On the Way: The truth about being ‘creative’ and Nelson Mandela’s secret to success.

 

On the Way: The truth about being ‘creative’ and Nelson Mandela’s secret to success. Welcome to On the Way, I hope you are well!  My live Zoom course starts next Sunday  — Live the Dao: How to bring Daoist wisdom into your everyday life.  Explore empowering philosophy, qi gong and meditation - in community!  Click here to learn about the course. Here are 3 thoughts, 2 quotes, and 1 question to explore this week. 3 Thoughts From Me I. What are you? A colourful constellation of cooperation. A miracle of harmony. (Share this on Twitter)   II. Society divides the world into “creatives”, those who earn their money from creativity, and everyone else. In reality we are ALL creative. Don’t let society or the voice in your head tell you otherwise. You deserve at least 30 minutes a day of creative self expression. It could be art, knitting, singing, walking, dancing, tai chi. Anything you do not for money or personal gain but for the joy of the doing itself. What will it be? III. Self care is not self indulgence. (Share this on Twitter)

2 Quotes From Others I. "All models are wrong. Some are useful." — George Box II. "What made Nelson Mandela one of the greatest leaders in world history, observes journalist John Carlin, is that 'he chose to see good in people who ninety-nine people out of a hundred would have judged to have been beyond redemption'. Nelson Mandela decided to study his enemy, reading scores of books about the culture and history of the Afrikaners. He watched rugby. He learned their language. 'If you talk to a man in a language he understands,' Mandela explained, ‘that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.'" 1 Question For You What are moments when you have felt satisfied, happy, in a flow state? How can you do more of this every week? (Share this question on Twitter)

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