Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Your Imaginative Power, Your Creative Ability- Temi Sodipo


A long time ago, having heard different accounts of how great people today, purposed in their hearts to be big, and achieved it majorly because of the picture of their future they held on to , I decided I would use my imaginative ability to the fullest. In the last post we talked about habits to imbibe on this upward trajectory, today we will work more on our minds.


More than any other ability, imagination is the major distinguishing ability between humans and all animals else on earth. I once read that Imagination is the basis for a unique human achievement. Imagination is what made the villages of yesteryears become the cities of today, it is what made clubs bones of the primitive days become the golf clubs we see. Imagination and 'reality' are so different, yet so related.

If I ask you to think of your best friends or your favorite dish, pictures immediately crop up in your mind, you practically see it in front of you. This process of soul vision is the main action of the imagination.Thus, an ideal definition of imagination is "the ability to make present to ourselves things that are not available to our senses." Using imagination, we can visit the past, think about the present and anticipate the future. Through your imaginative power, you can create.

Using imagination we put our minds not only things but also things we've not experienced before. We can make assumptions, speculation, upload theories and consider options. That is, we can create with imagination.

Once we are able to get away from the immediate present life, we are free in a sense. We are free to revisit the past, are free to change the way we perceive the present, and are free to watch a wide range of possible future scenarios. " 


The Wright brothers conceived the first model of the modern day Airplane in their minds, Karl Benz saw what the first car would look like in his mind, if you think those are farfetched examples, it would interest you to know that even the sachet water popularly called pure water in Nigeria was first produced by someone who imagined it in his mind and had the tenacity to bring his imagination to reality. 

Listen, never accept the role that society foists on you, if you don’t know who you are the world will call you what you are not. Act like you’re big to be treated likewise, ensure you don’t become arrogant whilst cultivating this quality. Be humble yet revered – for what you have to offer to your world.

Now, applying this creative ability, you hold on to that picture of your 10 years time, the picture of success – the way you want it. It’s important to have the discipline to maintain this picture irrespective of any contrary situation. Next you cultivate that talent and relive the vision of what your intended impact in the world is going to be and then you get to work. Cultivating the earlier discussed habits of the wealthy as you go along, for only then will they also be attracted to you. Always remember, there is more than enough wealth for everyone in the world, while the ignorance 


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