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R. J Dyson is a husband, father, coach through Creativista Coaching, and author of several books, including Lexicon of Awesome, The Edge, Create Day Journal, and more.

He's convinced that we’re all designed with the ability to imagine and create with purpose...

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Creativity is your sweet spot. Songwriter, artist, author, you create because you feel alive with purpose when you do. But something's off. Maybe you feel like you're in a dry spell OR realize you're undisciplined with poor habits OR you've never cast a vision and are wondering if now is a good time? Now is a great time! How many more days, months, years are you willing to trudge in place?

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rethink poverty is a small project born out of my desire as a husband, dad, and Christ-follower to push back on the poverty of heart, mind, body, and spirit infused into the world around us. I'm convinced that engaging poverty of any kind happens first by faith in Adonai, and when at all possible, around the table...one of the most sacred spaces in the life of a family.

Check out the first fruits of rethink poverty, our Family Jesus Remembrance Kit, and prepare to spend time breaking bread together as a family, on purpose.

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R.J Dyson
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min read

Trust, 'Cause, Well, You Have To

If you've built a team or a base of partners, employees or members for the journey or the project... well, you've got to choose to trust them in context for the mission at hand.

If you've joined a team, a band or a project... you've got to choose to trust the leaders and the members you chose to partner with.

Otherwise, what's the point of building and joining?

Discern healthy boundaries of course. Get clarity on parameters, values and mission for sure. But if you're going to be a part of something bigger than you... then go be a part of something bigger than you.

R.J Dyson
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min read

If Not Now, When?

What if you adopted the mantra, "I'll sleep when I die!" for the next six months with a focus on your project at hand?

Or how about the classic, "Carpe Diem," for the next three months until that deadline?

I'm not talking about killing your body or pushing your mind, heart or soul to an unhealthy breaking point. But instead taking one season of life - with parameters that keep your spouse, family and general responsibilities intact - and giving yourself over to that singular focus in place of movies, gaming, alternate hobbies, side-gigs, distractions, YouTube, TikTok...

What could you accomplish? What sort of joy might you find? What would you learn?

Take a sabbath, for sure.

But, if not now, when?

R.J Dyson
- Jan 11, 2022
- 1 min read

A Crappy First Draft

"Give yourself permission to write a crummy first draft."

Sometime in 2020 I copied and pasted that quote into a document on the creative habits of author Brad Thor. To be honest, I don't know where I pulled it from (I didn't copy the source) or if it's actually attributed to him in the first place!

That said, it's something I've heard artists of all stripes say in as many different ways.

And it's true.

It's a demo.

It's a first take with the camera's rolling.

It's a sketch.

And if you let it, it'll free you up to keep the momentum going long enough in the flow to release the idea - the sound, the words, the shapes, the image, the scene, the breakthrough design - whatever it is, it's a draft of the better version yet to come, but only if you let yourself push through the "crummy" draft taking shape right before your eyes.

I read my first Brad Thor novel recently. A year or more after jotting down the "crummy" quote above. I'm thankful for first drafts.

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