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Find Your Howl
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Mitch Ditkoff’s article, 14 Ways to Get Breakthrough Ideas, teaches readers how to stimulate their mind.  He teaches that there are better ways to create innovation and creative ideas at work other than caffeine and corporate pep talks.  There has to be a way for employees to spark their innovation.  In his article, Ditkoff, explains to receive real innovation one must take a look at where ideas actually come from.  One must learn to be open to new ideas and thoughts.   Suppressing your thoughts can hinder your creative ability to generate new ideas.  You must embrace your new ideas.  Dirkoff explains by immersing yourself in one activity that has nothing to do with your job just something you enjoy you can produce new ideas.  When you have new, great ideas submerse yourself in them fully for a true breakthrough idea.  Immersion can help me in my creative process.  I am a student and in Army ROTC.  Most of my time gets immersed in my student life because of homework and the temptations of college.  This makes my view of ROTC take a toll.  However if I became immersed in my ROTC life instead of student life, I might start to enjoy the program for all it offers.  

Another way to gain new ideas is to hang out with diverse groups of people.  I believe this a good way for someone to construct new ideas. In all of my previous classes networking was emphasized.  By networking you meet new people that can help you find a job or help you invent new ideas.  If you broaden your horizon you’re bound to stumble across a good idea.  The author explains most stay within their comfort zone.  We become comfortable with the familiar and avoid change.  Ditkoff says we need to step outside of the box, branch out and meet different types of people.  The unfamiliar might be uncomfortable for most but the unfamiliar is what creates innovation.  This can help me in my creative process by branching out.  I normally hangout with the same group of friends since freshman year and do not attend many campus activities.  However, if I started attending different campus activities I might start to see the world in a different way.  By meeting new people we can collaborate and come up with new, interesting ideas. 

One other way to gain new ideas is to use creative thinking techniques. An example of this is jumper cables.  The main point for this idea is to turn your potential energy into kinetic.  By doing this you can open up your mind to let new ideas flow in.  You can also use creative thinking exercises to help you come up with a new idea.  Such exercises are right –brain thinking exercises that are aimed at your creative side.  These exercises tap into your unconscious.  An idea from your left brain is a logical explanation to a problem.  However your right brain does not use logic, it uses your subconscious.  By listening to your subconscious you can come up with a vast array of ideas.  They can come from anywhere.  You could have a “Eureka” moment of your idea might come to you a dream. Before deciding which technique to use you must find one that meets your specific needs. Or because all these new ideas are running through your head make up your own, new technique.

5. My current challenge is getting motivated for ROTC.  Although they help me out with all of my school I still have a problem waking up to attend ROTC events.  My fantasy solution to this problem would be to wake up on time everyday and get motivated for each ROTC event I participate in.  This fantasy solution gives me many clues.  One clue is I need to start going to bed earlier so I will not have a problem waking up in the morning. Another clue is by doing extracurricular activities with ROTC outside of my training will help me become more motivated and closer with my fellow cadets.  One other clue that this gives me if I exercise regularly and keep to my own schedule with integrity I can accomplish my fantasy goal.  It will be hard because I will have to change everything I do however, I believe the benefits outweigh the costs.  I will become motivated when I realize that college is expensive and the army pays for all of mine.  When I truly understand how much Army ROTC impacts my life, in all aspects, I will become a better cadet, student, and person.     

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System of a Down- B.Y.O.B

This song has influenced me since I was in high school. I still remember listening to this song before soccer games to get pumped up.  My favorite part of the song is the tension and release they use during the song.  It goes from hardcore, loud instruments to a softer sound where you hear only vocals and some background music.  The artist efficiently use tension to get the listener pumped up.  Then using a release such as the soft part of a song they relieve the tension brought earlier in the song.  The song alternated between tension and release.   

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Katy perry firework

This song is very subjective.  However with clues from the text you can understand the actual meaning of the song.

This particular song, not artist inspires me to be creative.  I do not know much about this artist except that she grew up in California and worked hard to become a musician.  Her hard work inspires me to do the same.  This song is also very inspirational.  Everyone knows that a firework is something we shoot into the sky and it burst in colors.  But in this song katy uses subtext to show the underlying meaning of the song.  I believe the song stands for breaking out of your shell and stop being part of the norm.  Also letting yourself be free of others judgments and do what you want.  Once you shoot off your own firework inside of yourself you can be truly creative and free. 

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Kid cudi up, up, away

One artist that I really admire is Kid Cudi.  He is a hip hop artist that is not afraid to express his feelings.  His music career started right after high school when his father died from cancer.  First releasing a mix tape, A kid named Cudi, which shot him to the top of the music charts.  The reason I admire him is because his songs tell a story about his life.  Every song he writes comes from an experience in his life with no two songs being alike.  He uses many references to drugs in his songs.  This leads me to believe some if not the majority of his creativity comes from an alternate state of mind.  Cudi uses his songs to teach lessons about life.  His outlook is you only live once so you must make the most of it.  Another positive attribute to his music is he makes it easy for everyday people to relate to his music.  His music is both subjective and objective.  It is objective because his lyrics are truthful about everyday live.  However in songs such as Up,Up, Away his lyrics are very subjective.  You can interpret the lyrics in many different ways.  One might see them as up referring to getting high and some might interpret the lyrics as meaning something completely different.  From the text in his songs you can infer that he enjoys marijuana. To see the subtext in of his songs one must look further than the lyrics and understand the deeper meaning of the song.  His songs are not about just marijuana; they are about life, with marijuana being something this artist enjoys.