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I found a really 'interesting' blog post just now, by Scott Ginsberg - "30 ways to become the most interesting person you know" So I thought I'd share it with you all.
Here's a few exerts:
How much money is being boring costing you?
ANSWER: Too much!LESSON LEARNED: There is an inverse relationship between how successful you are and how boring you are.
- Boring ideas lose.
- Boring people fade.
- Boring organizations fizzle.
"If the marketplace isn't talking about you, there's a reason. If people aren't discussing your products, your services, your cause, your movement or your career, there's a reason. The reason is that you're boring." Seth Godin
Expand your references.
In the book Unlimited Power, Tony Robbins said, “Limited references create a limited life. If you want to expand your life, you must expand your references by pursuing ideas and experiences that wouldn't be a part of your life if you didn't consciously seek them out.” Remember: The more interesting experiences you have, the more interesting people you meet, the more interesting things you see, watch, hear, read, taste, the more interesting places you go, the more interesting you will become. Everything is a plus. How have you stepped out of your comfort zone this week?
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi wrote in his amazing book Creativity. “One of the surest ways to enrich life is to make experiences less fleeting.” If you do this, you WILL boost your creativity. You will flood your mind with new ideas. You will build a solid foundation of curiosity. And the combination of those three results will mold your melon into an attractive, valuable commodity that your clients will want to have access to. Remember: Clients don’t want to hire consultants or marketers or coaches – they want to hire cool, smart people who happen to do those things. What ordinary stuff fascinates you?
Transform ideas into questions.
I call this creative process “Catapulting.” It’s something I’ve been doing every single day for years. Here are two examples of how it works. *If someone casually mentions, “I can’t believe I just stumbled upon this for the first time!” then you would write down on your question list, “What have you recently stumbled upon for the first time?” *If you read the passage, “This behaviour will make it hard for people to take you seriously,” you would jot down, “What is affecting your ability to be taken seriously?” See how that works? Pretty cool. Pretty darn interesting, too. That's how I’ve collected over 6000 questions. How are you turning ideas into questions and questions into catapults?
Alexander Bullivant
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