==> Tip Two: You can't get there from here

Barbara never set limits on her creativity. She had her routine, and she knew that accessing her creativity was as simple as turning on a tap.

You don't know what you'll produce in a creative state until you produce it. So you get into creative state by using your triggers, and you start to work --- write, paint, design --- and your creativity surprises you.

But you need to know that your creative inspirations aren't accessible to you in another state. You need to get into creative state first.

The feelings of: "I'm not creative", "I don't feel in a creative mood", "I'm too tired/ sick/ stressed to work" belong to your normal state of consciousness. Ignore these thoughts, and feelings of discomfort which accompany them. Then get into your creative state via your triggers, and what you produce will amaze you.

==> Tip Three: Command your subconscious mind (intend)

Whenever she finished a novel, Barbara said that that night she would tell her subconscious mind: "Tomorrow we begin a new book. Get it ready."

The next day, she'd sit on sofa, cover herself with her rug, and begin to dictate her new book. Yep, as easily as that.

Your subconscious responds to words spoken aloud. So if you want to write an article, tell yourself out loud (in private might be best) "At eight tonight I am writing a new article. Get idea ready.")

==> Tip Four: Negative thoughts are just thoughts --- replace them with positive feelings

Barbara Cartland understood value of positive feelings.

Developing ability to feel positive about yourself starts with recognizing when your thinking is negative.

Thoughts are like waves on ocean. The ocean produces waves, your mind produces thoughts. Thoughts lead to emotions. You can't stop your thoughts, but you can refuse to buy into them.

Noticing your thoughts, especially recognizing negative thoughts, is a major achievement. It takes a while to realize when you're thinking negatively, because for most of us, negative thinking comes more easily than feeling positive.

When negative thoughts discourage you, replace them with a positive feeling. Think of something you love: going to movies, pizza, puppies. Think how you feel when you see a puppy.

Encourage that feeling in yourself. When a negative though intrudes, immediately switch to thoughts of a movie, pizza or a puppy, whatever makes you feel good.

==> Tip Five: Do what you love. It matters

Barbara loved to write romance. That made it easy for her to be creative.

When you enjoy what you're doing, it will come through in your work. Loving what you do helps you to be creative, and ensures that you don't burn out.

Therefore, choose creative work that you enjoy.

Good luck with these techniques. The more of them you can apply each day, more you'll train yourself to be creative on command.

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3. The deletion problem ----------------------- A further privacy issue surrounding e-mail involves what happens when you delete an e-mail message. You might expect that deleting an e-mail message removes it irretrievably. This is often not case. though.

In fact, it's a tough job to delete every copy of a piece of e-mail. There are many ways that a "deleted" e-mail message might still be accessible:

1. Daily or weekly backups of mail server may still contain messages that were subsequently deleted.

2. When you delete an e-mail message, many e-mail programs simply move it to a trash folder, rather than actually deleting it. It's not until you select their "Empty Trash" command (or similar) that message is actually deleted.

3. Even after you empty your trash folder, many network-based e-mail programs still archive deleted messages for a period of time before deleting them. During this archival period (30-90 days is typical) message could be available to unscrupulous or unauthorised individuals.

4. Even after a file is deleted from a computer's hard disk, information is often still available until that portion of disk's surface is overwritten with new information. During this period deleted files could be available to unscrupulous individuals with physical access to computer.

5. Even if you take steps to avoid all potential problems above, remember that e-mail message is probably still available on PC of person you sent it to (or who sent it to you).

4. Conclusions -------------- The moral of this story is clear: e-mail is not a private medium. Don't send messages by e-mail unless you're comfortable assuming that they may be read by people other than intended recipients.

So next time you go to press that "Send" button, ask yourself "Am I okay with this being seen publicly?" If not, pick up phone!