B. DEVELOP YOUR CREATIVITY

B. Develop your creativity.

If you think you're a creative person, you should know that most people won't necessarily benefit from being creative.

However, true creatives over time develop the ability to use and observe all of their resources, senses, and knowledge to help them succeed.

So, take the time to prepare well because the road will be long.

Two obstacles can hinder your creativity. These are your external and internal barriers.

Things that limit your imagination and inspiration are internal barriers and examples of external obstacles are poor speaking or presentation skills.

Below, you will find tips to increase your creativity:

1. Give up depending on others: start learning to use your own resources. Look around you to identify your resources and what you can get out of them. It will be a bit difficult at first, but over time you will adapt.

This does not mean that you will be alone and risk disobeying your superiors. It just means that you can develop learning ability by learning from others.

This means establishing appropriate interactions and creating your own resources.

2. Dream, think and create: you have to believe that you have an incredible mind, full of thoughts and ideas. You have to express them.

Talk to others and see what they say.

Some of your ideas may seem funny or inappropriate, but it doesn't matter. They say a man is only as big as his dreams. So, don't stop dreaming.

3. Surround yourself with excellence: Pablo Picasso said, « Good artists copies, great artists steal. » It means good people learn from the best people and the best people learn from the best.

You cannot develop your creativity when you are surrounded by those who constantly discourage and distract you.

So have real talents around you and learn from them. It's not just about surrounding yourself with talented people, it's also about knowing. Don't limit yourself. Always study and experience a variety of new things. It can propel your creativity forward.

4. Look for jobs with no added value: take the time to include in your daily schedule, an hour or more to let your hobbies guide you. It can be gardening, collecting, memorabilia, painting or whatever you like.

Maybe these things will not benefit you financially, but it will definitely help awaken your creativity.

5. Combat your fear of failure: fear that you might make a huge mistake or fail in your efforts to do something new can cripple your creativity.

You have to remember that mistakes will always be there, they are just part of the creative process.

Many great minds have struggled with the fear of failure all their lives, but they never gave up and they kept trying until they succeeded.

Nevertheless, to overcome your fear of failure; analyze all potential outcomes, develop a contingency plan, and think about the worst possible scenario. This will help you regain confidence and start again with confidence.

6. Expand your comfort zone: people are often stuck in their comfort zone and afraid to try new things in life. This can be a huge problem because when we keep the same routine, our creativity shuts down.

We have to change things and allow different adventures to supercharge our creativity.

You don't have to climb the highest mountain, but you can do simple things, like go visit a nearby town, talk to a stranger, read a book of a genre you've never read.

7. Avoid stress, enjoy life: don't get discouraged or stressed by your failures. Take a long drive, hang out with friends and family, or just go to the movies. All of these things will help you get back on track.

When we're feeling down, our creativity gets stuck inside us and it's hard to think of a new idea in that state of mind. That's why it's important to fight it and just enjoy life.