{"id":3888,"date":"2022-11-23T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:58:12","slug":"this-holiday-season-snare-three-inspiring-ideas-for-great-rewards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/this-holiday-season-snare-three-inspiring-ideas-for-great-rewards\/","title":{"rendered":"This Holiday Season: Snare 3 Inspiring Ideas for Great Rewards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beethoven used a holiday habit to turn ideas into fruitful rewards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-3890\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Wedding-feast-blog-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday feast\" class=\"wp-image-3890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Wedding-feast-blog-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Wedding-feast-blog-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Wedding-feast-blog-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A holiday feast of three inspiring ideas\/Jozef Klopacka\/123RF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can too in three proven steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-1-savor-ideas-like-a-holiday-feast\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>#1 <\/strong><\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Savor <\/strong>ideas like a holiday feast<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The great art historian Romain Rolland said that Beethoven treated ideas the way most folks treat a holiday feast.  He savored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whenever an idea popped in his head, he stopped everything and \u201cmade it his own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wrote them down and then he cataloged them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beethoven valued ideas and didn\u2019t let them go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How easy is that with a smartphone or a journal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cLearning to write is learning to think.\u00a0 You don\u2019t know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong> U.S. Senator S. I. Hayakawa<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Savor ideas this holiday season like a holiday feast and enjoy the rewards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-2-value-a-hiding-place-like-lew-wallace\"><strong>#2 <\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Value a hiding place like Lew Wallace<\/strong> <\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day, while writing the great novel, Ben-Hur, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-easter-turns-your-mess-into-your-greatest-message\/\">Lew Wallace <\/a>worked under a beech tree.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-1005\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"447\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Wallace-writing-under-the-b.jpg\" alt=\"Study breeds big ideas\" class=\"wp-image-1005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Wallace-writing-under-the-b.jpg 568w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Wallace-writing-under-the-b-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Lew Wallace writing under his beech tree\/Indiana Historical Society<\/mark><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t imagine how much time I&#8217;ve wasted looking for ideas I lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by Lew, I commit two hours each day to writing in my study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing is like tasting life twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cWhen you have a designated place for something, whatever it is, there is the sense within you that it needs to be filled.\u00a0 And you\u2019ll find yourself doing what it takes to fill it.\u00a0 That holds true for your thinking.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong> John Maxwell<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-3-value-the-next-tiny-step-like-bob-wieland\"><strong>#3 <\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Value the next tiny step like Bob Wieland<\/strong> <\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"420\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bob-Wieland-blog.steveblais.jpg\" alt=\"Ideas that propel survivors\" class=\"wp-image-4118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bob-Wieland-blog.steveblais.jpg 289w, 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