The Power of Creativity \(Book 1\): Learning How to Build Lasting Habits, Face Your Fears and Change Your Life pdfdrive com

Work Beyond Chance and Fortune
You might be able to see the words in your head, have your colours arranged, a
story  at  your  fingertips  or  a  muse  for  the  camera,  but  you  must  act.  Get  the
words out and your big ideas down.
Before you do, wait!
Pay  attention  to  what’s  driving  you.  Decide  what  you  want  to  achieve
because, as the Stoic philosopher Lucius Seneca wrote, “When a man does not
know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”
Now don’t get me wrong, a personal mission statement is but one means of
becoming unstuck and steering yourself towards the right harbour.
If  it  doesn’t  work  for  you,  adopt  a  simple  creed  like  the  singer  Patti  Smith
who lives for art or Pablo Picasso who had a creative plan he believed in until
the very end.
A  mission  statement,  a  guiding  purpose  or  even  a  simple  artistic  creed  will
help you sharpen your skills, develop your natural talents and spend your limited

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creative resources wisely.
Know  that  when  you  cast  an  oar  into  the  river  of  life,  you’ve  already
achieved more than those who are content to let chance and fortune carry them
along.