Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity is a book that is a quick read with a lot of lessons.
I personally really enjoyed this book because in it, the ways that the messages are full of wisdom in a hilarious yet efficient manner.
There is some vulgar language in the book and I wouldn’t recommend it if you can’t handle a few curse words here and there.
My favorite Key is number 10 “Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.”
This section is taken directly from the book:
“You may never reach the summit; for that you will be forgiven. But if you don’t make at least one serious attempt to get above the snow line, years later you will find yourself lying on your deathbed, and all you will feel is emptiness.”
Everything in life is a journey. Mount Everest doesn’t necessarily have to be Mount Everest and often times it is a lot easier to conquer than climbing Mt Everest. My personal journey is that of creating a successful business as an Internet Marketing Consultant for Small Businesses.
You may have a different Everest in your mind, are you really aware of what your final destination is?
Let’s say that you never climb it..
How would you feel if you never climbed it? Does this get you upset and even angry? Or are you someone who can just say “Never mind, I never really wanted to accomplish that anyway.”
If you’ve never even tried to climb it and its the end of your life, YOU SUCK in my opinion. It isn’t OK for you to not try something that you’ve really wanted to. If you are currently thinking about accomplishing a major goal and you aren’t doing all that you can to accomplish this goal, what are you waiting for? Don’t let anything hold you back, EVER. You can learn to accomplish these goals by setting deadlines for your goals.
“Admit that your own private Mount Everest exists. That is half the battle.”
Another great lesson I’ve learned from this book is number 3. Put the hours in.
“Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. Ninety percent of what separates successful people and failed people is time, effort and stamina.”
Let’s just take a second here and think about this. Everyone who has ever become successful has done it one way and that way includes putting the hours in. There are some short-cuts to certain things, but there is always the time put in to develop relationships, learn the material and put it in a comprehensive way that you can share with others.
Another message in this section is to find an extra hour or two in the day and pursue your passions during this free time.. Make this time super productive and you’ll be accomplishing life-transforming things. Sure you won’t be able to watch that hour of TV or waste time on facebook looking at pictures but you will be creating an asset for you. This is more important than looking at someones facebook pictures for 2 hours or staring aimlessly at the TV. By the way, TV sucks anyway. There’s never anything worth watching besides Duke Basketball 
…and a few other sports teams 
We need to focus more on Creativity.
Creativity is awesome. We need to take more time to dedicate to creativity, no matter what line of business we are in. Creativity improves your life and your business, so start taking the time to brainstorm new idea’s, learn to juggle, or just start mind-mapping!
This book is a great guide to improving your creativity and I recommend it to anyone who has been hit in the head by writer’s block or whatever you’d like to call it. I don’t believe in writer’s block because if I have nothing to write about, I do something else. (Simple solution to writer’s block )
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