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**The Power of Creativity Learning How to Build Lasting Habits, Face Your Fears and Change Your Life** is an educational resource in **Science & Mathematics** (Power of Creativity Learning How to Build Lasting Habits, F) published to the Reason Orbit knowledge repository.
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[Page 2] THE POWER OF CREATIVITY LEARNING HOW TO BUILD LASTING HABITS, FACE YOUR FEARS AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE (BOOK 1) BRYAN COLLINS [Page 3] CONTENTS Preface 1. The Mirror 2. Prepare to Be Inspired 3. Trace Your Creative Roots 4. Learn What Your Craft (and Your Audience) Demand 5. Find a Creative Master 6. Strengthen Your Mind And Your Body 7. Invest in Your Side Projects 8. Go to War Against Your Fears 9. Lasting Change, Just Around The Corner Afterword Acknowledgments About the Author Tools For Becoming More Creative Get The Power of Creativity Series Get the Become a Writer Today Series References [Page 4] For A. [Page 5] By Bryan Collins ©2018 by Bryan Collins. All rights reserved. First edition 2017. Second edition 2018. Edited by Command+Z Content and Beth Crosby. Reproduction in whole or part of this publication without express consent is strictly prohibited. This book uses British English. Become a Writer Today [Page 6] PREFACE This book is just one of a popular three-part series that will teach you how to become more creative and find better ideas. Visit becomeawritertoday.com/poc and I’ll send you book two free today. [Page 7] 1 THE MIRROR “We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – A nais Nin O CTOBER 17 TH , 2009 It was the morning after my thirtieth birthday party, and I was lying on the cold tiles in the upstairs bathroom of my house. My skin felt sticky to touch, and I imagined a shard of glassware was tearing my head in two. I got up, put my hands on the sink, looked in the mirror and into my bloodshot eyes. I didn’t like what I saw. I could (almost) forgive myself for having a crippling hangover the morning after my birthday. I knew my life had some trappings of success: a healthy son and daughter, a wife, a paying job and a modest-sized house. But I knew I was a failure. However, since I was a five-year-old boy reading a tattered copy of Roald Dahl’s The BFG underneath the bedcovers with a flashlight between my teeth, I wanted to be a writer. But to want something and to be brave enough to pursue it are two different things. I’d spent 25 years being too afraid to pursue what I wanted. For years, I read books about getting more done, coming up with ideas, [Page 8] unlocking fresh thinking, changing habits, writing, and managing To Do lists, calendars and even time itself, but I was the ultimate procrastinator. I collected other people’s big ideas like they were rare coins that belonged in a glass case at the back of my mind. I never put what I found into practise. I was too afraid to start, too afraid to go after what I wanted, too afraid to think big. Sure, some of my decisions opened doors for me. I talked about Ernest Hemingway and Anaïs Nin over pints of beer