You'll be quietly surprised at how much positive energy you'll get from doing things as small as that outlined above. Carry a Notepad I always have a notepad with me. A pen with a pocket size pad is brilliant as you can capture every idea that comes to you. They will be your ideas. Capture them, preserve them, apply them.
Ideas are like rabbits.
You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear. Michael Angier is the founder and president of Success Networks. Success Net's mission is to inform, inspire and empower people to be their best personally and professionally.