Creativity

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).

Creativity is the essence of great leadership.

Great leaders are visionaries – they see what other people do not see.

Great leaders do not see what is, they see what can be.

Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jnr., Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa. They all saw a better future for their communities, and through their leadership they created that better reality.

We all have innate creativity because we are created in the image of the Creator of the universe.

However, for your creativity to be released, a demand usually has to be placed on it.

We've all heard the saying ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’.

Every invention that was ever made was created in response to a need.

Inventions are solutions to problems.

So, if you want to be a great leader, get creative.

Start looking at the world around you with different eyes. Look through the lens of wanting to add value to others. What needs do you see around you? What talents and abilities did God give you that you can use to serve and benefit a fellow human being?

The world is waiting for you to liberate your creativity.

A Week Of Fridays!

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom 

(Psalm 90:12)

It’s Friday today and I know that the phrase ‘Thank God It’s Friday!’ is on many people’s lips.

The work week is over and everyone is looking forward to the weekend.

Fridays are always so full of hope and expectation. Everyone is busy making plans – where they’re going to go, what they’re going to do, who they’re going to see.

People come to life on Friday.

It’s a tragic fact that for too many people life begins on Friday and ends on Monday. Too many of us simply exist during the work week.  We feel locked up in jobs that we hate, working for people we don’t particularly like, and performing tasks we can hardly bear.

But…

What if every day of your week could be like a Friday?

What if you woke up every day full of hope and excitement about what was ahead of you that day?

What if every week was a week of Fridays?

Well, it can be.

Not literally of course!

But you can live your life in such a way that you look forward to each day and live life to the fullest – rather than simply killing time.

You can live life with passion.

My post on Passion produced an overwhelming response.

I guess there are a lot of us out there looking for more to life.

To help you further along your journey from ordinary to extraordinary living, I’m making available to you my worksheet ‘Passion: Discovering What You Love to Do Most.’

You can access it by clicking here.

Learn more about empowered living in the next post.