Author: Josten Dooley

We all are tigers

 

But some prefer to be sheep. A thing to remember that we all have the capability of doing what ever we can imagine with great forces and ferociousness like a tiger. But over time it does not seem like the thing to do. So therefore we settle for being a sheep instead.

You know how a sheep plays it safe, they follow the herd and doing what everyone else is doing. Well for some people that may be a different way of life. Not everyone has the mentality to step out of the herd and live as a tiger.

Another example to remember is that if someone pays you they can starve you. Stop being scared and start right now doing what will help improve you life.

A relaxed mind is important

Being a creative individual and having a mind that is not relaxed you will run into a few problems. The type of problems are endless. So remember to take some time to relax. Personally I know how hard that can be to do. Because we are so used to always working.

Then when we are not working it feels as if we are unproductive. But you should remember that if you are always working you will eventually get burned out. A good example is a car that is very low on gas overtime you will eventually stop working.

Take a day to relax and refocus at least one day a week. You will start to notice a slight difference in many aspects of your life.

How to develop a Tyler Durden mentality

I am sure many of you may have seen this quote or even seen the movie fight club. The movie is amazing if you have not watched it yet. The gems that are throughout the movie. But I want to speak today on two things. One is developing the mentality that Tyler Durden has and also to not be owned by the things you own.

The mentality that Tyler has from the perspective I perceived is to just let go. By letting go you do not let the thought of if something good or bad happened. Therefore you are prepared for either or. As humans and whatever profession we are in we try to control as much as we can. Being a designer you try to control as many things as possible, from the client work, how much we charge and etc.

The type of tools that we own can end up owning us. Many get fooled thinking that the tools make that big of a difference. Learning how to use the tools is what matters. If you are one whom starts out a new hobby or profession and immediately buys the best tools possibly why would you do that? Because eventually you’ll feel as if you’ve wasted money. The feeling of having wasted money on a hobby profession is not a nice thing to experience. So remember start with the basics and then move on to better tools. Therefore you will be even more skilled with better materials.

Wasted Talent

If you have ever been told that you have a talent for something then why did you not pursue it. But a thing to remember about having talent is that it will fail you if you are not skilled.

Do your best to not waste your talent especially if its something that you enjoy doing. We are so inclined to do what people tell us to do and the advice is actually not healthy. Just think for a bit of those whom missed out on facebook because their parents told them to not get involved. If they would’ve just took a chance. I’m pretty sure they possessed the skills to be successful with many things.

I’m sure this is not something for everything to do. Some of you may say yes I have the talent but I have bills too pay. You may say I’ve failed so many times or there’s nothing out there for me. Believe me I was one of those people. Having that sort of mentality can burn you out and not make you want to continue improving your talent and skills.

So therefore do your best to keep focused and dedicated to improving your talent and skills. Its not supposed to easy buts its going to be worth it as long as you can hang in there.

Don’t forget

The worst thing in the world is wasted talent.