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Melissa D. Williams - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Melissa Williams, M.A., Creative Purpose and Productivity Coach, works with creative and artistic individuals to discover, embrace and fulfill their creative callings so that they can make an eternal difference, whether in ministry, career or avocation, through coaching, training and writing on productivity, creativity, healthy mindset and spiritual growth.
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- How Perfectionism Holds You Back From Success
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] Perfectionism is an insidious habit that cloaks itself in good intentions. After all, we all want to do the best we can at whatever we do, right? However, at the root of perfectionism is fear: fear that whatever you attempt will never be good enough or will never measure up to the (sometimes impossibly) high standards you set for yourself.
- How to Start Your Creative Adventure
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] Here are three simple steps to get you out of your comfort zone. Despite the recession (and maybe because of it!) more and more people are taking the opportunity to re-evaluate their lives - to ask themselves if they are living the fulfilled, purposeful lives they wish they could.
- Don't Underestimate What's Possible For Your Creativity
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] You know, even creative thinkers get stuck in the realm of the hum-drum every day...the realm of the possible. We may know that we have a talent for singing, for example, but our minds get so caught up in the way that WE envision our gift outworking itself that we fail to see the other exciting and fulfilling possibilities before us.
- Why a Coach is the Missing Player on Your Team
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] When you partner with the right coach, you will be able to find yourself making amazing strides towards the plans, goals and life you're dreaming of. A while ago, I was catching up with a friend on the phone and I mentioned a few of the new things I'm developing for my coaching practice. She said, "Oh! Is that the one where you encourage people on their careers and stuff?" I had a giggle. Uh-huh. Yep, that's the one.
- Where Are You in the Cycle?
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] Think of your current projects, ideas or callings and ask yourself, "Where in the cycle am I with this?" Identifying where you are for each task or project is a powerful first step in knowing how to proceed.
- Set a Timer to Save Your Creative Day
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by the magnitude of a project or projects that you want to accomplish in a day? Do you flit from one thing to the next without really productively achieving anything of value, only to find yourself at the end of the day asking, "What did I do all day?" Are you then left with the feeling that you wasted a whole day away of doing . . . not a lot? You're not alone.
- Your Idea Needs a Deadline
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] How much do you get done without a deadline? To tell the truth, as a creative person I really need the exterior motivation of a time frame or someone counting on me to get my booty in gear. It's just way too easy to put things off.
- Your Creative Idea is a Powerful Communication Tool
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] There are several important functions your creative ideas can serve if you let them blossom into reality. Whether it's designing a charitable organization, a business, an invention or a fall collection, producing a film or writing a book, play, song or engaging in any other creative endeavor, your idea can be a powerful communication tool not only for profit, recognition and visibility, but to have a positive affect on others as well.
- 5 Good Reasons You Won't Act on Your Ideas
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] You've thought up something fantastic. Something you'd love to do, that would make a difference, something you think that someone should do. You may have even shared it in vague form in passing conversation with a friend over a coffee or while shopping during an escalator ride at the mall. However, when coffee or retail therapy were over, the idea just receded to the back of your brain, rarely, if ever to be seen again.
- Help - I've Got Inspiration Deprivation!
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] "I wonder if my not tapping into my creative side contributes to my being so bored and unsatisfied," my friend Kelley confided to me. "I don't have any vision for this work. "But I guess if I were to get back into it, being IN the work rather than outside looking in, the inspiration might come..."
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