We humans are driven by an innate desire to express ourselves, to contribute, and to be loved. When your creative vision evolves beyond personal passion to a resolute mission, it takes root deep within you. It propels you to engage in the profound work, both within and without, to transform that dream into reality. So here are six steps you can use to conquer the fear of visibility.
Disappointment and the Creative Path
Creativity is the lover that makes your life worth living. But she needs your attention. He is jealous… and impatient. Without her, the ground of your being is cracked like the desert floor. Without him, life is pallid and dull.
Escape the Noise to Hear Your Creative Voice.
Have you noticed, with all the technological connections you now have, that you’re feeling less connected? Let’s talk about noise, silence, and an opportunity to hear your own creative voice. Learn more about this Wheel of Creativity event. Register here for this event on the Ghost Ranch website. But don’t wait! Registration […]
Four Common Denominators of the Innovator’s Attitude #2: Give up the Good for the Great.
“Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.” – Peter Drucker Richard Branson started an airline because his plane from Puerto Rico to his lover in the British Virgin Islands was cancelled. Mark Zuckerberg created the first version of Facebook to help students find hot dates. […]
“Do what you love, the money will follow.” The rest of the story.
Do what you love, the money will follow. Popularized in the 90s by a self-help book of the same title this idea was then revisited 15 years later in another successful book, The Secret. Ideas like these have led millions of personal development seekers to believe that all you have to do is change your thinking, and […]
I could have done more
Two weeks ago, I was in Texas for a family reunion. Driving back to Houston from the reunion in Austin, my cousins and I stopped into a gas station in the town of Giddings. We were on the buckle of the Bible belt when we pulled up in front of the station’s convenience store. As […]