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An Ode to Artists

5/18/2018

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Three Lessons to Empower Your Creativity
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      "THE DREAMERS are the saviors of the world... Composer, sculptor, painter, poet, prophet, sage, these are the makers of the after-world, the architects of heaven. The world is beautiful because they have lived.
 
"Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish what stirs in your heart and what forms in your mind. Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become... The smallest and the greatest achievements were at first and for a time only dreams." 
                                                - As a Man Thinketh (One of the original “power of positive thinking" books, written over 100 years ago.)

I believe everyone is an artist. 
 
But if you look around, it’s not uncommon to mostly see “normal”, every-day people looking back at you. Most of these people have ordinary jobs and lead ordinary lives. They tend to their families and bills and obligations just like everybody else. But if you take just a moment to peak beyond the façade of a “normal human” - you will often see some sort of extraordinary creator.

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This is Steve. Be more like Steve.

5/14/2018

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 A Blog on Bravery
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     When I hear stories like the one I am about to share with you, I feel deeply inspired. It reminds of something my grandfather once told me that changed my life. I was in my early twenties, working two jobs and going to school full-time. I had made peace with the fact that life was hard and to accomplish anything, I needed to put my head to the grindstone.
 
But I was sick. A lot. And exhausted.
 
And then my grandfather put his hand on my shoulder and said as a matter-of-fact,

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