Why breaking the laws and rules are not creative

Many people talk about “think outside the box”. I have started to follow the crowd who say “think inside the box”.

The real creative genius shows itself when you can operate under strict situations and still accomplish miracles.

I even create my own regulations, for me and for everyone I deal with. Tim Ferriss started that trend.

I have rules for more or less everything now. One girl I am chatting with on msn asked me if I was a weirdo or something. She asked “isn’t it hard living your life that disciplined and regulated?”. I said “No, actually, it is very liberating to have all these systems and rules in place. It makes me think less on mundane stuff and it gives me a good excuse to say no to many things and a good excuse to do some other things”.

For example let me give you an idea of systems I have:

-I check emails only at 12 (lunch time) every Monday- Friday.

-I only take business calls between 12 (lunch) and 15 pm, Monday-Friday

-I only give business associates 5 minutes to talk on unscheduled telephone calls. When the 5 minutes are up the call is over. No matter what.

-I only talk on the phone for 15 minutes with business associates if they have scheduled the meeting beforehand and if they have a clear agenda for the call. Otherwise the 5 minute rule is applied.

-I never take face-to-face business meetings. If a meeting is needed I will always send a proxy.

-I only check my Facebook account Friday evenings at 18pm – 19pm.

-I only do banking errands (only online, never physical) on Friday evenings at 18pm-19pm.

-I only do msn chatting sessions Monday-Sundays at 9pm-10pm.

-I never do in person consulting unless I receive at least 1222 USD per hour. And I only do consultancy via telephone/msn chatting session or via email. Never face-to-face (value is not in showing up, value is in delivering results).

There you go, a couple of my own regulations. Try doing whatever you want to accomplish, but do it within the rules of society, within your own regulations etc. That is truly what creativity is all about. Doing the seemingly impossible.

As some money gurus say: Think about yourself as paralyzed/handicapped. What then? If you could not move any other part but your head, your mouth and other facial functions, then what would you do to accomplish whatever you dreamt off? Impossible is a reasonable thought, but it is the wrong thought in this exercise. Just because you are living a handicapped life, or a severely limited life (in terms of resources etc) doesn’t mean you are off the hook. It just means you need to be much more creative and resourceful. Ok? Go ahead, conquer and divide. And please, people, comment. I don’t bite. How can I be of service if I do not get any feedback from you? If I can help you see the world from a slightly new point of view, then why not use it? Until next time…

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