67 Creative Mindset Day 2

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We delve deep into the mind of the creative to unearth some useful tools that you can use to manifest your creative potential.

Organize the ideas that you gather while observing the world. Try a mood board or vision board, or a collage.

Have you created a memory palace to store all your ideas yet?

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66 Creative Mindset Day 1

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The creative mind is different from mind that does not wish to express itself.

The first difference is the constant observation of the world.

Observe your world today.

Change your position, angle, viewpoint, and focus to really take in what the world is showing you today!

63 Third Thought Thinking

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Our natural response when confronted with a decision is to simply agree with what is put before us.

The second thought is to blindly disagree and reject what is presented.

The Third thought is where all creativity begins. The Third Thought is  one of "how can I make this work" not whether it will work or not, but HOW.

Third Thought Thinking engages your creativity centre in your brain and you begin to problem solve as opposed to just regurgitating reasons pro or con for the provided options of a decision.

In Improv comedy it is essential to live in the third thought - for that is where all of the punchlines to all the jokes live.

Improv example:
Free word association with the word "apple"

First thought thinkers:
iPhone, iPad, Computers, Red, Golden delicious, granny smith,

Second thought thinkers:
Orange, Banana, fruit, PC, android

Third thought thinkers:
Gravity, of my eye, archery, pineapple, apple Jacksparrow, Steve Jobs, Adam and Eve, Adam and Steve (Jobs)

62 Your Topic Ideas

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Let me know if there is anything that you would like to see covered in the blog.

I aim to provide practical encouragement for creative people.

My Vision: "Help Humanity Manifest its Creative Potential".

Do you do creative things? Are you looking to become more creative? I want to help you manifest your creative potential!

Travel with me on an encouraging daily journey into creativity and see what happens next!

58 Writers Week - Day 3

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How did you get your creative start?

When did you know that you were destined for a life filled with creativity?

The origin of your Creative Journey is important.

Today I chat with Andrew Schroeder about the origin of his Creative Journey:

Share how you got started in the comments below!

57 Writers Week - Day 2

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Get out your pens and paper, notebooks, binders, word processors, typewriters, computers, laptops, dictaphones, iPads and twitter fingers!

Writers Week is in full swing as I chat about consistency with my buddy (and Author) Andrew Schroeder!

Don't get blocked, get energized!

43 Road Trips Part 2

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Super tips on how to turbo charge your creativity on your next ROAD TRIP!

My improv comedy buddy Craig is dishing out his tips on how he maximizes his time on the road as drove all the way from Calgary to Kelowna so we could chat about creativity!

Get the inside scoop here:

click here for Road Trips Part 1

Check Out Craig's Blog here: http://stillwakingup.net

42 Road Trips Part 1

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Jump start your creativity with a ROAD TRIP!

My improv comedy buddy Craig did just that and drove all the way from Calgary to Kelowna so we could chat about road trips!

Get the inside scoop here:

Check Out Craig's Blog here: http://stillwakingup.net

25 Social Media!

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Start sharing your creativity with the world through social media today!

Use the social media tools to connect with other creatives and showcase what you are doing.

Stop re-posting other people's content when you could be making your own!

The best things in my feed are things that my friends have made/created themselves. :)

Create something great today. Then share it!

Today's quick video:

Here are a few of the ways you can interact with me on social media:

1. This blog! - Leave a comment below :)
2. My other blog: http://smallshifts.blogspot.ca/
3. My other, other blog: http://returntoless.blogspot.ca/
4. Facebook: Jay Martens
5. Twitter: @BabyMagnus
6. Other Twitter: @JayMartens
7. Google Plus: Jay Martens
8. Pinterest: Jay Martens
9. Instagram: @jaymartens
10. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jaymanproductions

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Have a great day and get connected!

20 Creative People Are Awesome!

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You are awesome!

Maybe you don't hear it everyday...

But you can watch this video everyday...

Some people even might watch it more than once a day...

But I am here to tell you that you are indeed AWESOME!...

Manifest your Creative Potential and continue being AWESOME!

Let me know in the comments people you think are awesome!

14 What was your Creative Beginning?

We all start somewhere...

I started back in Jr high school when I had to make a life altering choice between band or drama...

Special shout outs to Mr. Reddifer and my old classmates: Paul, Chris and Daryl.

Other teachers that had a profound impact on my early creative journey: Jo and Gord Robideau.

If I get 1,000 comments on this video - I will post the "glove video" (a scream in the night) video that Daryl, Chris and myself created in Jr. high. (created back BEFORE there were video cameras in phones and BEFORE there was software to edit videos!)

10 Working Together

Let us know what you are working on, or if there is something that you need help with and we can work together to manifest your creative potential.

You may be doing great work that you haven't shown anyone - Let Us Know!

Here is your encouragement video for the day:

Post a link to what you are doing and check out the links of others who did the same and give some positive feedback!

There is so much untapped creative potential out there, make sure you manifest what you have and help those around you - who knows you may just find there are more Creatives around you than you first thought!

Keep on creating!

8 Anchoring your Creative State!

Anchoring is a technique used all over the world to get peak performers into the right "headspace".

Use this simple technique to quickly "jump into the Zone" for your Creative Journey.

Steps:

1. Relive a moment when you were at your creative peak
2. Spend as much time as you can in that moment and visualize every aspect of that moment (sights, sounds, temperature, smells...)
3. Use a unique physical gesture to Anchor that moment
4. Later on use that unique physical gesture to trigger your peak creative state
5. Keep re-visualizing creative wins in your mind and associate them to the gesture

Here is the four minute version with my own example of how I jump into my improv "happy place":

Try out anchoring for yourself and let me know how it goes in the comments.

*Note: anchoring can be used for any state you want to get into, so you can play around with it and see how it can help you!