Good Strategies For Defusing Angry People (By Ruth Seebeck)

There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen. ~ Alexandre Dumas

Have you ever faced an angry person? I'm guessing it wasn't pleasant. There are some strategies you can use to help defuse that anger. First, however, you need to understand what anger is and where it comes from.

Anger is defined as 'a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, belligerence or hostility'. Synonyms include rage, vexation, wrath, exasperation, displeasure, and irritation. That's a pretty wide range of emotion.

Anger is a learned response to mental, emotional or environmental threats, usually modeled in the same way our parents responded to various situations. Children who grow up in an 'angry' family carry that anger into their adult lives. Conversely, children from peaceful families generally seek peace with others and their surroundings.

Anger is a controlling mechanism, used by the aggressor to dominate and manipulate those around him. And it is usually the 'him' who expresses anger in objectionable ways. Both psychologically and physiologically, men are programmed for more aggressive behavior than women (blame the testosterone!).

That said, here are some simple strategies you can use to defuse angry people.

Don't take it personally. He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; (Prov. 16:32) Instead, understand that their anger is not really directed at you. It was triggered by a sense of unfairness that he or she feels. When life seems out of control, their self-defense mechanism kicks in, and anger is often the result. They mistakenly think they can use hostility or belligerence to reassert control.

Consider the husband who is angry at his boss, but takes it out on his wife. He has no power to dominate his employer, so he uses his spouse to regain some sense of superiority and control. It's not really about her; she's a scapegoat.

Patients often exhibit anger toward family members or their caregivers when they are really upset about their inability to recover from or control the disease and their changing lifestyle. They don't want to lose their mental or physical capabilities, and they don't want to be in a care facility. It's not about you at all.

Don't respond in kind. A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. (Prov. 15:1) A yelling match won't defuse anything. Instead, it creates a war, often one that results in long periods of unforgiveness and continued anger. The normal reaction is to try to defend yourself. "That's not what I meant!" or "You don't know what you're talking about!"

Now is not the time for indignance and ire. Instead, keep your voice calm and quiet. If necessary, absent yourself from the situation until he or she has had time to calm down. It's OK to walk away, turn off the phone or otherwise remove yourself from the anger.

Be a good listener. For his anger endures but a moment; (Ps. 30:5) Anger is normal; there are 229 verses in the KJV that refer to anger. God was often angry with the Israelites, but He did not retaliate. Instead, He considered Abraham's and Moses' questions, granting mercy instead of wrath. Anger is a natural human response to loss, threat, betrayal, injustice or trauma.

If the aggressor is not completely out of control, ask them why they are so upset. Often, having someone really listen while they vent can defuse the intense emotions and help them regain control. (It usually takes at least four or five "why" questions to get to the root of the issue.) Try to understand their feelings, even if you don't agree.

Be compassionate, not sympathetic. Sympathy means you're right there in the pit with them. Empathy and compassion understand their situation but don't condone their behavior. Sympathy enables; compassion is expressed in 'tough love'. Be honest with them about their situation and their actions.

Sometimes a change of topic (referred to as a 'redirect'), works to sidetrack those intense emotions. We do it for ourselves when we walk away from the desk for a few minutes or find something else to do to change our focus. Help them do the same. Ask a question unrelated to the current flare-up. Suggest a walk to give them an outlet for that excess energy and pent-up emotion.

Be positive. And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though You were angry with me... (Is. 12:1) As they bring themselves back under control, give them positive feedback to encourage a change in their behavior. A mature person can feel angry, without letting it control their words and actions. Help them get themselves under control by reinforcing their value and worth.

Be generous. A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. (Prov. 21:14) There's a reason for peace offerings and peace pipes. Gifts put people in a good mood. Do something generous for the other person. Start with a hug if they are approachable. Offer to buy them a cup of coffee. Whatever you do, make it something they will value. Put your own personal feelings aside.

Be consistent. Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.] (Col. 3:21 AMP) An angry person is like a child. They are out of control and don't want to hear a lecture on their bad behavior. Like a child, however, consistent actions on your part can reinforce positive change.

Follow God's example: God loves sinners, but He hates sin. And His mercy is new every morning. Show mercy toward him or her. Forgive seventy times seven if necessary, but don't condone or accept their bad behavior. Show them that their behaviors can change.

Don't be a doormat. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (Eph. 4:31). Yes, I know, that verse primarily refers to your own feelings; however, you should not allow yourself to remain in a constantly negative atmosphere. It may be necessary to 'put away' those friends who constantly bring you down. If you are in an abusive situation, get out! There is no excuse for abuse, physical, mental or emotional. Keep yourself safe.

Anger is a practiced emotion. People get angry at their computers and traffic lights, other drivers and check-out lines. All of that is practice for bigger blow-ups when bigger challenges arise. Uncontrolled anger is the devil's tool to keep that person upset and out-of-control.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. (Matt. 5:9) Whenever you can, be a peacemaker. Use the above strategies to defuse angry, out-of-control people. Your calm control can help them learn to let go of the anger and regain control over their own emotions. That way, you both win.

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Failure Is the Condiment

Quote By: Truman Capote

Many of us have been taught that not achieving immediate pleasure is a need. Failure is life's way of moving us in a different way and actually letting we greet eventually achieving that success we have been endeavouring towards.

Failures have given us a true understanding of self and drove us to attain that success that we envy. Failure is not an end, it is only a beginning. That failure makes us rethink to constructs a new plan, pushing us in a direction we may have not originally planned.

FAILURE IS A BEND IN THE ROAD, NOT THE END OF THE ROAD. LEARN FROM FAILURE AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD - Roy T. Bennett

Victorious personalities relish their past failures because they consider them experiences that added value to their life. And there is nothing better than the feeling of success after years of endurance, struggles, and tribute.

Our failures do not define us, they encourage us. We can accept falling short of a goal but we could never live with ourselves if we gave up trying. Just one line in the sand on the success side of our life is worth all of those hash marks in the failure column. A few dashes of inadequacy and a sprinkling of botched attempts make that main course of success that much tastier! Failure is not the end, with the right mindset; it will catapult your success.

Failure is not the end of the road. In fact it is the beginning of a beautiful journey. Success is neither a cup of tea nor a piece of cake. It is something more than an achievement. Unfortunately many of us give up and do not like to follow the experience of failing. It's impossible to taste success in life without experiencing some kind of failure.

Nobody in this world chooses to fail, but everyone tastes the bitter cup at some point in their lives. It serves as a mirror at each end of our life. It reveals our strengths, weakness, and helps in demonstrating ourselves by strengthening our efforts.

Failure doesn't mean we quit; it means we just need to try harder. It is just an experience or lesson which drives a person to his success until he will not give up.

Failure doesn't mean that everything is over; it means that you have a chance to try something new. It doesn't mean that everything is finished; it implies that you have an opportunity to have a go at something new.

Society doesn't reward defeat, and we won't find many failures documented or written in history books.

Sometimes we don't fail. We try our effort in wrong fields. Our talents are measured in a way that are not meant to be. So it's necessary to know why you failed. Knowing you are judged in a wrong manner you have to change your forte. It's not failure, just a new beginning and this time in the correct turf

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Believe You Are Creative?

"Creativity is as much about the ability to come up with ideas as it is about the courage to act on those ideas. He calls it creative confidence." - Tom Kelley

Do you consider yourself creative? Many people do not consider themselves as being creative. Typically, you hear "I'm just not creative," or "I can't do that", or "I'm not good enough to do anything like that."

Believing you are creative begin with you being a leader to take charge of your creativity. This is where you begin showing others that you can be creative and be a leader in generating and creating business breakthrough results.

The problem lies somewhere in your past where you were creative at one time, and then because some told you, "That does look anything like what you said", you took it personally and stopped being creative. Gordon McKenzie, a former Hallmark Creative Director, went to each grade in schools and noticed the wonderful art work. He asked the magic question to "How many artists are there in the room." "Please raise your hands."

The responses were very telling. In kindergarten and first grade class rooms, every student threw their hand up in the air. In kindergarten, everybody was an artist, two-handed artists: "Me! Me! Me! I'm an artist!"

In second grade classrooms, about three-fourths raised their hands in response. In third grade, only a few students help up their hands, some very timidly. So it went each grade a little worse than the one before it until he finally reached sixth grade. In response to Gordon's question, most students looked around to see if anyone would admit to being an artist, as if such an admission was a violation of group norms.

In the span of Kindergarten to sixth grade, students had un-learned their naturally tendency to be an "artist." Why?

The question to you right now is, Are You Creative? In reality, everyone is creative in one way or another. Because you have not been creative or don't think of yourself as being creative, let's think for a few minutes.

At home when situations take place, how do you handle them? If you think first about what to do, you are being creative. When problems, challenges and difficulties take place in the workplace, do you react with "Who knows how to solve this?" Or do you think first before reacting or responding. By giving up, you let others know you are not creative.

Instead, most likely you think about how to deal with the situation the best way you know how. Sometimes this is the creative way to actually solve the situation. If you don't use your creative muscles, your creativity will not be there when you need it most.

"Creativity is contingent on willingness to be judged. At some point, many people lose that." - Tom Kelley

Making Mistakes - If you work for a creative and innovative organization, it's okay to make mistakes. As long as you learn from your mistakes and don't make the same mistakes again, you are fine.

Be Curious about Everything. Essentially be aware of the things around you. What triggers an idea for you to work on?

Start looking at things from a different perspective. This view may give you an idea to work on something you wanted to do. It may even if it takes you to do something different without feeling uncomfortable. For example, go to your favorite restaurant and order something different from the menu, or go to a different restaurant. Take a different route to get to work.

"What is the biggest obstacle to creativity? Attachment to outcome. As soon as you become attached to a specific outcome, you feel compelled to control and manipulate what you're doing and in the process you shut yourself off to other possibilities. Creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about experimenting and discovering."

• Gordon McKenzie

Believe you are creative. Studies show we're all capable of creative genius, you just need to recognize - and hone in on your abilities. Your leadership skills and talent is demonstrated as you use your creative skills and talent to become the "Go-to-Person" in your organization.

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4 EASY WAYS To Become A SUPER Creative Person

Creativity is one of those things that people believe you are just born with it or you're not! I was always very creative as a child. I used to spend hours by myself in my room drawing and writing, so it is does come somewhat natural for me.. however, I have periods where I can't think of anything! So I had to think.. Can anybody be creative? Where does it come from? Where do creative people get their ideas? How can I become more creative and also teach others to do the same? Well I gave it a lot of thought and here are 4 Easy ways to tap into the creative genius that lives in all of us!

Relax

I noticed that my best ideas come when I'm doing almost nothing! Like driving in the car, taking a shower or just staring into space and being very quiet or meditating. Oftentimes the inspiration for creativity comes when we are relaxing. Take a walk, or relax and cook a nice meal When our body is relaxed our brain is freed up for creative things. If you are feeling stuck on an idea - take a break from it and just RELAX. I have started purposely setting time aside for nothingness and the ideas seem to keep on flowing because of it.

Get Some Competition

Nothing gets the creative juices flowing quite like competition. When someone challenges your creativity on a subject are you going to give up? Not likely! You are going to think of something new and different to be better because that's what we do. Talk to a friend or colleague and see which one of you can come up with better ideas for whatever you might be working on.

Find Your Inspiration

What really inspires you? Is it music, art, laughing, sports, cooking? Whatever it is.. do more of that! When you are doing things that inspire you, oddly enough you become more inspiring, which results in more creativity!

Improve On An Old Idea

Well, no idea is truly original but you know rappers take a sad song and make it better? (well sometimes it's better) Just think of think of ways to make improvements on already existing ideas. Advertising agency think tanks are always spinning old content and making it fresh again. Why can't you???

Creativity is as unique as the individual. There might be creative dry spells but trust and believe the source for creative ideas is infinite. If you need help tapping into your creativity to help in your business, life, or relationships contact me for a FREE Coaching session.

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Life Is Not Easy - At Best, It Is Satisfying

All failure is a temporary stepping stone to success at best. The most genuine successes have the bigger seeming failures that are the most temporary stepping stones to genuine permanent successes. Take a good inventor for example: A good or great inventor is mostly a failure, but one success or two, and they are in "The Legends Club", so to speak. What do I mean? Okay, Thomas Edison was said to have failed many times at inventing the light bulb before he found what worked, right. That is the simple version of what people with great ideas go through before they make it to success. Usually, failures are even bigger and time investments are more pronounced when working toward genuine success.

At worst, when quitting happens, someone else takes up the mantle from that quitting and makes a success of themselves. So, I can honestly say that the person who quits or lets the loss be "the end of them" does not want to achieve the goal they are after genuinely enough. Because, ultimately, what can be conceived rationally and worked on persistently, can be genuinely achieved. The greater the goal, the more this sort of time investment is needed and wanted to achieve it. It may not be easy, but when success happens, it is satisfying as Michelangelo having been rumored to say about the Sistine Chapel painting and art: "If they knew the hard work that went into easy looking genius, they would not consider it so easy or worthy of awe." I get it. "The Legends Club" of those who have succeeded and "arrived" genuinely is filled with this type of thing where success comes after diligent, realistic and hard yet smart work.

The only meaningful loss there is really is the loss that teaches a lesson and helps you succeed later. All other quitting, losses and lapses are worth nothing but "drama queen" type feeling sorry for yourself and weakness.

When you join the "legends" and "geniuses", you will find the first sentence in that last paragraph completely real, honest and true. The only meaningful loss there really is teaches a lesson that helps you succeed later. Indeed, at the end of this article, I can honestly say that the only meaningful win in life is earned. Everything else is "the luck of the draw" purely. So, if I captured reality in a bottle let me know.

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The Biggest Benefits of Reading Self-Improvement/Self-Help Books

Undoubtedly, the finest way towards personal growth is to read books. In the modern world, the impact of quality self-improvement/ Self-help books is unfathomable. In an era when excluding a selective few, everyone else is suffering from the ill-effects of stress-related complications, the self-improvement books could act as life-saving drugs. These books would help us see things in a different perspective. The dark shades of life would suddenly appear grey and when probed further begin to reveal colours hidden in them.

Mostly, the solutions of our problems lay hidden within us or in our surroundings. The self-improvement/ Self-help books point towards the right direction and help us find the solutions.

Here are the reasons why you should develop the habit of reading the books for self-improvement?

1. Motivation: In real-life, self-motivation is not always possible. However, nowadays, you need to continuously push yourself to perform better whether you are a student or a professional. The books for self-improvement act as a sort of motivating factor. Psychiatrists' suggest people to start the day after reading some pages of a motivational quotes book of philosophy or self-improvement.

2. Inspiration: Some years back, we were moved after reading the story of an IAS Topper, G.K.Ronanki of Andhra Pradesh who successfully overcame the challenges posed by one of the toughest competitive exams held in India- the UPSC Exams, 2016. He made it to rank III. However, this feat alone does not make his story an inspirational one. G.K. Ronanki has achieved the feat by battling severe poverty. He is the son of two poor agricultural labourers in Andhra Pradesh.

Probably, the best way to inspire a person is to highlight the real-life stories of people who have endured immense hardships and came along winners. Some self-improvement authors utilise this tool to re-ignite the fighting spirit of the reader.

3. Encouraging Quotes: "Talk To Yourself Once In A Day... Otherwise, You May Miss Meeting An Excellent Person In This World."-Swami Vivekananda.

Start a day after reading such precious quotes uttered by the masters of the world of philosophy. In fact, many of us are in the habit of following such life quotes on the internet. Reading even a single page of a book of self-improvement on a regular basis could be even more helpful. The digital world is itself a source of mental and physical stress. Hence, compared to a mobile or static device for accessing the digital media and read inspiring quotations, it is always better to have a good book by your side.

4. Unleashing the Inner Possibilities: Every human being is gifted with huge and unique types of possibilities. It is only this that they remain buried under negativity, apathy and disinterest. The self-improvement/ Self-help tips would help the readers unleash their inner possibilities and fulfil their aspirations by building self-targets and encourage them to enhance their performance.

5. A Different Interpretation: A worthy book of self-improvement/ Self-help would help you interpret your life in a different manner. Not only your views would expand but also become more positive. The uplifting words will help you stay calm during an adverse situation. In fact, this is the fundamental concept behind leadership coaching.

6. Live Outside your Comfort Zone: "The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun." Benedict Cumberbatch

True words from the exceptional Hollywood hero. When you continuously push your limitations further behind, it is not only fun but it is the biggest proof of your personal growth. Self-improvement quotes could help you smash through your limitations, step into your problem zone and cultivate your inner possibilities to survive and flourish in this zone.

7. Developing Interpersonal Skills: Very often we come across people who are talented and hard-working but surprisingly enough, when the time of promotions arrives the individuals of lesser parity would surpass them to bag the rewards. This might even be the picture in an organisation where most democratic and equitable hierarchy system is followed. So, what could be the reason? It could be related to a person's interpersonal skills.

We know the importance of quality and impactful communication skills in the corporate world. The books for self-improvement would help you hone your interpersonal communication skills so that your professional goals might not deceive you for this limitation of yours.

Realise your dreams by self-improvement. Reading motivational books could be more helpful than you could even imagine.

Motivation- is all that we want in our life to incorporate our energy and efforts into a things that we love to do, that we desire from our heart. There are several ways one can be motivated in life, by watching videos or by reading the motivational books or inspirational novels etc. No matter what is our resource of motivation, we should find a right path to guide ourselves, our dreams, our desires.

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Message From the Universe: The Purpose of Complaining

"Once you realize that everything you've ever been through - every scuffed knee, lost deal, and broken heart - will eventually play wildly in your favor, it's kind of hard to complain.

Not that you would anyway.

Tallyho, ho, ho -

The Universe"

Now let's say you do complain, who listens to you anyways, right? We all have our own problems, and the only thing you get out of complaining is having less and less people around you listening to your crap. You want complain? Go, just make sure you complain to a wall, because this is what going to be left once you have brought in so much negativity into your life and to your friends and family. Avoid that at all cost. You have issues? Start by working on finding solution to these issues. Get away from toxic relationships if you are in one or two. Work on making yourself a better person first before you expect others to be better towards you. Change your inner world before tackling the outside one. It will make a huge difference in your life. That is a promise.

So how do you approach negativity or current events in your life that are not so appealing? Well, try looking at these uncontrollable events as them happening whether you like it or not. Instead of trying to battle them, embrace them, learn to accept them. Afterwards, work on extracting the good from the bad. You say there is nothing good coming out of it? I beg to differ. There is ALWAYS a good out of every bad. The answer is: "LESSON". You are constantly learning through this wonderful journey we call life. From an inside perspective, I agree that it might not look very convenient for you, but no matter what happens, you have learned a valuable lesson and as long as you are not repeating these same mistakes again that created this terrible ordeal, you will be able to tap yourself in the back for surviving it and live to tell the tale. This is definitely priceless.

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Uncovering Your Soul's True Voice

As life pushes us in the direction of truly knowing who we are, both the moments of challenge and the moments of grace provide us with insight into our deeper nature. The question is not about where to look for these opportunities, but how to listen to life so that we can make the most out of them.

At one point or another in our lives, many of us feel the call to realize who we are at a deep level. This is sometimes a pull from within that starts when we are relatively young, or it may be a challenging life event that pushes us to seek out more, or a certain age that we reach that reminds us of how little time we actually have. No matter how it comes, the desire to know our soul's true voice breaks through.

I have found that many people get confused on this journey. They wonder if they are really hearing their inner truth or whether they are caught in yet another layer of delusion. The transition to this deeper connection with the self requires new skills and new levels of discernment; without these things, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and lost.

The following are tools that help uncover and strengthen the true voice of your soul.

Acceptance. What we resist persists. This means that if we want to open deeper parts of ourselves, we need to start by accepting who we are right at this moment-all of it. When we can provide ourselves with that unconditional acceptance, we set the ground for our soul to unfold.

Forgiveness. Forgiveness creates space for new parts of ourselves to come forward and for old parts of ourselves to leave with grace. The negativity that we hold distorts the face of our true self. When we forgive ourselves and others, we let go and let truth appear.

Compassion. A partner if not a parent of acceptance, compassion allows us to meet all aspects of ourselves and hold them lovingly. When we have compassion, we are less likely to judge and condemn. This helps us release all that does not serve us rather than trading one limitation for the next.

Respect. Fostering an environment of respect for both ourselves and others allows us to see the beauty in them and in us. Respecting another says, "I see you and I honor and acknowledge who you are." Respect for ourselves does the same.

Generosity. Generosity is the natural byproduct of a fully expressed soul. The more expressed we are, the more able we are to be generous in all the ways listed above and more. The generosity we express is not about getting something in return, but about the overflow of the soul's true voice.

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Living Life Out of Balance

During these hectic days, 80% of people live life out of balance, or in a state of homeostasis.

These individuals live year after year with the same stressful and fearful thoughts and expect that, one day, their lives will change and that things will be different-they'll be healed!

Unfortunately, their hopes are unfounded, and I'll tell you why.

If people have the same fearful, sad, negative, depressed, angry, or anxiety-driven thoughts, their choices will be the same, producing the same behaviour, experiences, and emotions. Their minds react by "circling back" to the same original thoughts, thus leading them back to their same stressful lives.

Albert Einstein, the brilliant and most influential physicist of the 20th century, offered the best suggestion on how to change and heal the mind. Einstein said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."

If people want to change and to heal themselves, they need to become somebody else to become different. They need to change their mindset, or their way of thinking and their opinions.

There are many techniques that can be used for changing one's mindset. These include mindfulness meditation, hypnosis, and the emotional freedom technique .

Negative thoughts cause the release of the stress hormone, cortisol. This harmful hormone can make you sick.

Stress in humans can be induced just by one fearful, stressful thought. When you have that single negative thought, and you believe it, you become out of balance within minutes, even if that particular thought is just in your imagination and not at all true.

What's wrong with us humans? Wild animals handle stress differently than we do. If we were animals-zebras or deer, for example-we'd be able to forget about stressful events once the stressful event is over. If a zebra survives a lion's attack, it will forget the stressor (the lion) and the associated stress response (cortisol) almost immediately after the attack and will revert to its normal state (homeostasis). Sadly, however, it may take some people hours, days, months, or even years, to stop a stress response.

When people have chronic stress, their genes can undergo dysregulation, which ultimately causes diseases. People are not programmed to live stressful lives on a long-term basis; this is the most harmful form of stress.

If thoughts can make you sick, is it possible that thoughts can also make you well? Can changing your mindset heal you? Yes, to both questions.

Life may be a balancing act, but, with practice, you can master it. Try using one of the techniques mentioned earlier to change your mindset, and live your life happily and healthfully-in balance.

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Why Strong Roots Help Us Withstand The Storms Of Life

None Are Immune To The Ravages Of Life

Think of a current problem causing you distress. Imagine it as best you can without getting caught up in the details. Have you given any thought to why this experience is happening? I don't mean the nit-picky details but the deeper lessons contained within the event? Perhaps you haven't arrived at that point yet or you are still trying to make sense of it. Every experience, particularly the undesirable ones, come into our life to teach us valuable lessons and insights about ourselves. We may experience frustration and turmoil because the situation occupies attention in our mind, as we come to terms with it.

What do I mean by having strong roots to withstand the storms of life? It's said, the tallest oak trees bury their roots deep into the ground to gather nutrients and stability from the external elements. Violent winds and Mother Nature can impose itself on the oak tree where it can topple over. We can take a leaf from Mother Nature (if you'll pardon the pun) and create strong roots ourselves to weather the storms of life. None of us are immune to the ravages of life. There may be seasons where we experience joy and happiness and then suddenly we are neck deep in despair and tragedy. Life may seem unfair and unexplainable, when months earlier everything was going our way. Have you experienced this before? If so, what were your anchoring mechanisms to overcome it? What lessons or insights did you learn about yourself?

No Two Journeys Are The Same

Sometimes, we don't understand the lessons until months or years later, so it's difficult to make sense of what is taking place. Other times, the storms blow upon us with great intensity, wreaking havoc and destroying our lives. It may seem like a disruption to our lives where we feel uncertain about the future. It is my experience that trying to explain unfortunate events adds to our pain and misery. I often counsel clients to avoid looking for meaning to their misfortunes but to flip the coin and look for the lessons contained within the experience. Meaning is subjective and depending on our outlook, we may interpret the event negatively or positively. If you asked those close to you, they might have a different explanation of the event. Rather than explain why things happen, it is best to look for the lessons that cultivate our personal growth.

Are you comfortable with the idea that the storms of life needn't damper our spirit, yet how we interpret it determines how we move forward? Sometimes, it may require revisiting lessons from the past to reinforce our understanding of an event. Sometimes, lessons reappear in different forms until we learn what we need to. It may be frustrating since there is no guide or teacher to tell us when the lesson will appear. We may have to revisit the same experience until we have enough and give up. However, in letting go we may finally learn what we need to. No two journeys are the same since we are all on different timelines, depending on our level of consciousness. For those who are awake and aware, they may realise the lessons sooner than those who are asleep. The more aware of what life is trying to teach us, the less pain and suffering we will endure.

With this in mind, I'd like you to return to the opening question in which I asked you about a current life problem causing you distress. After you finish reading this article, write a list of five lessons the experience is trying to teach you. You may find it difficult at first because your focus will be on the negative aspects of what is taking place. I invite you to push past it because it will help you release your resistance to what is taking place. Once you've written five lessons, sit on it for a day or two and place it somewhere you can see it, such as your bathroom medicine cabinet, bedroom mirror or fridge. Continue asking the following question over the coming days: "What does life want me to know about this experience?" Be attentive to what shows up in the form of: an impulse, a feeling, images, words or otherwise. Life communicates to us in familiar ways, so pay attention to your surroundings. It is when we create strong roots to withstand the storms of life, that we will learn what we need to about our life's narrative.

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7 Steps to Cultivate Your Creativity

Being creative can be harder than you think! But it's a skill that you can easily learn with a bit of practice and a few simple steps.

Boost your creativity with some of the following exercises and see how many new ideas you can cultivate in no time.

1. Be a beginner. Go straight to the basics in something you have never done before. Waterski, crochet or write a poem for the first time and take all the first steps beginners do and ask all the same questions. Then turn around and wonder about your own project and assess it as if seeing it for the first time.

2. Make lists. In order to come up with the best ideas, you have to come up with a lot of ideas. So choose one aspect of your custom logo products and come up with as many variations as you can for that one part - the wilder the better. Some of your ideas will be silly, but maybe there is also your next great concept hidden in the midst.

3. Embrace the accidents. Many great discoveries came about through sheer accident. Learn from every scenario, even if it isn't what you hoped for, and be open to the possibility that the surprise is the better solution.

4. Use all your senses. To become an expert on something, you have to know everything about it from all sides. Taste, see, smell, feel and hear the sounds of your subject.

5. Creative time. Many artists and writers agree that the best time to be creative should be at the same time every day. Whether it's an hour before bed or first thing when you wake up, train your brain to be at its best at these certain times. Free write, sketch or otherwise brainstorm to spark that creativity "on demand."

6. Engage with someone different. There is no one type of creativity nor only one way to be creative. Connect with someone with whom you would normally disagree or not understand. You are bound to learn a lot about their kind of creativity and maybe something about your own as well.

7. Change the perspective. Take the question you have been working from and see how many ways you can rephrase and turn it around. Make sure your focus truly meets your audience's needs.

After exploring different techniques to being creative, consider which are the best, the ones worth pursuing. Look past the good of each to the pros and cons, to the worst case scenarios and everything in between. Put your ideas head to head and let the final best of them all win.

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Your Brain Can Generate Creative Ideas by Relaxing and Daydreaming

Fantasizing during the day or daydreaming permits you to launch your internal ideas as well as initiation of implementing these thoughts. Do you find that you daydream often or even catch your mind wandering sometimes? Research study has actually revealed that fantasizing could in fact aid enhance your imagination.

Throughout the day you most likely have a hundreds of various important thoughts competing around your human brain. Not surprising that you cannot create remedies and also suggestions quickly. As soon as you are much more relaxed your mind opens as well as begins working with those internal ideas. These are the ones that you are enthusiastic about or your best desires. Also, when you awaken in the early morning you have all these fantastic thoughts for your brand-new task. You soon aspire to begin working with them as well as move on with your job.

This is the procedure that offers those Aha minutes, as well as those "why really did not I consider that" minutes. Pretty easy remedies that when provided sound simple, yet were tough to come up with at.

The exact same concept operates in reverse also. When you are undergoing a harsh spot, this disrupts your ideas, disrupts your rest as well as could provide you bad desires.

Study has actually revealed that daydreaming places your human brain to work with a much further degree. Your mind starts to utilize the location of the brain for complex problem solving, usually described as the "executive network". Additionally it draws on various other locations of the mind as well as with each other they develop an effective network that will help idea generation.

If you have not done any sort of day fantasizing recently, possibly you should start a project on the job or objective to deal with. This will certainly begin to release your imaginative juices and also obtain those suggestions moving.

You might likewise aim to not have way too many various projects in process simultaneously. By doing this you could focus on one job at once as well as do an actually excellent job on it.

When you begin a brand-new task or established on your own a soaring objective, this begins a procedure in your mind. One that develops all sort of concepts. You could have experienced this kind of sensation prior to.

Have you ever before began something brand-new then all of a sudden you create all these terrific suggestions. Or you locate that you begin daydreaming regarding the task as well as need to stand up as well as jot down your ideas? This is precisely the procedure that fantasizing could carry your imagination.. Try this more and you may be pleasantly surprised with the creativity you have. Keep in mind, in order for day dreaming or fantasizing to be really efficient though, you should currently be engaged in a project on the job or at home.

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How to Work Small and Earn Big

The major reasons men and women are poor and struggling all their lives for money is their ignorance of the difference between streams of income. Not all streams of income are created equally There is the one you get paid only once for your efforts. There is the other you work hard once and it unleashes a steady flow of income for months and even into your retiring years. You get paid over and over again for the same effort.

There is another type of income stream that generates a raging river of residual riches to you and your family. There are some types of income that flow, either you are there or not - in most cases you don't have to be there. The question is; what kind of income are you working for?

The good thing about money is that it works harder than human beings and is capable of working for generations; depending on the stream it is directed. There is the right kind of income that will ensure you end up in the 5% bracket of those who will be financially independent at 60.

It is hard to become rich at 60, if you have to work hard for certain types of income, which I will be highlighting very soon. To become rich at 60, you need to learn how to build or create assets. It will all depend on what you want from your money, to be secure comfortable, or Rich.

MAJOR KINDS AND STREAMS OF INCOME

1. Earned Income

It is the income from paid employment that comes either as salaries, wages, bonus, overtime, levies or commission and fees. This kind of income is fairly stable, affords security and reasonable comfort to the earners, but does not make people rich.

LIMITATIONS OF EARNED INCOME

A. They are the highest taxed of all income as it is taxed at source

B. You don't have control over how much you pay in taxes, and when you pay taxes on it.

C. You personally have to work for earned income.

D. It takes up your valuable time.

E. There is no residual value for your work. In other words, you work, get paid and then you have to work again to be paid.

F. You have to work harder to earn higher income.

G. Earned income stand in the way of getting rich.

PORTFOLIO INCOME

These are paper asset like mutual funds, money market, bonds, treasury bills and shares. They are safe, and provide comfortable return, but the returns are not high enough to make one very rich at 60.

The limitation of paper assets is that investors only gain when the market goes up and lose when the market goes down. It is for average investors.

PASSIVE RESIDUAL INCOME

These are income from real estate, trust deeds, royalty income from patients and for the use of your intellectual property, such as, songs, books or other objects of intellectual value.

ADVANTAGES OF PASSIVE INCOME

a. It is the income you have to work the least for

b. It is least taxed.

c. It returns are some of the highest of all income

d. This passive income keeps coming higher even when you are working less and less on them.

e. Income from passive income keeps increasing as you get older.

Rich people work harder on passive income and portfolio income and not earned income. While the average financially independent people (4%) retired with portfolio income, the rich (1%) work harder on passive income into retirement. The struggling masses (95%) concentrate all their energy working hard for only salaries, fees and earned income. People who work hard at earning salaries and promotions and commissions all their lives end up a highly paid slave for life.

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If You Want To Live Without Fear, Trust That Every Outcome In Life Is Perfect

Life Is A Process, Not An Event

I don't know a single person who doesn't have any fears, do you? Knowing this, it begs asking: What are your predominant fears? Are you aware of them? In order to live without fear, we must trust whatever outcome arises in life is perfectly orchestrated for our highest good. I'm reminded of a delightful tale by the late spiritual teacher and psychotherapist Anthony de Mello who explains that while fear protects us, it also keeps us trapped and insecure: "How shall I rid myself of fear?" "How can you rid yourself of what you cling to?" "You mean I actually cling to my fears? I disagree." "Consider what your fear protects you from and you will agree! And you will see your folly."

Most people's fears relate to: financial matters, safety and security, relationships or career. It is natural to entertain these fears, though when they impose on our way of life, we are at the mercy of succumbing to them. This is when we stop living because we are being dictated by our fears. Allow me to explain what I mean, since it may be misunderstood. Everything that happens to us has a larger purpose in our life. I am not invoking God, nor religion but suggesting a greater plan is in order which may not be apparent at the time of the event. If we look back on our life, we would notice that every event comes together to create the rich tapestry of our life's narrative. Because life is being experienced by us, it may feel as though our challenges are permanent. However, we're not seeing the entire picture unfold because we're absorbed in the drama and miss the opportunity to see how it can lead to something greater.

Are you comfortable with this so far? I hope so, because it's worth acknowledging that life is a process, not an event. Now, sometimes horrific accidents occur where people lose loved ones and we might ask how this is a perfect outcome. That is, how is the loss of someone to illness, especially a young child considered a perfect outcome? These are reasonable questions that have plagued mankind for centuries. I don't know why these events occur and why some people survive and others don't. This dilemma has perplexed philosophers for ages and it's widely debated whether there's an all-powerful and all seeing source presiding over our lives. For now, let's consider outcomes not as catastrophic, such as being passed over for a job promotion or your beloved no longer wanting to marry you. In these instances, there may be more that develops to unravel the story. Namely, something good can arise out of a seemingly undesirable situation if we are attentive and not consider the worst scenario.

I've witnessed this in my life and those I've coached over the years. Unfortunate or unforeseen events may turn out to be a wonderful blessing if we are patient and wait for the picture to unravel. For example, I recall working with a client whose fiancée decided to call off their wedding at the last minute after dating for years. The experience was heartbreaking since he never expected it, especially from his betrothed. After he recovered from the tragedy, he moved abroad for work where he enjoyed a wonderful time in his new surroundings. He met a beautiful woman and dated for a while before proposing to her and married soon after. He later mentioned to me that his previous breakup turned out to be the best thing to happen because it forced him to move to a foreign country and meet what he described as the love of his life. Had he been caught up in a destructive pattern of self-pity, he would have never taken the chance and met his wife.

How about you, have you had similar experiences in your own life? Whilst it may not be relationship related, think about those experiences where it seemed hopeless, yet as time passed, it turned out to be the best thing to happen. To live without fear we ought to trust that every outcome serves a greater purpose in our life. Sometimes the answer may not come immediately because it involves going on a journey to discover it. It is why I am drawn to the message by the Toltec author Don Miguel Ruiz who writes in The Three Questions: How to Discover and Master the Power Within You how our irrational fears have a way of shaping our reality if we succumb to them: "Fear has had a big effect on the way we learned to view the world. Physical fear is natural and essential to our survival, but it's important to remember that irrational fear is not. It is irrational to be afraid of what doesn't exist. In fact, it can cause actual harm. And yet we've learned to let irrational fear shape our reality. We've learned to react emotionally in ways that other people do and to fear what we only imagine."

Whilst it is difficult to silence our fears, we can do the next best thing as author Susan Jeffers explains in her popular book: Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway. Embrace our fears and take action knowing whatever outcome transpires, it is perfectly arranged for our greater good. We acknowledge whatever unfolds, we will be okay because we have survived every experience up till now. Perhaps life isn't so much about abandoning our fears but learning to embrace them in order to live boldly. It is like living with anxiety: one never completely overcomes it but learns to turn down the volume. So, if we consider what our fears are protecting us from, as Anthony de Mello's tale suggests, we realise our thoughts are the cause of our problems, not the events themselves. And this is within our power to revoke.

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How To Ride The Wave Of A Positive Thought

What were you thinking a moment ago?

Was it positive, uplifting or disempowering?

Notice your feelings generated by the thoughts.

Are they pleasant, neutral or disagreeable?

If you're able to move your attention to your emotions, congratulations, you know how to ride the wave of a positive thought.

What do I mean by that?

If you observe a surfer on a wave, you'll notice it will turn into a large swell at one point. With enough momentum it surges into a larger wave, carrying the surfer to the shoreline.

Thoughts come and go from the landscape of your mind like ocean waves. New thoughts enter your stream of consciousness every one second. This means thoughts don't last, unless you direct your attention towards specific ones.

We live in the feelings of our thoughts, not the outside circumstances that influence them. External conditions do not impose upon your thinking, however it can produce an emotional response if the stimuli is strong enough.

"Truth is: Getting stopped by a thought, negative or positive, lays the groundwork for any disconcerting experience. It's never what we think, but that we think that gets us into hot water," affirms sports psychologist Garret Kramer in, The Path of No Resistance: Why Overcoming is Simpler than You Think.

Some days a thought produces a negative emotion while other days it's insignificant.

Why?

What has changed apart from the day?

We react to our surroundings on those occasions for unknown reasons, i.e. tired, moody, hungry, etc. At that time we're ruled by our thinking more so.

Your mind doesn't differentiate between a positive or negative thought. It doesn't register them in this manner - but you do, as the observer. When we label thoughts, we assign them importance over others, so they occupy space in our minds.

I want to be clear: You are not your thoughts.

You are not your thoughts, because they appear and dissolve from your mind and none are permanent. They may be repeated often, but they are never permanent. To imply you are what you think is misleading, to the degree you might experience a positive thought one moment and a negative one the next. If you are defined by that distinction, who are you according to this narrative?

If we live in the feelings of our thoughts and experience an anxious thought, it doesn't imply you're an anxious person. It means you experienced a thought which produced anxiety in your body. You may have an illuminating thought the next moment which cancels the earlier one. There are exceptions of course, governed by a clinical diagnosis by a trained mental health professional.

So the question arises, who are you then?

Garret Kramer affirms once more, "All you really need to do is leave your thoughts alone. Why? Because when left alone, as we've seen, all thoughts are impotent. You're free to excel no matter when or where a negative, or even a positive, thought invades your brain."

The key to overcome unwelcomed thoughts is not to eject them from your mind, but to be mindful of them. Approximately 50,000 - 70,000 thoughts pass through your mind every day. Thoughts flood into your consciousness on a moment-to-moment basis, like a TV show streamed online.

If thoughts flow into our consciousness, how can we reduce the impact of the negative ones?

By being mindful of disempowering thoughts, you bring them to the forefront of your mind and become conscious, rather than unconscious of them.

Unconscious thoughts are part of the landscape of our minds. Similar to streaming a TV show on a computer, you can be distracted by a pop-up window selling you a product or service. Your intention is to view the show, yet the distraction pulls you away from it. Unconscious thoughts have the same effect. They emerge from nowhere and can lead us to dark places if we're unaware.

"The pain that you create now is always some form of nonacceptance, some form of

unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of

judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind," states author Eckhart Tolle.

The key is to recognise our unconscious thoughts without invoking negative feelings or adding a narrative. We do so by witnessing them through the eyes of equanimity, instead of reacting with negative emotions or actions.

To ride the wave of positive thought, first note the feelings produced in your body. Note your emotional response without becoming invested in them.

Eckhart Tolle states, "Emotion arises at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body's reaction to your mind - or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body."

Empowering thoughts have an enriching quality, demonstrating they are in harmony and balance. Thoughts that produce an uncomfortable sensation, is your body's way of showing you they are out of alignment.

In this setting, the body is a feedback instrument informing you of your thinking.

You needn't be attentive to every thought. Yet, if you're aware how those thoughts generate positive or negative emotions, it's possible to choose more balanced thoughts.

When an inspiring thought emerges, move into your body and notice your emotional response.

Is it in your chest, stomach or elsewhere?

How does it feel?

Is it a tingling sensation that radiates or does it move to other regions?

Meditation is useful when sitting with your thoughts in a quiet setting. Even as little as five minutes in silence helps you become acquainted with your thoughts, instead of passing through your mind without conscious awareness.

To ride the wave of a positive thought, note the feelings they produce while shifting your awareness to them.

As you witness your thoughts, your awareness observes them thus diminishing their intensity.

In time, you create longer streams of positive thoughts, having become familiar with their ebb and flow.

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Life Is Too Short To Care About What Other People Say

We cannot please everyone. So, why do we care? Let's live life to the fullest and have fun. At lease we give them something to talk about.

Reality check: It's not possible to meet up to everyone's expectations. There will always be people who will judge us no matter what we say or do, or how we treat them. It's inherent to human nature. In fact, we often worry what others think about us but it won't help us move on with life. It will just upset us and hinder our vision to see things in a clearer perspective.

Sometimes, we tend to settle on the status quo. We have a tendency to flip life just because of the things we do to please others, not as a result of what we believe. Eventually our actions become wrought by how we expect others to understand us. We cannot stop people from judging us but we can do something to lessen its impact on us.

Think about the worst factor that might presumably happen once somebody is judging you of what you are doing. I guarantee that nothing can happen. We may react for that matter but nobody really cares.

Start standing up for what you think in-causes, opinions, anything. you are going to possess those that ail you anyways, therefore why not specific however you really feel? I've learned that it's better to be cherished by a couple of folks you care regarding, than to be liked by everybody. These are family, friends, who love you for who you are, and also the folks that are going to be there for you throughout your worst times.

Worrying an excessive amount of concerning what others suppose will become a self-fulfilling prophecy, as a result of the means we predict starts to become the means we tend to behave. These people become people-pleasers and excessively accommodating to others, thinking it'll stop them from being judged. In fact, the public don't love push-overs and are turned off by it. The behavior we tend to use in an endeavor to please others will truly cause the opposing result. This implies that if you are a push-over, then you are going to be attracting others in your life WHO are also push-overs.

We tend to begin thinking that this is often the norm and that we stay comfy which is often not an area you wish to be. First and foremost, you wish to understand what is vital to you in life, what you actually worth, and what you are ultimately aiming for. Once you recognize who you actually are and what matters to you, what others think about you becomes nothing.

Stop saying YES to everything. Instead, learn to say NO and straighten your values.

Surround yourself with those who are self-assured and live life without comprising their core values.

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The Negative People Around Us: A Perspective

Is it true that how people treat us is the single biggest determinant of our happiness? Well, it's due to the fact that our happiness depends most on the standard of our relationships as a result of being social creatures. We care too much what would other people think of us,which should not be the case because in the first place our life is what we make it.

Our social nature is additionally the explanation why being stupid is one amongst the foremost cherished experiences and why isolation-the extreme sort of that is solitary confinement-is rated, by those that were unfortunate to endure it, one amongst life's most hard experiences.

Negative people bring our mood down with their pessimism, anxiety, and general sense of distrust. Imagine being perpetually discouraged from following your dreams as a result. Constant exposure to such negativity will create deep inroads into your positivism, leading you to either become negative-diffident, anxious, and distrustful-yourself, or to become indifferent, uncaring, or perhaps mean towards the negative person.

However, we can deal with them by steering away from them. This is often easier said than done. Another sensible approach to managing them is to start out by understanding the explanations for his or her negativity. In brief, the majority negativity has its roots such as the fear of being disrespected by others, the worry of not being wanted by others, and therefore the worry that "bad things" are progressing to happen. These fears feed off one another to fuel the idea that "the world could be a dangerous place and folks are usually mean."

It is straightforward to examine however, from the attitude of somebody operational from such fears, it is smart to question the knowledge of following dreams (failure appears most guaranteed), and to be taking risks notwithstanding it's obvious that doing thus is critical to find out and grow.

Negative individuals are often real downers in any oral communication. despite what we say, they need some way of spinning things in an exceedingly negative direction. Some negative individuals are often therefore negative that it feels debilitating simply being around them. The discussion can simply swirl into additional negativity, and you pull yourself down within the method. you'll be able to provide constructive comments, and if the person rebutts with no signs of backing down, stop interacting.

Whether the person is negative or not, it is the product of our lens. What's important is we take responsibility for our actions.

Learn to see the goodness of a person than the negative. It may be tough, but once you develop are used to being optimistic, it becomes habit.

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Message From the Universe: This Is NOT Your Last Crusade

"Of all the wonderful places you'll go, of all the happy times you'll have, and of all the adventures that now call unto you, each will be enhanced and will more quickly come to pass... with your absolute immersion into today's places, times, and adventures.

Don't you just love having so much control?

Tallyho,

The Universe"

Life without any adventures is a boring life. Even the difficult challenges we face daily are an integrated part of what makes who we are today. It is easy to go through life without any hurdles or frustrations, but without them, you will never progress or develop in a stronger and more purposeful individual. You should embrace all the good and the bad that comes into your life but also not let the bad things weigh over your shoulders and create havoc in your life. There is so much to do and enjoy about life and whatever happens, always be grateful that it is not worst than what it is now. Take the time to look around you and be fortunate for what you have. Nothing will come easy and this is why, by working harder and more efficiently, you will start seeing amazing results. The Universe will work on your side if you allow it but without the proper thought process, you might confuse the Universe to what you really want and nothing will come to fruition. In response to this inevitable situation, you might end up feeling a sense of nothing working in your life and abandon ship. Patience is crucial for things to take momentum, just like a snowball rolling down a hill. It will start slowly but once it amasses snow and speed, it gets bigger and more destructive in nature. This is how we all need to tackle life.

Your adventure has just begun. The question is: What are your plans to live through the many adventures life have to offer? If confronted with some obstacles, will you let life bring you down and keep you there permanently or will you get up and hit back like Mike Tyson in a boxing match. If you recall, he was an animal and won most of all his fights. So what are you waiting for? Get yourself back at the gym, go in front of a punching back and start hitting the bag day after day for as long as it takes to built strength and power. Once done, get back home and take 25 minutes daily to do mindful meditation to train your brain to ONLY accept positive thoughts in your life. Once you follow this training religiously, there are no reasons why you shouldn't win every of your fights. A healthy body will render a healthy mind, and vice versa. Never forgo one for the other. They come together in synergy to provide you with a life filled with dreams and prosperity. Put your gloves on, and let's hit the gym.

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How to Revive Your Creativity

Sometimes, we hit brick walls. It's only human to experience a creativity block once in a while, especially in the first few months of a new year. The next time you are in need of a boost then follow these top tips for a positive mind!

1. Exercise

Even if staying fit isn't necessarily 'your thing', exercising is an excellent way to relieve stress, encourage creativity and increase fitness. It helps to clear your mind and connect you with the outside world, rather than being stuck inside the same office or studio. Even just a long walk can help you feel better, healthy body, healthy mind!

2. Rearrange your office/studio/workspace

Take some time out to give your whole working area a good clean. Then maybe rearrange your desk or your furniture. Mixing things up can change the way you view things and help make the business environment a positive place to be and work.

3. Take a lunch break

At work, it becomes all too normal for you and your colleagues to sit there and eat lunch at your desk. Give your brain a break by getting up from your work station, turning off your screen and moving around. Perhaps go for a walk or even just sit in another room, this helps to give your brain a break.

4. Rest, rest, rest

You may feel guilty for spending an evening watching TV or reading a book when there is so much work to be done, but you really shouldn't. Taking some time to relax can make you feel revived the next morning and gives your brain (and body) the chance to shut off and rejuvenate.

5. Change your routine

Do something out of the ordinary. If you spend most weekends doing the same things, then do something different. Go to see a friend who lives a while away - the drive alone may even ignite some creativity in your mind.

6. Go to a gallery or show

Seeing music, art and other shows can be inspiring as well as fun. Seeing other people's work come to life can help encourage you. You may also have the opportunity to connect with like-minded people.

There are loads of articles and stories about people who have done inspiring or creative things. Reading them can make you feel encouraged to do something great and can help give you that boost you need.

Whether your creative work is for fun or your career, it's important to ensure your creativity is constantly evolving and flowing. So follow these seven top tips the next time you're looking for a bit of extra 'oomph'.

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How To Unlock Your Hidden Creativity

Maybe you feel just like you're not a creative person generally, or maybe you merely desire a little a push to get the solution you're seeking either way, there are many small actions you can take to become more creative. These tips can make you see things from different perspectives and develop the habit that will make you feel more productive and inspired.

Here are ways to unlock your hidden creativity:

Brainstorm with Others

Sometimes all it requires to get from exhausted to motivate or from a relatively ineffective idea to the perfect solution to your entire problems is a few moments of chatting about your ideas with another person. Having a brand new perspective can assist you remember ideas you might have forgotten, develop ideas you currently have, and come up with things you never would've considered by yourself. If you are really stumped, make an effort to have an instant brainstorming period with a pal or a coworker. Ask when you can run some ideas past them and find out if indeed they have any thoughts.

Speak To Yourself

It isn't about having imaginary interactions with yourself. It's about conversing through your ideas and thoughts so that you can do better. Spend some time speaking what you're considering a loud, or describing things you read or listen to back again to yourself. It can help you to learn and process things better and in new ways.

Make Lists

Write down everything you want or need relating to what you're focusing on sometimes the act of writing things out and looking at them can assist you work out how to deal with something from a fresh angle. Jot down any ideas you have, then think about how precisely those ideas will continue to work with what you will need to accomplish. Proceed through your list until you select a remedy that works or discover a way to incorporate them.

Keep a Notebook with you

If you wish to become more creative, you will need to be sure you're for motivation to strike since it can strike everywhere. Keep a notebook and pen on or with you all the time all the time so you can jot down any ideas you have when they come your way, otherwise you may forget them. Plus, always getting a notebook means you will have a location to write those lists you will be making.

Ask Yourself Questions

Whenever you feel just like you hit a creative wall, try asking yourself questions about whatever it is you're focusing on or trying to resolve. Even if indeed they appear like foolish questions you have response to, ask yourself anyways just like you were another person who was interested in assembling your project. Forcing yourself to ultimately articulate what you're focusing on, either a loud or in writing can assist you see what areas you will need to focus on and what must be changed. If you ask yourself a question you do not know the response to, you might locate a new perspective.

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