Blog assignment #3

http://changethis.com/manifesto/66.01.Brainwashed/pdf/66.01.Brainwashed.pdf
Acknowledging the lizard is basically an idea of what to call resistance. Resistance being the lizard. With acknowledging it, one can effectively ignore it. This resistance is the thing that's in your head telling you to follow instructions. One of the things resistance effects is shipping. You may be able to develop an idea the fastest, but if you resist shipping it because of doubt or the resistance, than you can ultimately lose something that would be very profitable for your company perhaps. Finally, if you do fail at shipping, the only thing you can do it learn. Learn from everything that you succeed at or fail at. Taking one step to get your brain to think differently is just the beginning. We need to keep learning.



These exercises can be seen as helpful or a waste of time. I feel that some people might view these exercises as mindless, busywork, however I think that anyone who is really willing to work for that creative mind, this wouldn't be a burden. These exercises would be more of a test to prove to yourself that you have what it takes. I generally like to be reminded that I have what it takes to make it. As far as these blogs go, they may seem like mindless busywork at times, but when I finish doing them I realize that I have subconsciously required a new way of thinking and a more intelligent way of thinking. The layers that I summarized are two that are towards the end. Those two are ship and learn. The reason I picked those two is because for the shipping, I really appreciate the encouragement that it includes to take risks. As everyone knows, taking risks can be one of scariest things a person will encounter in their lives and the encouragement certainly helps. It also touches on not being afraid to fail. This idea I also appreciate because people often put way too much pressure on themselves and are then incredibly afraid of failure. However, this article points out that failure isn't always necessarily a bad thing. It can be a total learning experience. Which brings me to the last pillar, which is learn. This pillar basically says that everything that happens in life is a learning experience. It encourages us to try and forget what we've already been taught and learn new things from our newly empty minds. What we find could be incredibly different from what we already know. I think that's these exercises will ultimately help me with my creativity and my creative process. Creativity involves thinking and what better way to improve your mind then to challenge it to think differently and change its own process? To conclude, yes these blogs may seem like busywork the majority of the time they're being done, but that doesn't necessarily mean they can't help with the future. These readings could make a person realize that they really like making up characters and stories or they really like the process of putting sounds in a movie. Or it could help a person that they loathe both those components of movies or stories. Either way, neither of those things should be considered a waste of time.