I – Inspiration
Day 11 You have a blog post to write, or a party to plan. Perhaps you need to come up with an essay topic, or solve some work-related problem? You know what you need, and it seems to be alluding you, hiding out like some child who doesn’t want to do his chores – out […]
How To Ignite Your Creativity – Twelve Tips
Image courtesy of Dimitri Castrique. Read the newspaper, blogs and magazines. An article you read may very well be the prompt you need to get you started on a topic. This one was prompted by a tweet from Christian Johannsen: The Joys and Health Benefits of Pet Ownership. Spend some time reading the works of someone […]
Attuning Your Antennae to Inspiration
Image courtesy of Craig Hauger. Do you remember how the antennae on My Favourite Martian’s head would rise up and lock in on a signal? What if your antennae could lock in on inspiration, ensuring that you’ll always have a topic for a post? Inspiration is all around – gifts from the people you speak […]
Light a Fire under Your Butt
At Toastmasters, I was recently responsible for the segment called “Inspiration”. Curious about the development of the word, I turned to the etymology dictionary. One source cited the Latin word “inspirare” – to inspire, to inflame or to blow into. These definitions all require oxygen and show movement. Not unlike inspiration. When we are inspired, […]