www.lifehack.org: Does your thinking about creativity go something like this: Creativity seems to be a lucky gift bestowed upon just a few souls. Creative people swoop in and save the day when a fresh idea is needed to overcome a product’s or a company’s current weakness. But you’ll never be Steve Jobs or Don Draper, instead you mill away with your uncreative life, resigned to the knowledge that you just don’t have that gift. Meanwhile the ‘idea guys’ (or girls) move ahead and wow their superiors.
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There are many helpful life choices on this list; however, if the reader's fear is that he/she himself/herself is not an innately creative person, then I don't think "Do creative things" would be the most helpful tip. This list doesn't seem to help "noncreative" people at all, really; it seems to be more aimed towards lazy people, as most of the tips are along the line of "get up and go do something". Regardless, these are some great tips for lazy people everywhere.
I don't think this article achieves what the title leads me to believe. It basically tells me in 6 different ways to broaden my horizons and diversify my interests. These are valid components to success, I agree. But I think there are a few things missing here about being proactive, listening and an "indispensable team member" like the title indicates.
I think that each person has their own way of achieving their maximum creativity. There isn't necessarily one recipe to become more creative. This is something that each individual needs to explore for themselves. For me it I am constantly inspired by music. When I am working on designing I will listen to period music from the subject's time, or in a more abstract sense, listen to music that I feel evokes the mood of the subject. Music isn't the only way to bring out creativity there are tons and you just need to find yours.
I agree with Ethan about this article. It seems as if the article gives tips on how to "unleash" one's creative side, whether or not they know their creative side even exists in the first place. I think tips such as "travel more" are helpful and can definitely help someone learn how to cultivate creativity. It is impossible to be creative in the workplace if you are not creative in everyday life. The more places and experiences someone encounters in their life, the more creative they will be able to be. Although some people may have it more than others, I think that every person in this world has the ability to be creative. Many people probably do not recognize the value of creativity in the workplace. For those that do realize the value of creativity, this list provides a good place for someone to start if they wish to increase their creative impact in their work.
If you are trying to be more creative, you are not being more creative. Strengthening creativity is not the same as being more organized or getting more sleep. Each person brings their own unique ideas and experiences to the table, and those in themselves are creative. The fact that we live in a world where every single individual is going to view a situation with slight disparity fosters creativity by nature. It is when we fail to realize this that we limit ourselves. We do not need to consciously try to be something more. If we continue to have experiences and broaden our horizons as humans by doing what we enjoy, creativity will tag along as a byproduct.
I believe one reason why collaboration is so much more powerful than independent departments is that each person brings their own personal life experiences to the table that lead to unique connections and ideas. The concept of purposefully interacting with others who are very different from yourself to expand your creativity is very interesting. I definitely agree that brainstorming includes good and bad idea and that both are necessary for a successful creative process. My favorite is number 10; being observant really is one of the best ways to develop creativity.
I think creativity is one of those things that you either have, or don't have. That's not to say you can't learn how to be creative, but it's much easier to be creative if it's a skill you're born with. I think this article outlines some good tips to broaden a person's creativity, but they might not help a person who just doesn't have a creative bone in their body. I also agree with Ethan that this article doesn't seem to help people who are innately not-creative. I also don't see how this article outlines how to be an indispensable creative force in the workplace. The list tells you how to broaden your creativity, but not how to apply it, which can be the most important thing about creativity. it doesn't matter how creative you are if you can't apply that skill in a useful manner.
As much as I appreciate what this has to say, I've heard it before or just know it because of common sense. Having experiences in general is good for coming up with ideas and relating them back to things. I wish articles like these would be less common sensical and more generated to give me more meaningful things to think about when trying to think creatively.
I believe that this is a good article for people who already have creativity and just need to learn to utilize it better but if you are someone who does not have much creativity this article is a let down. What I would have wanted from this article is more tip son how to be a creative person in general, if you are not creative and the piece of advice you get is do creative things what are you supposed to do with that? Beyond that these tips will be useful to me to have for future reference.
I do feel this article isn't super helpful if you don't have creativity. But I must say I have never met anyone that is truly not creative in any way, shape, or form. Therefore, I feel like this article can help everybody, even if people feel like it won't. However, I guess that is assuming the people reading this article have actually done all of the things listed in it. And I do agree the words "Be more creative" aren't exactly helpful, but it looks like the author meant to say be more artistic or express yourself more. Also, I do agree that the title is not exactly accurate in saying what the article is about.
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