{"id":1489,"date":"2011-07-01T12:42:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T12:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/01\/creativity"},"modified":"2011-07-01T12:42:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T12:42:25","slug":"creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Accidentally Creative…on Purpose."},"content":{"rendered":"

I just read a guest post on Michael Hyatt’s blog<\/a> that was absolutely incredible. \u00a0Challenging each of us to use the creativity we’ve been given to the absolute max, Todd Henry encourages us to set a goal for our lives to “die empty.” \u00a0Here is an excerpt from the post:<\/p>\n

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I was in a meeting in which a South African friend asked, \u201cDo you know what the most valuable land in the world is?\u201d The rest of us were thinking, \u201cWell, probably the diamond mines of Africa, or maybe the oil fields of the middle east?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cNo,\u201d our friend replied, \u201cit\u2019s the graveyard, because with all of those people are buried unfulfilled dreams, unwritten novels, masterpieces not created, businesses not started, relationships not reconciled. THAT is the most valuable land in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then a little phrase popped into my head in such a way that it felt almost like a mandate. The phrase was \u201cdie empty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Is there some God-given creativity in you that is being wasted? \u00a0Are you wanting to accomplish something, but are plagued by fear, doubt or laziness? \u00a0Join me, then, in a quest to squeeze every bit of it out every day. \u00a0No more excuses. \u00a0Let’s decide today that we’re going to fulfill our potential, determining to stand before God someday, ready to give account for the way in which we invested the gifts and talent he entrusted us with. \u00a0 Are you with me? \u00a0Let’s go. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Read the full post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I just read a guest post on Michael Hyatt’s blog that was absolutely incredible. \u00a0Challenging each of us to use the creativity we’ve been given to the absolute max, Todd Henry encourages us to set a goal for our lives to “die empty.” \u00a0Here is an excerpt from the post: I was in a meeting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[120,121,143,285,364,458],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3jKZO-o1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1478,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/intentionality\/","url_meta":{"origin":1489,"position":0},"title":"Intentionality","date":"July 21, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cNo one lies on his deathbed wishing he\u2019d had time to reply to one more email, but a great many people express regrets about not having treated life with more purpose.\u201d Todd Henry, The Accidental Creative","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1930,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/have-you-met-my-friend-his-name-is-todd\/","url_meta":{"origin":1489,"position":1},"title":"Have You Met My Friend? 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