There is no winning without a contest.

I read this and wondered how this would relate to Artists?

I don’t believe that Artists are in a contest with other Artists, we are a community all working hopefully together for the common good. So where is the contest?

The contest is within, winning all the battles that we face with the thief, our own personal negative self talk and the war in the flesh.

Our contest is very private and mostly done in solitude.

Learn to recognise the voice of fear, the thief and use it as a compass.

If the thief says no you say go.

Recognise it when it comes and tries to stop you from going forward and doing new and challenging things, greet it and say, “ Are, you turned up I must be doing the right thing, so I will proceed.”

Learn to quieten the critical voice in your head by not accepting what it says and start making positive affirmations about yourself.

Work on this and get yourself thinking positive thoughts, what you think about most of the time, most of the time you become.

Deal with the flesh, beware of procrastination and excuses that stop you from working, it is so easy to reason with yourself why you need a break because it is to effortless to be lazy.

When you work, work, always give it your best effort, do not short change yourself.

These three areas are where our major contests are played out daily and we need to win them every day.

New day, new contest.

Use the thief for guidance.

Tell yourself strong positive affirmations.

Make the flesh work, it is so easy to be lazy.