Fiction Ideas: Incremental Success, Positive World

We are always treated to rags to riches stories, and they are often presented as though they are overnight success stories. I want to read and write fiction or non fiction stories about incremental success–how little things slowly built up to trigger wild success. I want stories about hard work, about defeat and getting back up again, then stumbling down and bouncing back yet again. I want stories that are slow. I want stories that are about the boring process of building success and yet these stories would somehow still be interesting enough to hold our attention. It will be a television series that will run for several seasons, so the show can really go into the nitty gritty details of success.

The viewers will be inspired by this show. So whenever we are steadily climbing up the ladder of success or meeting the seemingly unsurmountable task of changing the world, we won’t feel defeated when it takes years, or even beyond our lifetime, to achieve the goals or the societal changes that we want. Instead, we will stay with it, trust the process, and know that if it’s not our battle to win, we did our part, we went on a journey, and whatever that is, it would be worth it.

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Project Runway Realization: People Who Like You Will Like You

I love watching Project Runway (see Georgina Chapman Talks about Creative Breakdowns5 Self-Help Lessons I Learned from Reality TV) not just for the awesome clothes but also for the lessons about human behavior and human relationships. Recently, I caught up with season 14, and at first I thought the life lesson was along the lines of hell is other people, but then I realized something a little more inspirational. People who hate you will hate you, and people who like you will like you. That’s inspirational? Let me explain.

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My mom never gave me advice, and I am all the better for it

Note: This is a Facebook status I made during mother’s day

My mom never gave me advice, and I am all the better for it. When I was young, I remember looking at my closet and asking my mom to help me pick what dress I should wear. She refused and said that I should be the one to choose. I resented her for it because she was making my life harder. Then, I found out about my classmates who were forced into itchy dresses.

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If in the Future I Feel Scared to Take Risks, I Will Branson It and Bungee Jump

As you know, I recently took a big risk. I resigned from my stable job as an art reporter in a newspaper so that I can become a freelance art reporter. Prior to resigning though, I experienced something I’ve never felt before. I knew what I wanted to do, but I was afraid to take the risk. This was alarming as I’ve always defined myself as a risk taker. During that time though, a palpable fear swept over me. Maybe I couldn’t take risks anymore, maybe I had finally grown old and settled in my ways, and maybe my days of bravery were just simply over.

I am thankful that all I had to do was wait and that day came, that day when my decision finally solidified. Looking back, I have some theories as to why I was able to break out from my rut, and I realized it while I was reading Richard Branson’s Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way. I also made a pact with myself. The next time I experience this prison of inhibiting fear, I will bungee jump. So how does this all connect and how did I get to that bungee jumping conclusion? Stay with me.

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