuine love for the product, a real passion for what his company had created.

Once, Jobs was fired from the company he started, and he considered leaving Silicon Valley forever. However, he realized that, though he had been rejected, he still loved what he did, and he started over – this time with NeXT and Pixar, with the latter becoming a tremendous success.

Even if we have no aspiration to become the next high-tech megastar, we can all learn from the way Steve Jobs lived his life. In 2005, when he delivered the commencement speech at Stanford University, he shared some invaluable advice with the young graduates: “You time is limited, so don’t spend it living someone else’s life… have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

Pursuing your passions may or may not lead to material or public success; however, regardless of external success, life is short, and finding small ways to express your inner, authentic voice at work, at home, or with your friends is perhaps the most important thing you can do for yourself and the world.

Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)


Monday, May 16, 2016

Let Children be Children: 6 Common Creative Killers


Many parents try to be perfect, but sometimes their best intentions can backfire without them even realizing it. Based on Victoria Wilson’s book Boost Your Child’s Creativity (2010), here are 6 common habits which can stifle child’s desire and ability to be creative:

Creative Killer #1: Helping

Young children often find it frustrating when they are learning something new. They can’t quite work out how to make their tree look right, or they hold the pen the wrong way up. But it pays dividends to sit back and let them carry on with whatever they are trying to do. If you insist on showing them exactly how to draw a tree, you’re denying them the opportunity to find their own way of drawing it, and to experiment and learn things on their own. You’re also inadvertently setting them up for failure – their tree isn’t going to be as good as yours, they are not going to be able to use pen as easily as you. This can make them feel even more frustrated. Your child will only gain confidence if you give them the opportunity to prove to themselves they can do somethings without your help.

Creative Killer #2: The Wrong Toys

Most houses have them, they toys with bright colours, flashing lights, a variety of songs and perhaps some Beethoven to help them learn the alphabet. Toys like these are fun, and have their benefits, but in terms of encouraging your child to be imaginative, they are creativity killers. Children really do stretch their imaginations further if they are making up their own songs, or playing with a cardboard cut-out sword rather than a flashing light sabre.

Creative Killer #3: Deciding What is Right and Wrong

 By telling a child the ‘right’ way to paint the rainbow, or that it’s ‘wrong’ when they bang all the keys on the piano at once, you are limiting your child’s early experiments. Picasso’s cubist artwork did not fit with the aesthetic standards of conventional art at the time and modern classical music might seem out of key and harsh to most listeners. Yet art and music critics have come to applaud these expressions of creativity which fall outside the norm by conventional standards. Creativity is all about thinking outside the normal rules and dreaming up new ways of doing things. This is exactly what your child is doing when he draws the world upside down or when she colours the sea pink.

Creative Killer #4: Planning Their Time

Children definitely need routine and structure in their day, but do be wary of planning your child’s time too rigidly. Try to allow time each day for ‘unstructured play’ where your child can choose his or her own activities freely and, where possible, be a little flexible in cancelling other scheduled activities if your child is really involved in what they are doing. If your child is thoroughly absorbed, they are probably contented and learning a good deal.

Creative Killer #5: Right Answer Syndrome

Children love to do things well and win approval, but beware of cultivating a need in your child to get things ‘right.’ One of the key traits of creative people is that they are good at ‘divergent thinking’, which means they can suggest lots of different potential answers of solutions to a puzzle or question. Of course, sometimes there is only one right answer. But try to present your child with situations and tests where they can learn that sometimes there are lots of different correct answers, and that different people’s responses are all equally valid.

Creative Killer #6: Competition

There is fierce debate amongst the educationalists about whether competition is good for children. When it comes to creativity, however, studies such as those by Professor Teresa Amabile at Brandeis University suggest that competition can negatively influence creativity. Competition automatically infers that judgement is being made over the creative product, which can make the child less willing to take risks and be inventive. In addition, Amabile and many other psychologists argue that children should be encouraged to enjoy creativity simply because it is an enjoyable and fulfilling process, not as a means to win contests or rewards. Much research suggests that rewarding a child simply for doing something creative eventually lessens their interest in doing creative activities for which they are not rewarded.

Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)


Beware: Multitasking Will Decrease Your Productivity


A study at The British Institute of Psychiatry showed checking your email while performing another creative task decreases your IQ in the moment by 10 points. This decrease is the equivalent of the effects from not sleeping for 36 hours – and exhibits more than twice the impact of smoking marijuana.

In a study of 1,000 of its employees, Basex, an information-technology research firm, found striking data showcasing inefficiency. It was determined that 2.1 hours per day is lost to interruptions. This figure indicates over 26 percent of the average workday is wasted due to multitasking and unwanted interruptions. Jordan Grafman, chief of the cognitive neuroscience section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, explains, “There’s substantial literature on how the brain handles multitasking. And basically, it doesn’t… what’s really going on is a rapid toggling among tasks rather than simultaneous processing.”

Another study, conducted by professors at the University of California, observed the workflow and time-on-task of employees at two high-tech corporations. They discovered that the employees only spent an average of 11 minutes before being interrupted or having to move on to something else. It then took them 25 minutes to work their way back to their original task.

If you are constantly being interrupted by fellow employees, instant messages, or phone calls, reserve a small conference room for a little bit of time, grab your laptop, and crank away,” write Erik Qualman, author of Digital Leader. “If you are at your home go to a local coffee house or a park with your laptop and tablet. Another trick is to wear your phone’s headset or earbuds even when you aren’t on a call as people will be less likely to interrupt you.” The truth is: Multitasking actually leads to less productivity and efficiency.

Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)


Saturday, April 30, 2016

Is Your Child Naturally Creative? Nine Sure Signs that They Are


I believe that creative talents are due to nature (gift) and nurture (learn) at the same time. It is a blend of the two. But some children seem to be outstandingly creative from a very young age. Victoria Wilson in her book Boost Your Child’s Creativity (The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc; 2009) listed nine signs that your child may be creatively gifted or naturally creative:

1)    They’re Often Lost in Daydreams. A vivid imagination, and a love of fantasizing and being playful with thoughts is a strong sign of a creative child.

2)    They Connect Seemingly Random Objects and Ideas in Their Fantasy Play. Of course most children love imaginary play, but a key thing to look out for is if your child connects seemingly random objects or ideas into their play or stories. For example, they are an alien descending to sample the tomato soup on planet Earth, or their pretend horse loves chatting to the flowers on his mobile phone. This ability to make unusual connections is a key trait of very creative children.

3)    They Ask Lots of Unusual Questions. Most children go through a phase of asking ‘Why?’ to everything. But if your child is always asking questions and especially if he or she comes up with very strange, seemingly silly questions such as, ‘What would happen if the sun came back up at night-time?’ or ‘Why don’t apples grow from our fingers?’ it is a strong sign they are very creative. What they are also demonstrating is the ability to rearrange elements of thought to create new ideas and the inclination to question things others take for granted.

4)    They’re Often the Odd One Out; They Don’t Dress or Act the Same Way Others Do. It’s natural for children to want to be accepted by their classmates and friends, but some children will deliberately choose to be the odd one out no matter how much pressure there is to fit in. Often this is simply because they think differently to others, and thinking differently is thinking originally.

5)    They’re Resourceful and Good at Solving Problems. Creative children are, by definition, good problem solvers because they are flexible in the way they think and adapt quickly to different situations. Also, by definition, children who are creative will have lots of ideas and potential solutions to problems.

6)    They Love Playing Alone and Can Entertain Themselves for Long Periods of Time. Of course, children need some organized activities, and there’s even some evidence that a little carefully selected TV can stimulate learning and ideas. But a child who’s naturally able to come up with ideas is usually able to find plenty to occupy him or herself. In fact, it is very hard for children who are shuttled from one arranged activity to another, or put in front of the TV for long periods every day, to be creative.

7)    They’re Often So Absorbed in What They’re Doing, They Don’t Even Hear You. Being utterly absorbed in creative play or activities is to be in what famous psychologist Abraham Maslow labelled a ‘peek experience.’ This is the ability to ‘become lost in the present.’ It’s an important ability, particularly for young children who need constant supervision, because it allows them to free themselves from interaction and interruptions by others, while remaining in their presence, so they can really focus on their own thoughts, feelings and experiences. This is essential for creativity, because it allows children to form individual and original thoughts.

8)    They’re Rebellious. Of course, sometimes this is simply bad behaviour, but the instinct to think for themselves and to be individuals will drive creative children to question parents, teachers and books. It is down to you and your innate knowledge of your own child to determine whether a demand to wear a ballerina costume to bed is an act of creative expression, or a ploy to put off bedtime…

9)    They’re Often Both Extroverts and Introverts. Psychologists have found that very creative people can often be very outgoing and very shy at different times, whereas most of the population are either one or the other.

Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)


Monday, November 9, 2015

Change Your Life: Life is Short... Move On


Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow,
It only saps today of its joy” (Leo Buscaglia)

Worry can serve an important purpose: If we worry about something today, we can take action to avert trouble in the future. Most of the time, however, we worry about what is beyond our control, or about things that are trivial and unimportant. Whenever I worry, I remind myself to step back and ask myself whether my worry serves a purpose. If it does, then I should take action! If, however, it does not, then I need to label my preoccupation as unnecessary worry, and move on to other more useful pursuits.

Although it may be difficult initially to shift my focus away from worry, I know that over time I will gain better control over what preoccupies me and learn to move on when I engage in futile concern. Life is short. The question for all of us, young and old, is how long it is going to take us to realize this. Whether we like it or not, the clock is ticking and our time here on earth is limited. Much in the world is worth doing and worth contemplating; it would be such a shame to waste time and effort on futile concerns. Make the most of the time you have!

Don’t worry,
Life is short… Move on.
Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)

 References:
1. Choose the Life You Want: 101 Ways to Create You Own Road to Happiness by Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD (New York: The Experiment, 2012) Buy this book!
2. Existantial Physhotherapy by I.D. Yalom (New York: Basic Books, 1980) P.s.: I don’t agreed in existentialist thinking.

Friday, January 9, 2015

Nurture Creativity: Read Widely like Google Search, Read Purposefully like Playing Archery

Reading remains an unsurpassed vehicle for
the transmission of interesting new ideas and perspectives
(Steven Johnson, TED Talks)

During my school time, there were three things that I hate in the world most: English language, writing and reading. Now strangely as it sound (and thankfully), I love all of them. I figure it out that if I want to grow I must challenge myself, keep pushing and do what I initially hate doing because I know that it is worth my investment, energy and time. Each and every one of us has the potential to grow. It's just a matter of practice and doing it regularly. In this way, we train ourselves to be more useful and – creative.

So now I love reading. One of the ways you can be more creative is by reading on a very wide range of subjects. Not just any reading will do, though. Blog posts, short articles, magazines, websites, newspapers and the like are all a fun diversion and beneficial, but they simply won’t turn on your creative juices as effective as the way good selective books will. “The reading which counts,” said Leon Gutterman, “is the reading which, in making a man think, stirs and exercises and polishes the edge of his mind.
Let me give you an advice: you can learn anything, but you can’t read everything. So pick your subjects with a sense of purpose. For example, one of my goals this year is to write a book on creativity, so I should stuff my brain more by focus reading on the subject of creativity, innovations, ideas, arts, inventions, history and biographies/autobiographies of creative minds. Of course, insights and inspirations may come from other sources too. That’s for sure. So read widely (like Google search) and read purposefully (like playing archery). Randomly and focus reading. Both. 

Here are why reading can boost your creativity: Reading will:

§  Stimulate, nourish and broaden your mind (stagnant thinking is dangerous)
§  Help you to think out of the box (look at the things from a different perspective)
§  Add knowledge that can be used to spark ideas
§  Develop your vocabulary (especially for creative writings)
§  Enhance concentration and discipline (focus, focus, focus)
§  Sharpen language and communication skills (boring people are generally non-readers)
§  Helps you to think and gain more ideas from others
§  Improve your imagination (better than watching movies!)
§  Release your stress level and help you to relax
§  Build self-esteem, positive thinking and confidence (except when you read ghost stories)
§  Put you in the range of highly effective people all over the world (most successful people are readers)
§  Ignite your passion to read more. Reading is fun once you get into the habit (Fun = creative state).
§  Reading books, especially, will change your life!

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” (Victor Hugo)
So, read widely like Google search and read purposefully like playing archery.
God, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)

Monday, January 5, 2015

Nurture Creativity: Use Online Time Wisely (Hunt for Ideas!)


In order to become an effective idea hunter,
one must be receptive to creative inspiration from unfamiliar or unusual sources
(Andy Boynton, The Idea Hunter)

Most of us spend online time for social networking, searching, reading content, e-mailing or communicating in general, visiting multi-media sites for music or video or both, online shopping, etc. Recently I visited TIME website and stumbled on an article. I thought it is interesting because in the article they include Apps that can count how many time (not necessary ‘wasted’) you spend on Facebook. It is safe and will not appear on your timeline. Mine, since 12th November 2008 until today, I spend only 3 days 18 hours 52 minutes and posted 14,718 things on my feed. On average 17 minutes per day. How about you? [Check it out: http://time.com/6107/how-much-time-have-you-wasted-on-facebook/]

Surely, Facebook or any other social media or the Internet is not that bad. What’s bad is when you addicted to online 24-7. What’s really bad is when you wasted your life online! What’s good is that you can use these tools for good. These tools, if you can use it wisely, can be your great source of ideas and to spark up your creativity. Basically, these are the thing I do when I’m online:

§  Downloaded audio sermons, audiobooks, talks and seminars
§  Watch video or listen to talks from YouTube, podcasts and websites (I recommend TED Talks, Google Talks, Intelligent2 and LearnOutLoud.com)
§  Read articles such as How Stuff Works, BBC and TED blog
§  Surf randomly (but not mindlessly). Who know, you might stumble to a cool website that may change your life!

How to use online time wisely? Here are my suggestions: 1) Intentionally, set time for online. You should be in control. It can be an hour in the morning, then an hour in the afternoon before lunch or mid-night before you go to sleep. Try not to go online, if possible, in the evening. Safe it for outdoor activities. 2) Set a limit. As for me, in regular time, I set at most 2-3 hours online. Depend on your job requires and working hours, set a limit (or simply take some time off once in a while). and 3) Use the time for ideas hunt. Find and gather as many ideas as possible, write it down on paper, steal it! and create your own new ideas – and if it useful, work on it.

Use online time wisely. Go for ideas hunt!
Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Nurture Creativity: Take More Time Offline


“Oh, it's sunny outside. I better update my Facebook status
for all of my friends that don't have windows” (Unknown)

Most of life is offline. Eating food and watching movies. Sleeping and bathing. Drinking coffee and reading books. All these daily activities are crucial for developing our creativity. I’m not telling you to stop online but asking you to spend more significant time offline. For me, I don’t check Facebook and email all the time (with exceptions). I try to limit my Facebook and social media time to one hour or less per day, and check e-mail once or twice daily except on Sunday (sometime I simply don’t check for few days!). I know a lot of bosses demands that their employees check email all weekend, but thanks God my boss is cool (so far).

You see, if you take more time offline, you can have more time to do something else. You will have more time to read book or magazine, more space to interact with people personally, you can take a break and pause from the desire to always online, you can observe – nature and people – around you, smell the flower, more time to play and exercise, etc. All these are human way of getting more creative. I think Marilyn Monroe says it well, “Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.” And – you will fail too, in relationship, business, project, games. Remember, human being makes mistake and failure, and failure is an essential aspect of creativity.

Take more time offline, be human again.
Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)

Monday, December 15, 2014

Improving the Quality of Your Creativity


Creativity is originality plus usefulness” (Russell Eisenman)

If we wish to improve the quality of our creativity (whatever our preferred creativity may be), subjecting it to evaluation by experts and by ourselves is a powerful way to improving it. Below are some ways to improving the quality of our ideas. Try them out on your ideas. They will provide useful prompts both to increasing their originality, usefulness and also their appropriateness. Here are some suggestions:

§  Get feedback on your idea from some non-experts too (beside from the experts). The non-expert can often see problems that experts may not, and ask questions that can make you review some aspect of your idea, and make suggestions that can improve it. Get feedback from both.

§  Take some time off from your idea. Idea is “exhilarating but it is also fatiguing”. You will come back to your idea refreshed and very likely spot flaws or improvements that you overlooked earlier.

§  Try many small improvements to your idea. Each improvement makes and may provoke many small changes and adjustments. The more of these improvements and adjustments are made, the more distinctive and effective your idea may become.

§  Think of the “customers” or beneficiaries of your idea. What would they find interesting and useful about your idea and what would they consider objectionable? By taking the perspective of your idea’s “customers,” you may be able to think of ways to increasing the impact of your idea.

§  Think of effective ways of making others aware of your idea. It would be a shame of you have an idea and nobody becomes aware of it. Appropriate publicity may earn you the additional bonus of attracting to you others working on similar matters, and interacting with them may stimulate you into further idea.

Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)

Friday, December 12, 2014

How to Maximizing a New Idea


Danny Cox write in his book Seize the Day, “Even as new ideas are being developed, their horizons should be stretched. The world is full of useful products that resulted from attempts to solve problems that had nothing to do with the idea’s ultimate application. Part of remaining open to new ideas is to remain open to new applications. In finding broader or different applications for new ideas, you can also recruit support from other sectors that wouldn’t have had any previous reason to be involved.” Then he outlines few questions that we should ask ourselves about the new idea:

Can the idea be put to uses other than the use it was originally designed for?
Can the idea be modified in any way?
Can the idea be reduced in scale or expanded?
Can the idea be upgraded?
Can the idea be substituted?
Can the idea be rearranged?
Can the idea be reversed?
Can the idea be combined with another idea?

Then before you launched your new idea, ask also the following questions.  These questions are helpful guide to making a go or not go decision on a new idea:

Does the new idea make better use of most peoples’ time, talent and energy?
Does the idea improve operations or product quality?
Does the new idea cut waste or unnecessary work?
Does the new idea improve working conditions and customer service?

A new idea doesn’t have to solve the problems of the world to be worth the shot. As long as a creative new concept meets the criteria set forth, it’s a valuable addition to your life. You will always have to use your best judgment and exercise discrimination. That’s simply part of being a responsible person. I know you can do it!

Maximize your idea.
The answer is out there,” Thomas Edison said, “Find it!
Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Barriers to Creativity #5: "Play is Frivolous"


Creativity, like common sense, is supposed to be common. Creativity is natural and spontaneous. Yet it is not exhibited as frequently as it should. Experts believe that there are several reasons for this. These reasons are called ‘Barriers to Creativity’. ‘Barriers’ are the thing that stop us from thinking creatively and the reason that make us not as creative as we should be.

Barrier #5: “Play is Frivolous”
            A playful attitude is fundamental to creative thinking. We generate most of our ideas when we are playing in our mental playground. That is because our defenses are down, our mental locks are opened and there is little concern with rules and regulations. Play also free us from worry which is the root cause of our mental block. Unlike reality, during play – when we win we win, and when we lose we learn. (The only cost is time). Children know play is a good way to learn. Children love to play at cooking and driving. Just watch a kid playing in the school bus or at the computer. They try everything!
            We germinate ideas during play. We toy with an idea before we come up with the real product or process. Some of the most important inventions were originally conceived during play. How to nurture your creativity? Play. Play. Play.
   
Play is fine.

Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)

Friday, February 14, 2014

How-To Generate Ideas #5: Create Your Quiet Space

The space probably not a practical idea for quiet space for most of us. Find your space near by.
Ideas come when you have a great desire to find them” (RA)

It's hard to come up with great ideas when your mind is crowded with everyday thoughts and concerns. Always in the crowd and busying yourself with stuffs will soon jam your mind for great ideas. You need quiet space. It will help you clear your mind of daily business or ministry and stress. Maybe your room would be nice. Some even have their own home office. What about your house garden. In the car! Any place that is quiet and relaxing (for you), however small or large – you deserve a space.

Take your laptop, some notebooks, books, fragrance candle or a cactus, whatever that you find stimulating. Personally, a notebook, small-sized Bible, and Mozart symphonies (If in office, I placed Albert Einstein’s quote frame picture: “Imagination is more important than knowledge” on my table) – are essential for me. Decorate your own space. Whatever it takes, create your space. Find it or make it. Commit to one or at least two hours every week. I assured you, you’ll find new ideas flowing.

Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)

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