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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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A few days ago I purchased and read Marelisa Fábrega&#8217;s ebook entitled How to Be More Creative &#8211; A Handbook for Alchemists.

The best books to read aren&#8217;t necessarily nation-wide best sellers. That does not make Marelisa an amateur, she is a popular blogger on the creativity theme and has years worth of research, leisure reading, writing [...]<p><a href="http://www.2-0.biz/how-to-be-more-creative.html">How to Be More Creative</a> is an article from: <a href="http://www.2-0.biz">2-0</a>

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<p style="text-align: justify;">A few days ago I purchased and read Marelisa Fábrega&#8217;s ebook entitled <span style="text-decoration: underline;">How to Be More Creative &#8211; A Handbook for Alchemists</span>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-382" title="How to be more creative" src="http://www.2-0.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Mares-ebook.bmp" alt="How to be more creative" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The best books to read aren&#8217;t necessarily nation-wide best sellers. That does not make Marelisa an amateur, she is a popular blogger on the creativity theme and has years worth of research, leisure reading, writing and practice on the subject. She also has top-rated Squidoo lenses (&lt;100) and a long-time readership.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Three Things that Stand Out.</h2>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The first is the writing</strong>. Marelisa is from Panama, so one can only assume that English isn&#8217;t her native language. It isn&#8217;t mine either, but my writing is nothing special. You can come back and check on that once in a while for the next few years, I will surely get better <img src='http://www.2-0.biz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Content is great, but when it is well written, it permeates. You remember more, are struck with more images, and ultimately are able to apply more without having to reread.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Nonetheless, content there is, and a lot of it, so printing and binding the ebook, as well as interacting with it as instructed is highly recommended.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Then there are the references.</strong> Where else can you expect to learn creativity secrets and insights from <em>many </em>great minds as Mark Twain, Isaac Asimov, Guy Kawasaki, Stephen King, Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli&#8230; And many others I hadn&#8217;t ever heard about. If you were to search the internet for such wide-ranging views on creativity, you would miss out on many.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are also a heap of online references. Links to interactive tools and exercises, as well as further content sources that illustrate her own. Great finds for future exploration that you would miss otherwise, and that would be a shame.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Then comes the technique.</strong> You&#8217;ll come back often to explore further and apply it, because it is fun and rewarding. A few days isn&#8217;t nearly enough for me to describe the full potential, but I have made great progress already. For this blog alone, as well as my other projects, ideas and actions have been flowing easier, and I see things going much further as time passes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Like many great resources, this is one you will want to keep close by if you have a mind to doing more, better things in the near future.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a title="How to Be More Creative" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=52457&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=83820" target="_blank">Click here to visit Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online.</a> and get your own handbook for alchemists!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Remember that alchemists were those that turned lead into gold. Learn to create value for yourself, and others, with just what is available to you. Regardless of how insignificant it may seem at first, you have more potential than you think!</p>
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		<title>Be More Creative, Don&#8217;t Forget to Play!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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Meet Echo! 4 months old now, an endless source of playful laughter!
 
&#8220;&#8230;laughter stimulates both brain hemispheres simultaneously, which results in our brains operating at their highest capacity. Humor shifts us away from the notion that there‘s only one answer or viewpoint and moves us into a what if? frame of thinking, where the possibilities are [...]<p><a href="http://www.2-0.biz/be-more-creative-dont-forget-to-play.html">Be More Creative, Don&#8217;t Forget to Play!</a> is an article from: <a href="http://www.2-0.biz">2-0</a>

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<div id="attachment_351" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 388px"><img class="size-full wp-image-351  " title="Puppy prepared to play" src="http://www.2-0.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/echo-plays-start.jpg" alt="Awwww look at those eyes!" width="378" height="481" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Puppy prepared to play!</p></div>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: justify;">Meet Echo! 4 months old now, an endless source of playful laughter!</div>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;&#8230;laughter stimulates both brain hemispheres simultaneously, which results in our brains operating at their highest capacity. Humor shifts us away from the notion that there‘s only one answer or viewpoint and moves us into a what if? frame of thinking, where the possibilities are limitless.&#8221;  -  <em>Marelisa Fábrega</em></div>
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<h2 class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: justify;"><em> </em>Don&#8217;t underestimate the power of a playful break!</h2>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: justify;">As stated above, it is especially effective if it involves laughter. Everyone knows laughter is healthful, but it is knowledge that, like many other known facts, stays in the back of our heads and isn&#8217;t applied often enough.</div>
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<div id="attachment_359" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 305px"><img class="size-full wp-image-359" title="Echo plays..." src="http://www.2-0.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/echo-plays2.jpg" alt="Just a stick will do for a few good laughs." width="295" height="351" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Just a stick will do for a few good laughs.</p></div>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: justify;">Try a funny, playful break from work from time to time. It beats the usual coffee break, so why not take a minute to write down a quick list of break ideas that will make you laugh, and pick one of those when the time comes to wind down.</div>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-full wp-image-358" title="Echo expects more..." src="http://www.2-0.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/echo-plays1.jpg" alt="Echo expects more, but all good things have to end so they can start again." width="380" height="360" /></dt>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">When one of those breaks ends, the following hours of work will be more creative, and more productive. It never fails!</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">If this is your first visit, have a good look around! Lots of fun, creativity, productivity&#8230; And subscribe for upcoming posts &#8211; there is a lot more coming!</p>
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