Show notes

In this episode of Words of Wisdom, Josh explores the themes of creativity, wisdom, and creating purposeful spaces in our lives. Josh begins with how creativity involves collecting and connecting ideas, emphasizing the importance of developing a system to gather ideas that ignite curiosity and the necessity of consistent creation to enhance independent thinking. The conversation then shifts to the analogy of knowledge being like a seed, underscoring the idea that knowledge must be applied to be truly valuable, similar to how a seed must grow to bear fruit. Additionally, Josh touches on the significance of organizing our living spaces to reflect meaning, beauty, or joy, inspired by notable quotes from Steve Jobs and Charles Spurgeon on creativity and wisdom. Josh concludes with reflective questions aimed at prompting listeners to consider the wisdom they are cultivating and to motivate them to act on their knowledge, thereby gifting their future selves with wisdom. This episode serves as a profound reminder of the power of creativity, the active use of knowledge, and the importance of intentional living spaces in our journey towards wisdom.

00:00 Introduction to Creativity and Wisdom

00:09 The Power of Creativity: Collecting and Connecting Ideas

00:39 The Essence of Knowledge: Growing Seeds into Trees

01:02 Creating Purposeful Spaces: A Home for Everything

01:10 Inspirational Quotes on Creativity and Wisdom

02:06 Reflective Questions for Personal Growth

02:35 Concluding Thoughts: Living Wisely

About Josh Kalsbeek, LMFT

• As a Psychoherapist Josh helps people overcome their greatest struggles.

•Founder and CEO of Great Oaks Collective, and it's flagship program Overcome, a 10-Week virtual Intensive Outpatient Program for Christian couples experiencing sexual betrayal and addiction. www.greatoakscollective.com. 

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Charles Spurgeon, in ​The Quotable Spurgeon​

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Words of Wisdom 133 on Creativity, Wisdom, and Purposeful Spaces 1.

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Creativity is collecting

and connecting ideas.

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To create more value, develop a system to

collect ideas that sparks your curiosity.

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Collecting ideas is only powerful when you

combine it with a practice of creating.

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Consistently create, and you will grow

in your ability to think for yourself,

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combining disparate information.

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Collect ideas to remember.

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Create to truly think for yourself.

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Knowledge is like a seed.

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A seed is useless unless

it grows into a tree.

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Knowledge is useless unless

it grows into applied truth.

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The purpose of learning is

to take meaningful action.

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Without applying knowledge by taking

action, you will never bear fruit.

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3.

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Give everything in your home

a place where it belongs.

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Quotes.

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"Creativity is just connecting things.

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When you ask creative people how they

did something, they feel a little

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guilty because they didn't really do it.

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They just saw something.

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It seemed obvious to them after a while."

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By steve jobs from the 1996 pbs

documentary triumph of the nerds

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the rise of accidental empires

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wisdom is the right use of knowledge

to know is not to be wise many men

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know a great deal and are all the

greater fools for it there is no fool.

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So great a fool as a knowing fool.

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But to know how to use knowledge is

to have wisdom by Charles Spurgeon.

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In the book, the Quotable Spurgeon,

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questions.

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What physical home can I

give every object in my home?

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Do the things I have add meaning,

beauty, or joy to my life?

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If not, simplify.

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Wisdom is durable, it's

secure, and it lasts.

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What wisdom are you growing in this week?

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Questions as journal prompts and

to guide your prayers this week.

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End note.

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Think of yourself not just as a learner

of wisdom, but as a giver of wisdom.

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Give your future self the gift

of wisdom by taking action

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on seeds of knowledge today.

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Live Wisely, josh.