Interview with the founders of Sevensentences.com

1. The Magic of Seven
Sentences
With Geoff & Athaliah Talbot
Curated by Prashant Harish Hari

2. 1) Where do you get your daily inspiration
from? Seven Sentences inspires daily...
• our daily inspiration comes from people,
creatives, dreamers, thought leaders, children,
justice, kindness, those who are enduring poverty,
the voiceless, and anyone with a dream and a need
to live out that dream.

3. 2) What do you see as the future of creativity and
imagination? Do you think we've hit an era of stifled
creativity, or an era where we'll be more creative and
imaginative?
• I think creativity and imagination are on the rise. We
hear it in the music, we see it in social media. People are given to novel ways of
telling their story and sharing their perspective. It’s true that everyone
has a story, but there are a myriad of ways in which one
can tell his or her story and we think we’re seeing people
becoming more courageous in developing new ideas for
how to innovate more and more.

4. 3) It's easy for artists to get disheartened and give up, advice like "NEVER GIVE UP"
and "DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS" etc, sound nice when read, however
hard to adhere to (specially in the world of commercial reality), what tangible advice
would you give to people who follow their dreams?
If your dream has actual value to anyone else other than
yourself, then it must be able to be monetized. Because money
is the primary way that we measure value in the world in
so if it has actual
which your dream exist...
value, it will also have a dollar value.

5. 3) It's easy for artists to get disheartened and give up, advice like "NEVER
GIVE UP" and "DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS" etc, sound nice
when read, however hard to adhere to (specially in the world of commercial
reality), what tangible advice would you give to people who follow their
dreams?
Early in your dream chasing endeavors it can be difficult to find this value,
because you are still developing your craft and your dreams are actually not
yet valuable because they most likely are not yet refined enough to bring
about a return. The worst thing you can do at this stage of the process is
sulk, bemoan your lack of luck, or give in. Let the struggle refine your dream,
let it make you better at what you do. Once you start providing sufficient
value to others through your dream, the money will come, it has too. The first
part of dream chasing is simply about survival and refinement, it is both
painful and necessary.
The other question to ask is simply, how can I provide value (and
be remunerated) through each stage of my dream. That is where having the
right strategy for your dream from the beginning is critical.

6. 4) What 5 traits are crucial for individuals who
are following their dreams in order to succeed?
• Persistence
• Flexibility
• Faith
• A sense of humour
• Hopefulness

7. 5) A lot of people, after they finish their PHD or Degree, have the
mindset "I won't be picking up a book again for a long time".
How do you think one can change this mindset?
I would suggest maybe spend some time reading fiction and
Allow some time away
watching movies.
from serious reading by taking a break to
read and view what one simply enjoys.

8. Seven Sentences
http://sevensentences.com