We all can be creative

It’s a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don’t. The power of creativity. If you’ve ever marvelled at somebody’s creative prowess? Guess what, you can create and innovate too. It just takes time. Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons in kindergarten were not limited to those who possessed potential; because the truth is, everybody has potential.

You know how long it took to learn to ride a bike or drive or to never commit the same mistake again? It’s the same with creativity. It takes a bit of practice and some time before this mind function comes easily when called.

Be careful of what other people may say. Often others do not understand our creativity and may try keep you from using it. If you have an original idea, don’t try to make people understand. Remember it is our creativity and not theirs. And toften the help you do get may come in the form of negative feedback. If all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would probably still be living in the middle ages.

Spend time on it. Take time to work on your creativity. That doesn’t mean you have to buy paint and an easel, unless you like that sort of thing. Many times it just means taking a little time by yourself and thinking about things.

Exercise is another great way to get the creative juices flowing. Take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send all those endorphins coursing through your veins. Exercising certainly clears and relaxes your mind and allows for anything to pop up.

Record your dreams. Aren’t some of them just the craziest things that your conscious mind would never have thought of? If you’ve had these dreams before, and I’m sure have, this only shows you the untapped innovative power you have lying within. So jot down those notes. Those dreams may just create an innovative spark in you.

Find your own style. You can always tell a Van Gogh from a Matisse. You’ll know Hemingway wrote something by the choice of words on the paper. So it is the same with you. People will appreciate your creativity more because it is uniquely yours and that no one else would have thought of what you were thinking. That will let people see how valuable an asset you are.

Don’t worry about having the best gadgets or tools. You don’t need the most expensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. The same way with writing. You don’t need some expensive fountain pen and really smooth paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the first book of the Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue.

Nothing will work without passion. What wakes you up in the mornings? What keeps the flame burning? What is the one thing that you’ll die if you don’t do? Sometimes people with talent are overtaken by the people who want it more. Ellen Degeneres once said that if you’re not doing something that you want to do, then you don’t really want to do it. And that’s true. Sometimes you just want something so bad you become a virtual unstoppable. And that is passion. Passion will keep you going.

Don’t worry about inspiration. You can’t force it; inspiration hits when you least expect it to. Those unpredictable yet inevitable moments will appear.

Keep in mind that you’re doing these things for your own satisfaction and not anybody else’s. But soon enough others will notice and be impressed with your creativity.