1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hey, I'm coming to you now from the base and 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: this is a special bonus teaching that I recorded just 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: for you to break it down a little more, to 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: take it a little deeper. 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 2: I hope you enjoy this overflow message. Let me know, 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: let's go. One of the. 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 3: Things that I'm always trying to learn though what I'm 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 3: doing coaching, is with creativity, specifically, how do we keep 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 3: the flow going when we have moments that we're not 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 3: really overthinking things and we want to stay in that moment. 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 2: And I know you've had this moment before. 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 3: Even if you're like, I'm not a creative person. I 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 3: don't write poetry or screenplays, or I don't have canvases 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: lying around in my studio. 15 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: I don't have a studio, but you do. You have 16 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: a studio. You're the studio the inside of you. 17 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 3: It's the studio where God, who is the master artist creator, 18 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 3: is making a masterpiece out of every day. So even 19 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 3: how you approach your day can either be creative or 20 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 3: robotic reactive. You know, I believe that, And I believe 21 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 3: that sometimes when we label something as either you know, good, bad, 22 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 3: many cases right, wrong, cool, corny, we miss that thin 23 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 3: edge where something can become special. I was in a 24 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: songwriting session recently and it was a complete joke until 25 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: a moment when I said, hey, slow it down. And 26 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 3: we were doing something real fast, almost like a jingle, 27 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 3: like a joke, like a parody song, you know, not 28 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 3: weird al parody, that's clever, just being stupid, and. 29 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: I said, sometimes still down. 30 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 3: Then all of a sudden, I went from stupid silly 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 3: to something that was real serious and heavy, and by 32 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 3: the end of the two days of writing, that was 33 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 3: the favorite song that we had created. 34 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: Of a couple of the writers. So I wish I 35 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 2: could tell you, and that song was, you know, reckless love. 36 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 3: Well, we didn't write reckless love, and that song wasn't 37 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 3: reckless love. It may not be a big song, but 38 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 3: we definitely felt it was good. And it started with 39 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 3: something that was really silly, right, And then at some 40 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 3: moment we decided to slow it down, and I turned 41 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,119 Speaker 3: to one of my clubverers. I said, if we slow 42 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: it down, this will turn into something. If we slow 43 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 3: it down, this to turn into something. And I didn't 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 3: mean to slow it down and start talking and overthinking. 45 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: That's usually a bad way to create a creative flow. 46 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 3: To slow down, and just to overthink and start taking 47 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 3: things apart. 48 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 2: You just better to stay in the moment. 49 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: What I meant by slow it down was just slow 50 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 3: down the tempo, like let's just bring it down and boom, 51 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 3: settle into it, and all of. 52 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 2: A sudden something unlocked. 53 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 3: So I wonder how many times in our life we 54 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 3: have been on the verge of something special but we 55 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 3: told ourselves a story that it was silly, this is stupid, 56 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 3: it doesn't matter. 57 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 2: I wonder how many. 58 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 3: Times we've been in the middle of saying something to 59 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 3: someone and we interrupted ourself with judgment. 60 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 2: Here comes the psychological component. Okay, I can do it 61 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 2: from the Bible too. 62 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 3: Judge nothing before the appointed time. I could do it 63 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 3: from the Bible too. I could do it from the 64 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: Bible too. I could do it from the Bible from 65 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 3: Jesus when the woman was brought to him and they 66 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 3: were rushing to judge her, and he slowed the whole 67 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 3: thing down and said hold on, and he did something special, 68 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 3: and they were about to do something stupid. 69 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: I could appreach it from the Bible. 70 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 3: But I just want to come at it creatively psychologically 71 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 3: and tell you that sometimes you're on the verge of 72 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 3: something special. A moment with your child but it feels awkward, 73 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 3: a moment with your wife, but it feels awkward, and 74 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 3: you judge it and you go, oh, this is awkward. 75 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 3: Oh they might think I'm I'm cheesy. Oh you know, 76 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 3: I'm probably coming across like I. 77 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: Know it all. Ah, this doesn't make any sense, so 78 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: you stop. I want to encourage you for moments. 79 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 3: Today where you push just past that point of awkward. Hey, 80 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 3: if something's awkward because you're being obnoxious, stop, If something's 81 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: awkward because you're making somebody uncomfortable. 82 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 2: Stop, If something's awkward because you don't know how to 83 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 2: break all the contact. 84 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 3: Stop, or if something silly and it needs to be serious. 85 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: Don't make a joke out of everything. 86 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 3: But when you're on the verge of something and it 87 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 3: feels like, hey, I'm in this, be careful of that 88 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 3: pull that pulls you out of those special moments where 89 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 3: you're a tempted to judge it. When you judge it, 90 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 3: you disrupt it. And when you disrupt it, you kill it. 91 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 3: You kill creativity when you categorize. I had a friend 92 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 3: early in our church, give me a piece of advice. Okay, 93 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 3: I used to label myself as not creative. What I 94 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 3: meant by that is pretty much I can't draw. Somewhere 95 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 3: in my mind I got the thought that creative people 96 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 3: could draw, probably in like six year old Steven said, 97 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 3: because it was called art class and we drew. And 98 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: I don't like to draw, and I'm not good at drawing, 99 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 3: not technically classically. 100 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 2: Sure somebody likes it. 101 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 3: Thanks, Thanks for the thanks for the support out there 102 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 3: for all of you who who are very non judgmental. 103 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 3: But yeah, I got this bad avite saying I'm not creative. 104 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 2: I'm not creative. I'm not an artist. I'm not CREATI 105 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: I'm not an artist. I'm not creative. 106 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 3: And one of the guys who were starting to church 107 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 3: with I turn one day and I said, I'm not creative, 108 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 3: I'm not creative. 109 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 2: And a few minutes later I shared. 110 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 3: An idea I had and this is gonna sound corny, 111 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 3: but I wanted to do a little teaching in the 112 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 3: church where I was talking about momentum and I wanted 113 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 3: to use the different I wish I could hold up 114 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 3: my computer because I wanted to use the different keys 115 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 3: on the computer shift return control option and do the 116 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 3: teaching around those different buttons, and I was saying it 117 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 3: to him almost like I know this is dumb, but 118 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 3: you know how we do like I know this is stupid, 119 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 3: but rolling my eyes at myself before I even got 120 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 3: out of my mouth, basically prejection, telling him why he 121 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 3: wouldn't like the idea I was about to present before 122 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 3: he even had the chance to present it, saying his 123 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 3: no for him so he couldn't reject me. 124 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 2: And I told him my idea. He's like, that's awesome. 125 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 2: I love that. 126 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 3: And he was a designer that he did specialize in 127 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 3: visual stuff. He looks back at me and goes, I 128 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 3: love that. He goes, hey, and don't ever say I'm 129 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 3: not creative. 130 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 2: Again. 131 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 3: Now I remember, I'm the pastor, I'm the leader. I'm 132 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 3: the boss in some ways, although he wasn't getting paid, 133 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 3: but I was the boss. 134 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 2: And he'd telling me what to do. So first it 135 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 2: hit me, don't tell me what to say. 136 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 3: But then I'm like, oh thanks. I kept that with me. 137 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 3: I kept that with me. He planted a seed in me, 138 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 3: like God told Jeremi, I do not say I'm only 139 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 3: a youth. 140 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 2: He said, don't say I'm not creative. You should never 141 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: say that again. 142 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 3: You're very creative, and I hear my wife say that timetimes, 143 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 3: I'm not creative like you, Yes you are. Did you 144 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 3: see the way that you just made our whole family 145 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 3: feel with that birthday party that you did? 146 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: Did you see the way you just made Valentine's Day feel? 147 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 3: Specially you put out these little mailboxes and made us 148 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 3: write all notes to each other. And the boys acted 149 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 3: like they didn't want to do it, but they'll never 150 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 3: forget it. 151 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 2: You made something really special here. 152 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 3: I don't like the term you made a memory because 153 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 3: people make their own memory out of events. We don't 154 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 3: get to make someone else's memory. But you created space 155 00:07:55,560 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 3: for memories to be made. You're very creative, so don't 156 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 3: say I'm not creative. It's just what are you creating? 157 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 3: And how do you psychology term constrict your creativity by 158 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 3: rushing to judge it while it's still in process. I 159 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 3: want you to think about that today. I'm going to 160 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 3: carry that with me today as I move into this 161 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 3: songwriting appointment is to not judge something before it has 162 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 3: the chance to be special, give it space to be special. 163 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 3: Do that by dismissing the critic. One of my friends 164 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 3: calls that the security guard who won't let something through 165 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 3: because oh this is so stupid. But I think you'd 166 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 3: be surprised how many times something is on the edge 167 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 3: of special if you don't interrupt it with the judgment, 168 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 3: all right, if you just let it unfold, Try it 169 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 3: out today. Send in the awkward moments a little longer, 170 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 3: Sit with the awkward moments with yourself a little longer, 171 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 3: press through conversationally, breathe, See what's there on the other 172 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 3: side of what feels silly. It might be something special. 173 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 3: That's the title. It might be something special. 174 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 4: And I hope you enjoyed the podcast, and if you did, 175 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 4: make sure to share it and subscribe so we can 176 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 4: get you all of these new messages as soon as 177 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 4: they're available. I also want to take a moment and 178 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 4: thank all of you who are a part of Elevation. 179 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 4: Whether you support us financially, or serve with us, or 180 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 4: just share these messages, it's because of you that we're 181 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 4: able to reach people all around the world. 182 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: And if you want more information on how to be 183 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: a part of Elevation, click the link in the description. 184 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 2: Thanks again for listening. 185 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 4: Make sure to leave a review, share the message, and subscribe. 186 00:09:51,320 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 2: God bless you.