Then do everything I do.

Just kidding.

Here is a list of the best resources on being a better blogger:

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Note: For all intensive purposes, I am not counting Twitter as a blog. Yes, I know that it is a “micro-blog” but come on, it is a whole different world.

Chris Hodges

Lead Pastor of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, AL.

I had the opportunity to attend services at the Grants Mill and Tuscaloosa campuses while at UA.

I love his heart for people to dream with him and the “service before the service” is absolutely incredible.

(He used to write at switch.churchofthehighlands.com but it has been shut down)

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Fuel (no, this is not a BP related blog post).

I want to know what fuels your creativity? What fuels your productivity?

For me, in terms of creativity, music plays a big part. I listen to Pandora, and some of my favorite stations are based on Relient K or Anberlin (pop-punk is awesome!).

It also helps me to see what others are creating. I love looking at what people are creating inside the disciplines I am involved with (such as video editing) and outside the disciplines (vector illustration for instance). A source that I find myself repeatedly visiting is ChurchCreate (I especially love their posts tagged “inspiration”).

When it comes to productivity, I read Lifehacker daily and Michael Hyatt. I like the magazine feel that Lifehacker offers in addition to diversity in their articles yet I dig the personal touch of Michael Hyatt.

What fuels your creativity? What fuels your productivity?

I was recently reading on of my favorite blogs, the99percent.com (actually, it is more like a magazine) and they have a section dedicated to helpful links from around the web.

I clicked on one about the “No. 1 Habit of Highly Creative People” (of course, I change No. to #, so as to not act presumptuous and contentious).

I thought the habit was going to be something like, staying physically rested. I was wrong.

And then I wondered, “how did they decide on this habit?”

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