JOURNEY

What holds you back from taking a decision? What holds you back from writing the agenda for your next board meeting? What holds you back to ship your ideas? Is it Fear? Is it others' Judgment of your work? Is it the outcome of your shipping holding you back? Is it Ego? Whom are you trying to please? Is money holding you back? The only thing that holds you back is "YOU".

The following is one from my favorite author Seth Godin. Fear of shipping : " Shipping is fraught with risk and danger. Every time you raise your hand, send an email, launch a product or make a suggestion, you're exposing yourself to criticism. Not just criticism, but the negative consequences that come with wasting money, annoying someone in power or making a fool of yourself. It's no wonder we're afraid to ship. It's not clear you have much choice, though. A life spent curled in a ball, hiding in the corner might seem less risky, but in fact it's certain to lead to ennui and eventually failure. Since you're going to ship anyway, then, the question is: why bother indulging your fear? In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he's tired. Everyone is. That's not the point. The point is to run. Same thing is...

I am very fascinated about Creativity.  Creativity can ignite the spark in you.   Creativity is awesome.  It gives you a high.  Adrenaline rushes into your blood when you are creative.  Creativity to me is doing something different.  Creativity is breaking the mold and challenging the status quo.  It is not only applicable to people who are in entertainment, marketing, or advertising business but to everybody. Creativity is everywhere.  You can be creative even while cleaning the floor.  You can be creative in presenting your ideas to your friends, to your boss, to your consultant or professor.  All you need to do is think differently and execute it irrespective of your fear and resistance.  Creativity is so simple to understand yet difficult to realize.  It is just being yourself and nobody else. Last year my father gifted me the greatest gift of all times.  He gave me a book on creativity( Creativity: Unleashing the...