- Look at life from a higher plane. Look at the bigger picture.
- Look at things from a unique perspective. Look for new angles when others throw their arms up in despair.
- Suspend your own belief structure as a regular exercise.
- Try on other people’s beliefs and passions.
- Picture the impossible, ignoring physical, structural, or financial realities.
- Hone a perspective that dissolves the temporary barriers that life presents, allowing you to see what is possible.
- Think in terms of assets, not deficits.
- You aren’t here to wake up, drink coffee, work from nine to five, drink a beer, watch TV, and then go to bed.
- Question everything — gravity, perpetual motion. You may discover something new in the process.
- Make an effort to rattle your senses. Eat something different. Wear socks on your hands.
- Set up a projector and screen on the beach for a drive-in movie.
Your Dad’s Lesson:
This is one of the lessons that provided me with a pleasurable learning experience. At a young age, I was taught to think a little differently, and you can thank your Nana for that. Your Nana is one of the greatest creatives the world has ever seen, but instead of putting her energy into music or poetry, she gave that creative juice to her children. All my life she showed me how to look at the world from a different perspective by actually doing it. Whether it was by setting me up to wait for a green doodaleedum in the marshes or by skipping out on the world to celebrate the first spring day, her perspective somehow protected my mind from the repetition and false security that so many in society often seek.
