If
you want to be more creative, the most important thing you can do
is convince yourself that you ARE creative. You may be telling yourself
aren't creative. You do not want to say this anymore. Why? Because
when you tell yourself you aren't creative, you shut out any creative
ideas. Subconsciously you are telling your brain that it isn't okay
to be innovative. The good news is that when you tell yourself that
you ARE creative, you actually give yourself permission to become
creative.
Psychologists
discovered years ago that changing your role changes your behaviour.
Some researchers studied union members promoted to management. Pretty
soon, instead of talking union talk, these old-union men started
talking and walking the management walk. This is what happens when
you tell yourself that you are creative. You take on the role of
a creative person. You actually start looking at the world differently
(because, after all, you are a creative person and creative people
see things differently). You start talking and walking the creative
walk.
Once you start
thinking that you are creative, there is a wealth of things you
can do to spark your imagination. Check
out what history's greatest innovators did. Also
get some tips from other articles. And
see if you are guilty of killing creativity in others.
