The Lightness of Being a Beginner Again

Monday, April 5th, 2010 at 9:19 am

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. — Steve Jobs

My Thoughts:

Being a beginner again sometimes gives you a fresh perspective to operate from. It ignites your creativity. Sometimes when we work for so long on something, it becomes routine and possibly boring and stale. Starting anew gives you a clean slate to build on. You may not be sure what you are going to create, but you have an idea of what you want to create… And from that, you can do anything that you put your heart and mind to.

So, if you have been in the same position for awhile and things are getting stagnant, try doing something different for awhile. It may clear your mind so that when you are ready and go back to whatever it was, you’ll be able to begin anew and have a fresh perspective to give new inspiration to the project.

This has been Kelli Jacobson with Your Motivational Moment!

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