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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Pep Talk | Grope

Ouch! Dang it. What was that? Did you hear that? You left the dark, wretched cave you’d crouched in for years to quest for growth and adventure. You dreamed of golden light and expanding horizons. You really went for it. You gave it your all. And instead you find yourself in another dark, wretched cave. […]

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Get some fresh air. Lots of it. ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 25 ~ Looking Up ~ The Power of Creativity

WORK Is Not a Four-Letter Word

Like the word GOD, somewhere along the way in our society the word WORK lost its way, taking on a precarious, over-managed burden of meanings it was never meant to bear. The simple core of WORK is effort directed toward accomplishment. What a relief. If that’s all it is, then we can reclaim the word […]

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Ask the oldest person you know what they would do. ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 7 ~ Out-of-Context Quote Book ~ The Power of Creativity

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What aspects of a successful outcome terrify you the most? Go there. ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 2 ~ Crying and Staying ~ The Power of Creativity

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Invent the system you wish you could find. ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 18 ~ Highly Sensitive Havens ~ The Power of Creativity

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Tell Santa Claus. Out loud. With a lisp. ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 19 ~ Secret Spaces ~ The Power of Creativity

Grace Kerina’s Five Rules for Life

Jon D. Andre was kind enough to invite me to send him my Five Rules of Life, which he published last week. If the idea appeals, write your own and submit them to Jon, or do it just for yourself. See the Five Rules of Life site for interesting and thought-provoking compilations. Grace Kerina’s Five […]

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Just stop. Do absolutely nothing for a while. ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 22 ~ How to Stop Time ~ The Power of Creativity

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Imagine the issue as a diorama. Now look through a peephole in the back. What is revealed? ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 13 ~ Power to the Peepholes ~ The Power […]

Pep Talk | Think

What’s your first response to a setback? How do you handle bumps in the road, big or small? Hand-wringing, raging, tossing blame around, and giving up don’t get you very far. At best, they’re like running in place. At worst, indulged in habitually, they take you backwards, away from solutions and resolutions. Here’s a radical […]

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Confess. ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 19 ~ Avoid the Rush – Finish Last ~ The Power of Creativity

Compass Titles

You probably have some form of a job title, even if you’re self-employed. Service Associate. Librarian. Sous Chef. Chemical Engineer. Dog Walker. Writer. Personal Coach. Waiter. Is your current title an expression of the truest you? Do you swell with pride when you say it out loud? If not, it’s time for a new calling […]

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Ask someone who knows absolutely nothing about this project to give you advice. Take notes. ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 1 ~ Hidden Lives Revealed ~ The Power of Creativity

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Imagine an anonymous donor giving you all you need to solve this. What would you get? ~~~ Daily Creativity Prompts deliver a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process. See Grace Kerina’s Creativity Prompts Compendium for tools to spark your genius. Related posts: Creativity Prompt | 22 ~ Wishing Like Children ~ The Power of Creativity