Make a Difference

I hear a lot of my students exclaim that "They Can't" I often respond that it's not that they can't; but rather, they do not like the results of their effort.

Today's quote by Chuck Jones lays out the real way to address the concept of I Can't and he states: 

“Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out.”

Let's discuss the approach to "I know I can't" and find a way to turn that into "I know I can, I know I can".

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This month on make a difference, we are going to focus our studies upon creativity and innovation. As I said on the primer I shared with you last week, our society has had to become a lot more creative and innovative over the last 12 months in dealing with the Covid-19 Crisis. In doing so, we have the potential to continue to make a difference if we don't allow fear to reign in our skills. 

Today's quote by Joseph Chilton Pierce asks that we examine the difference between being creative and living a creative life. He States:

There is a big difference between being creative and living a creative life. Being creative is personal and allows me to look at different points of view and imagine change.  Until I have the courage to share those thoughts and work on changing things as a result, I am not living the creative life. 

 “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers

This week marks the end of January 2021 and the focus upon choice that we have begun this year. That does not mean we are going to stop thinking about choices, but rather take what we have learned though our reflections and begin to add them to the focus of our study in Feb.

Today's quote bring this into focus and helps summarize what to take a way from this months journey . 

“Your life is a result of the choices you make. If you don’t like your life, it is time to start making better choices.” Anonymous

Have the Maturity to Know When to Make a Choice. Start making choices.

We are here to make a difference. Today's quote lays out our purpose in a simple no none sense point for reflection:

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” Denis Waitley

How do you define creativity? Our second term for February will be Innovation. I really believe that both of these terms have taken on a new meaning and level of intensity over the last 12 months. We as a society have had to become much more innovative and creative on how we go about our daily lives; be it getting the basics to our home or becoming creative in the manner we handle our workplace, and the stakeholders within it.

I have seen many people sharing little "lifes hacks" during this time that have been very creative and innovative in terms of staying safe, working with others and just improving the general conditions we all are facing right now. I want to invite you to share any of these creative innovations with the show. You can do this by calling in and talking about it at

‪(234) 206-0963‬ and I will uses your call as part of the show to share your idea with others. You can also choose to email the show at:

I am looking forward to extending the show through your input. I don't want you to think you have something too simple to offer, quite to the contrary; it is often that simple adjustment you make in your day that makes a difference! We want to share that with others so they can make a difference too.

Today's quote hails from someone I have studied a lot. He is a household name and created one of the moment dominant companies in the world today.  He states: 

“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” 

Sometimes it can be hard to pick a spot to start because we start to choose what is most important in the moment. We can be faced with an emergency that is not part of our plan that can knock us off course; but must be addressed. Run to the fire and fight it with all the tools at your disposal to put it out quickly.