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	<title>Comments on: Ask Havi #6: the &#8220;borrowed inspiration&#8221; edition</title>
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	<description>When you need some destuckification.</description>
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		<title>By: Chic Nicola</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chic Nicola</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Starting a new project can be quite daunting (not that I need to tell you that!), and I don&#039;t see anything wrong with taking inspiration from someone you admire and building on and adapting that. And, as you say, there really is nothing new (though I&#039;m pretty sure I&#039;d never heard of the word &#039;destuckification&#039; until I read your blog)

Chic Nicolas last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://bagchic.net/chloe/chloe-bay-patent-tote/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chloe Bay Patent Tote&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Starting a new project can be quite daunting (not that I need to tell you that!), and I don&#8217;t see anything wrong with taking inspiration from someone you admire and building on and adapting that. And, as you say, there really is nothing new (though I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;d never heard of the word &#8216;destuckification&#8217; until I read your blog)</p>
<p>Chic Nicolas last blog post..<a href="http://bagchic.net/chloe/chloe-bay-patent-tote/" rel="nofollow">Chloe Bay Patent Tote</a></p>
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		<title>By: chris zydel</title>
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		<dc:creator>chris zydel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Havi,

I too, just recently found you and your adorable duck through a trail that started with Copyblogger, led to Sonia Simone and then onto Naomi Dunford so you are in VERY good company. But then, you already KNEW that. I have completely enjoyed everything that you have written and this post is no exception.  

I wear many hats, one of which is as a creativity coach. One thing I&#039;ve noticed is that when people are first starting to put themselves out there in the big scary internet world, they can get pretty overwhelmed, so I often recommend that they explore other people&#039;s sites and blogs as a way to get some ideas about where the heck to even begin. From your own work on &quot;stuckification&quot; ( gotta love that word!!!) you know that &quot;fear is the mindkiller&quot; as well as creativity killer, and that until someone calms down a bit it&#039;s very hard to even HEAR their own unique voice. I look at the process of borrowing ideas from other people&#039;s sites as &quot;training wheels&quot; that will eventually allow the person to gain the confidence to trust in their own creativity once again.

And I realize, as I go back and reread this, that I pretty much just said what you said but in my own words! Well, howzabout that?? Inspirational attribution in action!

Thanks again for your amazing work in the world.....

chris zydels last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://creativejuicesarts.blogs.com/creativejuicesarts/2008/08/addicted-to-technique-the-sad-and-sorry-tale-of-creativity-gone-wrong.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ADDICTED TO TECHNIQUE: THE SAD AND SORRY TALE OF CREATIVITY GONE WRONG&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Havi,</p>
<p>I too, just recently found you and your adorable duck through a trail that started with Copyblogger, led to Sonia Simone and then onto Naomi Dunford so you are in VERY good company. But then, you already KNEW that. I have completely enjoyed everything that you have written and this post is no exception.  </p>
<p>I wear many hats, one of which is as a creativity coach. One thing I&#8217;ve noticed is that when people are first starting to put themselves out there in the big scary internet world, they can get pretty overwhelmed, so I often recommend that they explore other people&#8217;s sites and blogs as a way to get some ideas about where the heck to even begin. From your own work on &#8220;stuckification&#8221; ( gotta love that word!!!) you know that &#8220;fear is the mindkiller&#8221; as well as creativity killer, and that until someone calms down a bit it&#8217;s very hard to even HEAR their own unique voice. I look at the process of borrowing ideas from other people&#8217;s sites as &#8220;training wheels&#8221; that will eventually allow the person to gain the confidence to trust in their own creativity once again.</p>
<p>And I realize, as I go back and reread this, that I pretty much just said what you said but in my own words! Well, howzabout that?? Inspirational attribution in action!</p>
<p>Thanks again for your amazing work in the world&#8230;..</p>
<p>chris zydels last blog post..<a href="http://creativejuicesarts.blogs.com/creativejuicesarts/2008/08/addicted-to-technique-the-sad-and-sorry-tale-of-creativity-gone-wrong.html" rel="nofollow">ADDICTED TO TECHNIQUE: THE SAD AND SORRY TALE OF CREATIVITY GONE WRONG</a></p>
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		<title>By: Corey - Simple Marriage Project</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corey - Simple Marriage Project</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the thoughts Havi. And for thinking of me as a good guy. As all my coaching text and business unfolds, I&#039;ll be sure to credit you for anything taken from you, especially any biggification thoughts.

Corey - Simple Marriage Projects last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simplemarriage.net/6-tips-for-a-more-sensual-marriage-from-solomon.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;6 Tips For A More Sensual Marriage From Solomon&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the thoughts Havi. And for thinking of me as a good guy. As all my coaching text and business unfolds, I&#8217;ll be sure to credit you for anything taken from you, especially any biggification thoughts.</p>
<p>Corey &#8211; Simple Marriage Projects last blog post..<a href="http://www.simplemarriage.net/6-tips-for-a-more-sensual-marriage-from-solomon.html" rel="nofollow">6 Tips For A More Sensual Marriage From Solomon</a></p>
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		<title>By: Havi Brooks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Havi Brooks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, James! Also, yay, indeed. Being yourself in your writing is (not too put too fine a point or too much cheese on it) the best thing you can do for your writing. 

It&#039;s also the best thing you can do in terms of &quot;marketing&quot; -- you can&#039;t fake authenticity, and everyone loves it because being human is just sexy. Not sure why, but it is.

And I love your writing, just so you know ....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, James! Also, yay, indeed. Being yourself in your writing is (not too put too fine a point or too much cheese on it) the best thing you can do for your writing. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s also the best thing you can do in terms of &#8220;marketing&#8221; &#8212; you can&#8217;t fake authenticity, and everyone loves it because being human is just sexy. Not sure why, but it is.</p>
<p>And I love your writing, just so you know &#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: James &#124; Dancing Geek</title>
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		<dc:creator>James &#124; Dancing Geek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have decided that I should read one of your posts everyday before going to bed, I feel so relaxed and peaceful and calm right now.

Yay inspiration!

On a side note, you&#039;ve inspired me to be more myself (my own voice) in my writing - so thank you!

Yay Havi! :)

James &#124; Dancing Geeks last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://dancing-geek.blogspot.com/2008/09/lazy-people-series.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Lazy People series&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have decided that I should read one of your posts everyday before going to bed, I feel so relaxed and peaceful and calm right now.</p>
<p>Yay inspiration!</p>
<p>On a side note, you&#8217;ve inspired me to be more myself (my own voice) in my writing &#8211; so thank you!</p>
<p>Yay Havi! :)</p>
<p>James | Dancing Geeks last blog post..<a href="http://dancing-geek.blogspot.com/2008/09/lazy-people-series.html" rel="nofollow">The Lazy People series</a></p>
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