How to succeed as a hamster November 28, 2009
Posted by Mike in : Mike, Productivity , 1 comment so farI once had two hamsters. Had them in a box in the garage. They had their own wheel, bowl, lots of cedar chips and fuzzies to play in.
I’d go out everyday and see them, pick them up and play.
One day, one of them stayed in the corner. Just hunkered down and tucked his head in. The other would jump and play and stand on his little feet sniffing the air when I came over saying..”play with me! play with me!”.
I tried to engage the other one, but he just looked up at me in an I’m busy yet sad type of way, like he was left out of the fun and no one wanted to play with him.
I’d see him eat occasionally so I knew he wasn’t sick, but he’d just go back to his sad little corner and bury himself and his head back down into the cedar chips and kinda shiver.
Everytime I’d go to scoop him up, the other would rush over and jump on my hand, and snuggle in, and wanted all the attention, so I’d play with him. I felt so sorry for the other little guy.
Then one day I come home and go into the garage, and they are gone.
No one was home and there were no cats around and I could not figure out what happened.
I fished around and it turned out that little frail scared hamster was digging a hole in the box while the other kept me busy. The fuckers.
Moral: Just keep working even if you feel like a caged dying animal, for that’s the way out.
Can love stimulate creativity in business? November 28, 2009
Posted by Mike in : Mike, Motivation , add a commentIt seems most poets and artists have a muse. Is it that object of their affection that inspires them to create masterpieces or is it something else?
The answer is: both, but mostly something else.
Love can inspire you to create beautiful things, however the act of producing something you are passionate about makes you a creative and loving person. This will attract others of like minds and that will re-inspire you.
I have found that if you neglect that latter part and are waiting for love to inspire you, you will never create anything.
I lost sight of that recently and was focused on money, wanting a vacation and being a whiny bitch.
I left town in a huff last night and here I sit on a public computer in a lobby in Chicago realizing just how far off track I’ve been.
You have to love yourself first. And those you really love, that have actually inspired you, deserve to have that favor returned in a productive way.
Yes, love can give you creative energy, but just do the production as mundane as it may be. Starting will give you the fire you need.