To be human and to live with other humans is to face challenges and difficulties. We experience disappointments, heartaches, roadblocks, failures and even death. How we choose to respond to the challenges that life hands us is a measure of the type of person we are. Do we pick ourselves up and make something of what has happened or do we remain buried in the rubble wishing to die?
One of the biggest challenges that we face as writers and artists is selling our work. Writers send out manuscripts to publishers only to receive rejection slip after rejection slip. Artists seek galleries to represent and sell their art and often must sell it themselves. Making a living from creative work has always been a challenge. Even Vincent Van Gogh, one of the most famous artists today, sold only one painting in his lifetime and that was to his brother.
Is the blank page or the empty canvas your stumbling block? Is the lack of time preventing you from creating new work? What is holding you back and preventing you from moving forward? Do you need to improve your skills? Do you lack commitment? Have you failed to set measurable goals?
As creative leaders, we have been given the gift of creativity which can help us turn our stumbling blocks into stepping stones. So get out your chisel and chip away at that stumbling block in your path. Find the opportunity hidden within the stone. Find the hope within the fear. Grasp the victory from the claws of defeat.
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