You're an information rock-star in your organization. Like a digital bloodhound, you can find answers that no one else can find. You choose all the right keywords, know all the "offroad" blogs with the most relevant data, and your social connectivity is second to none. You speed read the latest push news and seamlessly hop from laptop, to tablet, to smartphone without missing a cloud-enabled beat.
You then take all of those megabits and mentally organize and regurgitate them in helpful and productive ways. You really do make an impact, but ....
But there is a caveat to all of this artful and skilled consumption. It doesn't necessarily take the brain into places it hasn't gone before. The mental taxation when one simply absorbs the thoughts, findings, and ideas of others is of a kind that does not tend to build inventive muscle.
So every once in a while don't just turn everything off (TV, tablet, etc.), but turn everything off AND THEN force your mind to work and stretch toward new areas never explored before. In the absence of all the crazy external stimuli, write some profound phrases, sketch out some new images, walk around and dream big, and then ponder until an "aha" moment brings a huge smile to your face.
You have just had a truly creative experience--something that I believe our Creator intended for us to enjoy quite often!
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