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Maybe you know exactly what it is you dream of
being, or maybe you’re paralyzed because you have
no idea what your passion is. The truth is, it doesn’t
matter. You don’t have to know. You just have to
keep moving forward. You just have to keep doing
something, seizing the next opportunity, staying
open to trying something new. It doesn’t have to fit
your vision of the perfect job or the perfect life.
Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just …
do.
So you think, “I wish I could travel.” Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to
Bangkok, and go. Right now. I’m serious. You want to be a writer? A writer is
someone who writes every day, so start writing.
How Creativity Works
We all have some type of creative genius inside of us. The only way to release it
is to work on it.
No single act will uncover more creative powers than forcing yourself to create
consistently. For Markus Zusak that meant writing and re-writing 200 times.
For you, it might mean singing a song over and over until it sounds right. Or
programming a piece of software until all the bugs are out, taking portraits of
your friends until the lighting is perfect, or caring for the customers you serve
until you know them better than they know themselves. You can make any job a
work of art if you put the right energy into it.
How do creative geniuses come up with great ideas? They work hard at it.