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Carolyn Smagalski
Creative Imagination
Founder - Editor - Host
You have often heard the phrase, "Some people get all the
breaks." You may have even used it a time or two
yourself. It is much easier to dismiss their success with the
wave of your hand, than to examine why this seems to occur.
Francis Bacon wrote, "A wise man will make more opportunities
than he finds." From his point of view, opportunity is born
in how you perceive and act in the midst of a situation, and
not from the situation itself.
 In 1971, the world's first single chip microprocessor was
developed by Intel. Although this was not an invention with a
wide application of use when initially developed, Intel's
design team - Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff and Stan Mazor -
pressed onward with enthusiasm, looking for ways in which to
use the new chip. Intel revolutionized the computer industry,
opening up a wealth of opportunity for what has now become
Silicon Valley. Arthur H. Vandenberg's words are the perfect
reflection of this newly developed paradigm: "It is less
important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute
opportunity."
The stories of Bill Gates,
Steven "The Woz" Wozniak, Paul Allen and Steven Jobs are
equally fascinating. "When you follow your bliss, doors will
open where you would not have thought there would be doors;
and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else,"
stated Joseph Campbell.
The curious thing is that there were open doors for many
others who failed to see the opportunity. Their own lack of
creativity and imagination prevented them from opening the
door. They had not developed the ability to think outside the
box…to think of a world not yet created. Train your mind to
be open to every opportunity that will lead to your ultimate
action, integration of profit producing systems,and success in
reaching your goals.
As a college graphics project, a professor told his students
to create a logo for an imaginary company and develop an
advertising campaign for this company’s imaginary product.
Some of the students seized this opportunity with vigor, while
others floundered, wanting more direction and details from the
professor. This was more than a simple graphics project,. It
was an exercise that could expand the imagination, catapulting
the student into thinking beyond his own limitations. Observe
that every product in your life is the result of the thought
process of the creative mind. See that which does not yet
exist and create your own vision.
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