Posts made in September, 2012

In The Trenches – The Founder’s Daily Report: Day 274: Taking a Risk

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In The Trenches – The Founder’s Daily Report:  Day 274:  Taking a Risk

Day 274:  I’ve made a difficult decision.  I’m taking the rest of the day completely off.  After I post this, I’m shutting my computer down.  I know, I know, I’m taking a risk!  This is a difficult decision because I have a ridiculously long to-do list waiting for me, and tomorrow, I begin an editing crusade, and the following Tuesday is the Declare Your Dream Discussion and Workshop.  It’s risky not to work today but I really feel like I need to completely disconnect.  When I was in San Diego last weekend with Eye-Doc Sis, I worked only six hours a day while she was in class but still, I worked.  I hope I can relax as opposed to worry about what I’m not doing.  I...

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Morning Motivation — Can you see a glimpse of your dream?

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Can you see a glimpse of your dream?   Start looking for your dreams everywhere!  Even if you can only see a glimpse of a dream that’s enough of a catalyst to get you excited about discovering more and more until you create it.  See a piece of your dream and begin creating it!  Keep looking and you will see more and more dreams you can create—from smiles, to kindness, to a positive gesture.  See your dreams.  Create your dreams…from what you have. Open your mind. See a glimpse of your dream. Create what you see. What are you going to create?...

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Morning Motivation — What are you thinking?

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What are you thinking?   Do you realize how powerful your thoughts are?  They are the first step in creating anything.  What are you thinking?  Are you thinking about the best possible things or are you focusing on the worst-case scenario?  Instead of thinking negatively, thinking about what you lack, thinking about what you don’t have, shift your mind and think positively, think about your strengths and think about what you do have.    Use your thoughts as a way to begin creating from what you have.  If you think about what you have in a new way it will spark new ideas and new ways to create something from it.  Think about what you already have in your life in a...

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In The Trenches—The Founder’s Daily Report: Day 273: Writing Muscle

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In The Trenches—The Founder’s Daily Report:  Day 273:  Writing Muscle

Day 273:  I mentioned yesterday that A Little Bit Touched If You Know What I Mean Friend and I started a daily writing exercise of giving our screenplays 30 minutes of attention a day.  No pressure to actually write anything, no page quotas to hit, just 30 minutes of our attention on the project—whatever that means to each of us.  The first week went really well so we decided to do another.  I insisted we take off the weekends because every day felt like too much—I already have a lot of stuff I have to do every day.  Well, I got an email from A Little Bit Touched If You Know What I Mean Friend this morning and after I had replied to her, it got me thinking about my...

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Featured Dream of the Week: “I can write a novel!”

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Each Friday, the Declare Your Dream Experimental Motivation Project features one of the declared dreams in the experiment.  The goal is to highlight the dream and put collective positive energy towards the dream manifesting for the Dreamer. This week’s featured dream was the 15th Dream to arrive in the experiment.     DREAM PRAYER Light to focus on why your Dream matters to you. Light to take action towards your Dream. Light to never give up on your Dream. Light for your Dream to manifest.   With love and belief in you and your dream, The Declare Your Dream Community   To get motivated to Declare Your Dream and to take action towards making your Dream...

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Morning Motivation — Are you reflecting?

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Are you reflecting?   Have you ever stopped to reflect on what you are currently creating and if it’s what you actually want to be creating?  Instead of mindlessly speeding through life unconsciously creating, slow down and begin consciously creating.  Take the time to reflect on what you have already created in order to determine what you want to create as you move forward.  What have you created in your life, your health, your relationships, your career, your finances?  Seriously think about what you have created up to this point.  Are you creating what you truly want to create?  Or, do you not like what you see reflecting back at you?  What is the reflection of...

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In The Trenches – The Founder’s Daily Report: Sleep & Updates

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In The Trenches – The Founder’s Daily Report:  Sleep & Updates

Day 272:  I don’t want to jinx myself but I believe I’m back on a normal sleep schedule.  Woo hoo!  What an insane week.  I have nothing major planned for the next three days out of sheer necessity—I must take care of myself.  I really can’t afford to go off on a no-sleep spree again.  I pay for it later.  Everything suffers for like a week after. A little news in the midst of all of the manic whackadoodle-ness: Project 1:  Toothless lives!  For now, I’m willing to patiently stay toothless for as long as it takes to make the film.  Granted, I apparently might have to have a retainer though to keep my bite from shifting.  Deep sigh.  But on a more positive note, I just...

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Events — The Declare Your Dream Discussion & Workshop

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Think Outside The Box Inside The Box Media is proud to present   The Declare Your Dream  Experimental Motivation Project  Discussion and Workshop A casual evening of dreams, dreaming and dream declaring.       The experiment creators, Kelli Joan Bennett and Leslie Ann Owen, will be speaking about the experiment, its goals and impact, and doing a presentation of the dreams that have been contributed so far.  Special guest, Dr. Jessica Romeyn, Psy.D. will give a talk on the psychology of motivation and the power of choice.  This will be followed by a group discussion of thoughts, comments and questions.  The evening will be rounded out by handing out Declaring...

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Are you ready to play ball?

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Morning Motivation   Instead of watching from the sidelines or sitting in the stands get in the game and play ball!  It doesn’t matter if you know the rules.  It doesn’t matter if you aren’t sure where to go.  It doesn’t matter if you have no idea what you’re doing.  Just create from wherever you are with whatever you have right now!  Make it up as you go along.  You are the MVP of your life.  Create your own game.  Create your own playing field.  Create your own rules.  If you don’t get in the game you’ll never discover how to play.  Create something from what you have.  Watch your game expand. Get out of the stands. Get off the sidelines. Get in the game. Create...

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A Declare Your Dream Special Event

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Are You Ready to Declare Your Dream? Dream Experiment creators Kelli Joan Bennett and Leslie Ann Owen along with Special Guest Dr. Jessica Romeyn, Psy.D. will help to get you ready!   On October 9th at 7pm, Think Outside The Box Inside The Box Media is presenting the first ever Declare Your Dream Experimental Motivation Project Discussion and Workshop, a casual evening of dreams, dreaming and dream creating.  The event is being held at Muse on 8th at 759 S. La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The experiment creators, Kelli Joan Bennett and Leslie Ann Owen, will be speaking about the experiment, its goals and impact, and doing a presentation of the dreams that...

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