The Uncommon Insight into Personal Goals

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I have discovered what I feel is most appropriately termed as an “uncommon insight,” a revelation that did nothing less than lead me to a personal transformation, and I promise you I never use that term lightly. Here’s the story.

About six months ago I started working on my latest book called The New 9 to 5, a text based on a tremendous amount of research into how to discover one’s unseen creative and imaginative potential. Being a musician and a recording artist for over four decades has certainly kept my creative and imaginative juices flowing. But my research for this book clearly showed me that there were still undiscovered areas within the realm of our imagination and how to implement them as well as a new ways to consider the all too illusive creative process – thus, the thrust of the book and the term, neoCreativity.

What I did “not” see coming as I plugged away at this new literary endeavor was an actual recreation of the direction of the text, and more importantly, a recreation of sorts in terms of my definitiveness of purpose which presupposes all of my actions. Not only did the core message of the book change right before my eyes, a new found clarity in the sense of purpose and intent was literally recreating my entire persona, my direction…twist!

The strategies I had developed for neoCreativity were only part of the message. What became more than clear was the importance of discovering the multiplicity of inherent qualities my passion consisted of as opposed to the singular description I envisioned and had abided by for literally decades. This realization of the counterparts to what actually drives me as an individual completely re-prioritized my sense of purpose, my “present” direction in life – this was the uncommon insight. I repeat; I did not see that coming. I have re-directed and re-titled the book, and will let you join in on this journey of illumination as I finish this text with a series of thoughts as I continue to explore and define this relatively untapped anomaly of one’s passion and the human thought process of how it affects our sense of identity, our lives, and our careers.

As an introduction to all of the upcoming, I leave you with this question: On a work day, what is your mood, your state of mind when the alarm goes off – and – how do you feel about that?