JB Glossinger [00:00:00]:
Foreign and welcome to Morning Coach Today. I am so glad you're with us. Hey, it's JB. It's Monday. Ready to take it on July 14, 2025, right in the middle of July, right in the middle of summer here. Depending on where you're at in the world, maybe it's winter, but it's summer here. It is hot, hot, hot, and I love the heat. We're on episode 5757, counting down to 6,000.
JB Glossinger [00:00:41]:
We're gonna have a lot of fun with that episode, let me tell you, but we're gonna have fun this week. And we've got, you know, we're working on this month about like creativity, you know, energy, really fun stuff. And this week I got a great lineup for you because we're going to get into creativity today and embracing your mental ability to create. Obviously our book study is the Creative Act Book Study Week two. We're going to talk about clearing the noise. Wednesday, we're going to talk about what is art and where does that fit into the picture of things. Thursday is Ask jb How can I get my energy back? I got some things I'm going through I want to share with you about energy. Friday, we've got the creative outlets for stress.
JB Glossinger [00:01:20]:
Another creative day. Saturday, of course, Dr. Paul has been enlightening us with longevity, ideas and thoughts. And then Sunday we got what is psychological time? What does this all mean when it comes to time? And I talk about it, we're going to get into the depth of it. But welcome to a new week of Morning Coach. We're ready to go. This month is all about freedom, communication and creative self expression. It's fun.
JB Glossinger [00:01:43]:
And today we go deep into the energy of creativity. Not just as a talent, but as a core life force you can tap into anytime, any. And I want you to feel that creative source. And so, you know, I've been mentioning this summer is for building. For us, summer slows down and so we're focused on building. We're bringing a few members in by invite only. We're doing a lot of new things, obviously check that news area as we update ILD and we bring in AI stuff and longevity ideas and other things that we're doing. Just make sure you check that news area once in a while because that's where I want to update.
JB Glossinger [00:02:19]:
I don't want to. The coach cast needs to be about the coach cast, right? So I try to do my best to not make it about other things. But you know, you need to check that news also. K is doing a new Monday community email. Make sure you're getting that. If you don't want it, just let us know. We're trying to only send email to people that want it and if you don't want it, don't, you know. But, but it's important because you see the meetups and things that are happening.
JB Glossinger [00:02:42]:
So if you're not getting an email, usually Monday we send one and then Thursdays we're sending some communication emails as we're building the community. Please let us know, especially if you're new, we want to make sure you're getting those things. But it's a lot of fun, this idea of creativity. And again, here at Morning Coach, you know, we got the morning ritual, you know, take time for self care, listen to Coach cast, organize your day with the planner or the other systems we're creating. We're going to be launching, you know, some of those things we're doing. Plan your day with the 7Ps. Make sure you got the right perspective, you know, you got the priorities in place, your performance is improving, you know, you're, you're patient, you have the right posture, you stay present and persist. Make sure you're doing those things.
JB Glossinger [00:03:21]:
And then as you listen to coach guests, think of some of the topics like, you know, Obviously we're here 365 days of the year, so not everything is going to be like, wow, that's awesome. But if we can get a hit, a few home runs, you know, and you can take something away, it's, it's worth it for you. That's the big thing. If I can really bring something to you a few times a month, that's like, wow, that's huge. That's what, what it's all about, right? And so we're getting into creativity and that's not for everybody. But even if it's not for you, you can put it in your toolbox and you can work on that part of your life. You know, we've got a, a 12 month curriculum here at Morning Coach. We've called the Compass and basically we're hitting on different areas of life throughout the 12 months.
JB Glossinger [00:04:00]:
There's a method to this madness. So even if not, if creativity is not a big thing for you, it still is an area that maybe if it's a weakness in your life wheel, it's like, hey, I'm going to work on some creativity because that's what we're working on this month. So there's a coaching system behind everything we're doing. It's just not, you know, willy nilly. Let's just put stuff out there. There's structure. There's a reason we're hitting creativity because summer's a great time. It's also just a great time to spend a little time in this area.
JB Glossinger [00:04:26]:
So we're ready to go. We're going to have some fun. We're going to talk about creativity and embracing your mental ability to create today. Okay, so a little story. There was a young musician in Brazil who couldn't afford a violin. He scoured the alleyways for broken furniture, and he built one himself. It wasn't perfect, but when he played, people stopped. They felt something.
JB Glossinger [00:04:45]:
It wasn't about the materials. It was about the soul behind it. That's the power of creativity. It doesn't wait for the perfect moment. It creates one. And I. Everything really starts with creation and creativity. I love the fact that, you know, this young gentleman was able to create a violin and make it work.
JB Glossinger [00:05:04]:
And one of the things I love about South America is I see this a lot. It's not a throwaway culture. Meaning if we go to the Paulas Las Pogas, which is the flea market, right? Pogas means flee. You'll go there and you'll see old toasters and old kitchen equipment and all shoes. All kinds of stuff that in the United States, most people tend to throw away. Yeah, I know you can go to garage sales and stuff, but they repair it. So it's like fix. Like, you don't throw a toaster away.
JB Glossinger [00:05:29]:
You fix it. United States, what do you do? You throw it away and you buy a new one on Amazon. So it's really interesting to be in a culture that's more creative. And the city we live in is called Ibague. One of the city that I have a place. We have a place in Bogota and Ibogay. But where we go. Ibague is a city of music in Colombia, and it has some wonderful festivals and really cool culture there.
JB Glossinger [00:05:50]:
And for me, I love to feel that culture because it changes me. Why am I throwing this away? Should I fix it? You know, And I come from the tech space of, you know, buying a phone every time the new one comes out. I've gotten out of that habit. I'm doing better. But I've been somebody that just constantly upgrades my tech and when I really don't need to be doing that. Yes, I had the excuse to YouTube, but I'm. I'm getting. I might.
JB Glossinger [00:06:11]:
I don't want to say I'm getting. You know, I'm not spending it as much time on YouTube. I don't want to say I'm going all the way away from it. I'm just not doing it. It's just for my return on investment of time and energy. I'm working more now with paid clients than free stuff. You'll see me moving away a lot from a lot of the free stuff I do well. I put some stuff out there once in a while.
JB Glossinger [00:06:31]:
We'll see. We're building a lot right now, so I don't know how long I'll do the free planner and YouTube videos and that type of stuff. It's been great to meet a lot of people, but from a business sense, I'd rather work with people that are paying. You know that like you like. I want to work with members. I don't care. I'd rather have a smaller group of people. I don't need the fame anymore.
JB Glossinger [00:06:48]:
I don't need any of that. I'm done with that. It's all about working with the right people. That's what I'm focused on right now and being creative, you know, and that's our topic of the week is how can we be creative and work with the right people, enjoy our life and just have some fun. And so as we talked about with the Brazilian or as I talked about in South America, learning to be a little more creative with the things we have. As I've mentioned, one of the big things in my life that has been really trans last life transformation. It's really helped me is just to focus on the things I have instead of what I don't have and utilizing the things that are around me, the tools, the support, the people, the equipment I have. You don't need a lot like health.
JB Glossinger [00:07:34]:
You can, you know, go out and go for a walk. You can get a jump rope and jump rope. You can use soup cans to, you know, bring a little extra weight or fill up a couple milk jugs with water. So many creative things you can do without having to go buy a $15,000 machine. And if you're not really into it, it becomes a clothes hanger. Right? Many people have done that. They've bought the machine, thinking that's going to be the difference. Well, they just never really committed to the habit.
JB Glossinger [00:07:59]:
But creation is a really, really awesome thing. And when we talked about the musician making the violin, we can do that too. So let's get into some core teaching today that you can take with you. Number one, creative creativity is not a luxury. It's a life skill. A lot of the things that we talk about here at Morning Coach are emotional intelligence, ideas, meaning they're skills, they're things you can work on. There are things that you can grow. Creativity is one of those I mentioned.
JB Glossinger [00:08:28]:
I have my lectern, my little book that I use, and now I have all the pen set, and I'm trying to do more of a. Of kind of just sketching and drawing. I really have an aversion to it because I've never been really good at it, you know, and elementary education, I got, you know, D's not. Didn't do real well in art. I could never sit still, so I never grew that ability, right, to really feel like, wow, I could be creative. And that's hurt me in so many areas. So understanding, it's a skill. Like, you can get better at creativity.
JB Glossinger [00:09:00]:
You can do it. It's your ability to take raw life energy and shape it into something meaningful. Everything, thoughts. Everything starts as a thought. Everything starts as a thought, and then you bring it through into reality. And I always love that. I mean, I've always built just basically on things that come to me. I do believe, again, I'm very spiritual, so I believe that I'm the messenger, not I'm the message, not the messenger.
JB Glossinger [00:09:25]:
And it's just this ability to listen, to tie into that creativity flow is really going to help you. Creativity lies at the intersection of curiosity, courage, and chaos. And so understanding. You need to be curious, you need to have some courage, and you gotta. And be a little. Don't be afraid of a little chaos. Hard for us with OCD things, you know, when we like things to be in the right place, know where things are hard to have that. That chaos involved.
JB Glossinger [00:09:51]:
I mean, I've always, you know, when I've seen those painters that are teaching painters, like, they'll paint a nice scene and they'll take some paint and throw it on it. It's like, oh, my gosh, my OCD comes up. And then they take that air or that splash of paint and turn into something beautiful. That's just awesome. Awesome. Like, that's such awesome creativity, right? So we want to understand that there's this intersection of curiosity, courage, and chaos. It's not about being an artist. It's about becoming a creator of thoughts, ideas, and moments.
JB Glossinger [00:10:17]:
And I believe we're all artists at some point, but I really believe creation is what it's about. You want to get ahead in life, create, get out there and find ways to solve problems and solve problems in a creative way that's what really is an awesome way to live. People are looking for people that think differently. When I meet with my high dollar consultants and somebody comes to me and says I want to be a high dollar consultant, what does a company pay somebody? They pay somebody that's going to come in with a different thought process that helps them think differently about what they're currently doing. There's extreme value in that. Okay. So understanding that you can think a little differently and you can create is very important. And our due month in PDCA is.
JB Glossinger [00:11:00]:
It's. It's time to start creating. It really is like we need to keep creating constantly looking for ways to create in our lives because it's it what is what will work for us. Our four legs of the table. I like to talk on Mondays is mission and vision. You know, what are we creating in. In our mission? What are we creating in our vision? And, and how are our values aligned? Are we aligned in our mission vision? How about our team? Are we collaborating and drawing energy from others? You know, do we have that structure? Do we have the people around us to help us Communication? Are we expressing our ideas clearly on authentically. I would tell you to be cautious just as far as expressing ideas that are just birthing.
JB Glossinger [00:11:39]:
When I meet with my writers or I talk to coders or people that are building applications, we talk a lot about this that you got to be careful of explaining too much where you lose the energy every time you talk about a story or an idea or let's say a fictional piece of story that you're excited about. I have one where of a group of kids. I've. I've talked about this before. I've got this really cool idea, kind of a Harry Potter ish fantasy. I'm a dungeon dragons guy, among other. All the other things that I want to create. This is a book series I started writing and I enjoy writing it, but I don't.
JB Glossinger [00:12:12]:
If I talk about it, the energy dissipates, the story dissipates. So it's better to get it on paper than to talk about it, you know. You know, talk is cheap. We all like to talk and we all like to get the energy going. But then the work starts and a lot of times it dissipates. Same thing remodeling a house. It's a great example that you get in the house, you're excited, you start tearing down the walls and then the work begins and you're like, what did we get into? Now I got to do drywall. That wasn't Part of the vision.
JB Glossinger [00:12:37]:
So it's the same thing with story writing. You start to think about the story, you get the ideas, and you don't write it down. You go tell somebody, and that releases energy. Be careful with that. Communicate your ideas clearly, authentically. Be careful of how much you let in and how much you, you, you know, you're allowing people to get into your idea. And then our commitment to improvement, you know, creativity is a muscle. We want to train it every day.
JB Glossinger [00:12:59]:
You know, so we've got those four legs of the table. We're always looking at our mission or vision. We're looking at our team or, or the people around us. We're communicating things properly, and we're committed to being improved those. That's what we want to build on and all areas of life. And if you get that strength of that table, you're going to see a lot of really awesome things going. So some tips and tools block 30 minutes this week for creative flow time. Can you carve out 30 minutes to just be creative? Okay.
JB Glossinger [00:13:25]:
Ask yourself daily, what can I create today? What can I create today? And create without any judgment. Just output voice notes, doodles, mind maps, whatever feels natural. And that's one of the things I'm trying to get better as kind of doodling a little bit, you know, writing some mind maps out. I'm such a technical person, though. I'm not technical. Like, everything's. I'm technical. Like, though my mom will call me and say, hey, jb, I can't log into Facebook and I have no idea why.
JB Glossinger [00:13:49]:
Like, I, I don't know. Or my, or my mom love her to death. She'll say, hey, my phone isn't working. Can you look, I know nothing about phones. Yes, I'm technical, but I'm not technical, if that makes sense. Right? I just utilize the tools that I utilize. Yes, I'm more technical than some, but. But I'm not this technical genius.
JB Glossinger [00:14:07]:
And I'm just a person that's using tools. So find yourself in a place where you can create and find the tools and then use those voice notes, those doodles, those mind maps. Maybe some things that aren't so technical. And consider your environment. Clean it, prime it, make it feel alive. I think this is really important that we're looking at our environment. One of my standard operating procedures at the end of the day is make sure my desk is clear. The physical desk, not the desktop.
JB Glossinger [00:14:33]:
On Sundays, I like to clear out the desktop. I'm doing a better that job of this since I'm Coding and I'm doing a lot of screenshots and a lot of discussion with chat, GPT and also a few other resources I have. I. I clean off my desktop and my document area and then I clean off my real desktop. I like to keep it highly functional. Same thing with dishes every night. Getting them clean, get them in the dishwasher, making sure the kitchen's clean. All those things make a big difference when you're trying to be creative.
JB Glossinger [00:14:58]:
Our Sacred Six integration, which Sacred Six projects need your creative energy today. You know, think about that. Choose one goal this week where expression is more important than efficiency. And then creativity isn't about speed, it's about authentic process. I could talk about our thought in our journal prompt and our quote of our day. Our thought of our day comes from Albert Einstein's. Creativity is intelligence. Having fun.
JB Glossinger [00:15:20]:
We've used that a few times, but I do like it. I love quoting Einstein. I think there he's got some amazing quotes. Our journal prompt is, where in my life am I ready to create instead of consume? Where am I ready to start to create instead of consume? And our quota today is not really quotes question for me. It's just, what problems are you solving today? What problems are you solved in today? That question keeps your creativity purpose driven. It's not just about flow. It's about function with heart. You get that down, it just really starts to work for you.
JB Glossinger [00:15:52]:
And we create massive momentum. Remember, life's about momentum. It's going either negative or positive. We want to get it going positive. When it starts to go negative, we want to stop it and get it moving in the next direction. That's where a good timeout works, okay? That's what you'll see with athletic coaches. Use a timeout. We could do the same thing in life, kind of restructure.
JB Glossinger [00:16:09]:
And that's what we do every morning, right? We got a timeout. We're ready for a new day and let's get after it. So lots of love to you. Let's go do it to it. I'm here for you. We're going to keep the energy going. Let's stay positive. And let me know what you need.
JB Glossinger [00:16:21]:
Okay? We'll see you up at the community right [email protected]. let's go out and get a great week started.
