Inspiration For Today - Senior Olympic Synchronized Swimming

My inspiration today comes from a team of talented synchronized swimmers!

Creativity

I have been pondering creativity. Creativity as defined by Wikipedia is a mental process involving the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the existing ideas or concepts, fueled by the process of either conscious or unconcious insight. Wow!

I find that the more time I spend around creative people the more creative I am. They are creative in so many ways. Some are artists, writers, and teachers. Others are personal trainers, health care professionals and small business owners. Each person is creative in their own way. I learn different things from each one on a daily basis.

I haven't been feeling very creative lately. I am going to try to take a little more time each day to reflect, and play a little bit more. Today as I was running errands I picked up a set of colored pencils. I hope they inspire my creative spirit!

Who in your life is creative? What is your creative inspiration?

Positive Energy

"You can have all the time in the world, but if you don't have the energy, you can't get anything done." --Jon Gordon

I read this quote a couple of weeks ago and it nudged me to read
The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy. Gordon encourages us to focus less on our time and more on our energy. Time is finite-there are only so many hours in the day. What we can affect is the positive energy that we bring to our day.

There are times in all of our lives when we need to take a good hard look at the energy we expend. Being optimistic and having enthusiasm to perform at a higher level takes energy. It doesn't just happen by chance. If you get a chance pick up a copy of this inspirational book. Today I will focus on having more positive energy!