New Year is afar, Do New Beginnings

🧠 Reflection Point

I write this way because I believe you have acknowledged that there are resources vested within you by the great God, and more importantly, you are currently on the journey of DISCOVERY, MASTERY, or DEPLOYMENT.

I grew up believing the popular saying that "idea rules the world''😏, but with the passage of days and years, that school of thought has been self-debunked. So, here is my resolve, which may double as a bedtime reflection subject:

1️⃣ The journey from Conceptualization to Fruition is HARD 😒,

it takes GRIT to attain and tougher GRIT to maintain when you eventually attain it. This is not aimed at increasing your fear quotient but to help you see the reason many folks around you chose to gracefully settle for less and to help you see that you're on one of the most important quests which very few will ever start.

2️⃣ Here is the sad but known truth: Whilst on this quest, there is every possibility that you get fed up with the whole thing, and here lies the tricky part - you think the feeling of getting weary or tired is equivalent to giving up, and refusing to put in any more effort to whatever it is you are unto. Whilst this is correct, it is not totally accurate.

The proof that you are fed up does not only surface when you end the process but becomes quite obviously true when you no longer carry an enthusiastic mindset towards what you had sometimes believed in, without necessarily stopping the activity. At this point, your mind is exhausted.

Way Forward ➡➡➡

I have seen people go on and on like this for long without hitting the brake gear, some go as far as putting that creative economy aside, to keep doing the day-to-day zombie thing, void of any life, true joy and a sense of purpose in motion.

The solution to any headache is never ripping off the head, my friend. Things like rejection, too much hard work, having to spend so much time on a thing without much evident result, frustration or whatever it is that made you back off are all part of the quest. Do not wait for the new year to start all over again.

Here’s a Place to Start 🌞🌞🌞

Every dawn of the new day, the start of a new week, or the beginning of a new month are all opportunities presented to us by God. Here are a few tips:

1. carefully put your thoughts in place, with the aim of trying to understand what went wrong.

2. create systems in place that enforces continuity of your resolutions and

3. Hit the acceleration gear again. Yes, Again...🚀

So Reset, Realign, Reignite, and do as much as it’s needed but be sure you're making measurable progress 📈.

This! is the beauty of new beginnings, and you should do them often.

🪔 Discovery Worth Sharing

🎤 Two Newly discovered Podcasts

#1: Idea to Value – Creativity and Innovation with Nick Skillicorn

With more than 150 episodes, this podcast seeks to highlight the science of what makes ideas work, by interviewing researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators about what it takes to understand creativity, and how to use it to make your business innovations more successful, I definitely recommend it.

#2: The Chase Jarvis Live show

This podcast is a mix of interviews with prominent creatives, entrepreneurs and artists about their own work, interspersed with shorter episodes about specific advice on building creative habits and mindsets.

🧾 One Article I want to read

Envy Is the Cancer of the Soul

🪔 The best Scripture I read this week

1 Corinthians 6: 19-20

Have you forgotten that your body is now the sacred temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who lives in you? You don’t belong to yourself any longer, for the gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside your sanctuary.   20. You were God’s expensive purchase, paid for with tears of blood,  so by all means, then, use your body to bring glory to God!

Let me know what you think about this week's issue

• 👍 Really useful. Thanks

• 😐 Mehh - was ok.

• 👎 Not interesting to me.

Credits

Proofreading: my friend, Motolani Olorunmola

Have a productive one.

Dami ✌️.