How To Be More Creative….

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Creativity is not just for artists and poets.

Everybody has the potential to exercise their creative mind – to innovate new ways of accomplishing things that will ultimately make life easier and more gratifying.

Creativity magnifies the effectiveness of our natural talents, generating elevated levels of success and happiness by helping us discover more efficient ways to do what we love to do.

The more creative you are with the small things in your life, the more creative you will likely be with the big things.

Knowledge and attention are absolute necessities.

Creative thinking cannot be productively applied until a certain level of knowledge is gathered about the current situation or problem at hand.

Enthusiasm is the lifeblood of creativity.

 

Creativity blossoms when you are passionate and enthusiastic about what you are doing.

There’s a saying that the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve been getting.

This will minimize surprises and mistakes, but it will also crush your creative edge.

We are all a product of our past experience, but we must step outside of our comfort zone and attempt unfamiliar activities if we hope to achieve breakthroughs in our future.

Most creative ventures step into the unknown, slowly taking you in a direction you haven’t gone before.

Any journey into uncharted territory holds a certain level of inherent risk.

Many people are scared to accept this risk, which in effect squashes all their creative ideas before they have a chance to develop them.

If you hope to exercise your creativity, you must get over your fear of failure.

 

Confidence and passion together provide the solution.

If you have confidence in yourself and passion for your ideas, you will be far more willing to accept calculated risks, take creative chances and thwart off the other stress factors attempting to restrain your creative edge.

Because at the end of the day, you know that every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success.

Ask yourself this….Where are you when your most creative ideas come to you?

The biggest bursts of creativity often come when you walk away from the problem for awhile.

This gives your mind a chance to mull over the information, often subconsciously, and look at things from a renewed perspective.

Some of the most creative ideas and inventions never make it into the public eye simply because their creator doesn’t realize the significance and impact of what he or she has produced.

Once your creative mind drives you to create something, your logical mind must test, verify and validate it.

There’s more to the creative process than simply having an idea and executing it once behind closed doors.

Most creative ideas that leave an impact on the world are relentlessly tested, reviewed by third parties, and sometimes modified and tested again.

For example….

*Scientists do this in a laboratory with other scientists.

*Painters do it by painting and then displaying their art in a gallery.

*Bloggers do it by translating their thoughts into stories and articles, and publishing them online.

No matter how creative you are or much progress you make with your ideas, there will always be negative people who insist that whatever you’re trying to do is impossible.

When you come across these people, don’t try to reason with them.  Instead, forget that they exist.

They will only drain you of your creativity and waste your time.

When it comes to exercising your creativity, you must try what you want to try, go where you want to go, and follow your own intuition.

Don’t accept false choices.

Don’t let others put a cage around your ideas.