Your personal power

Don't forget about your personal power. You do still have it. Keep feeding it.

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You have greatness within you

Have you spent more time arguing for your limitations than bringing your creativity? There is a simple solution. Let international motivational speaker Les Brown tell you in this short video.

http://youtu.be/N8eC5qR9_Wo

Billy Elliot

I went to see Billy Elliot The Musical after waiting about a year for its arrival in town. I own the DVD on which it is based and I have watched it many, many times. Some changes they made from the film were so powerful!

It is the story of a 12-year-old boy who lives in a mining town in England. Most of the men in the town are miners. His father is a miner, his brother is a miner ... As you can imagine, it does not go over too well when the family discovers his secret: he has an extraordinary talent, and desire, to be a ballet dancer!

One of the things that has always inspired me about this story is the conviction Billy had at such a young age! He was going to hold onto to his dream despite tremendous pressures not to. He tapped into that inner strength that we as artists and creative people do have, even if we have to dust it off and nourish it a lot over time before it breaks out in full force.

risk then success

World renowned actor, Denzel Washington, gave a commencement speech at a University on May 16, 2011 that every artist and creative person should hear. It was inspirational, powerful and undeniably true. After you watch the video of his speech at this link, and ponder the hard-earned wisdom he shared straight from the heart, post a comment here on my blog and tell me that I was right. I love being right. :)   https://youtu.be/2sHc581qEQc

You can read his speech also and print it by going to the link below. 

http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v57/n34/comm-washington.html