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12 WAYS TO

JUMP START YOUR

CREATIVITY!LAUNCHYOURGENIUS.COM

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NEED SOME

CREATIVE

INSPIRATION?

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#1. Stories

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“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ―Rumi, Essential Rumi

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Rumi asks us not to remain in the comfort zone and be satisfied with the status quo.

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Rumi challenges you to step into the game of your life and to become an active participant.

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It is a call-to-action to do something momentous with your unique experience and your life.

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“N! "#$$%r w&#$ '!(r #)% !r '!(r *+f% p#$&, w&%$&%r "#,+-) #r$ +. '!(r /#r%%r !r '!(r &!bb' !r '!(r 0r%#", +$ +. -!$ $!! *#$% !r $!! %)!$+.$+/#* !r $!! .%*1.& !r $!! .+**' $! w!r, !- '!(r /r%#$+v+$'.”―

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WHAT IS YOUR

STORY?

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#2. Perspective

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“You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.”―

Albert Einstein

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Look at the problem with a new pair of eyes

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ARE YOU DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND

CHANGING THE

PERSPECTIVE?

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#3. Imagination

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“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” ― George Bernard Shaw

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Unleash your creativity by

imagination and daydreaming

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imagination + determination + desire to launch =CREATIVE POWER

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#4. Self-Doubt

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“The worst enemy to creativity is

self-doubt.”

― Sylvia Plath, The

Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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By endlessly doubting an amazingly creative mind that we all possess, we effectively shut down the creative process.

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ARE YOU DOUBTING YOUR

CREATIVITY?

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#5. Fear

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“1ey’re only crayons. You didn’t fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?” ― HughMacLeod

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Acknowledge that fear is always going to be there...take creative action regardless of the fear.

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#6. Mistakes and Failure

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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ―Scott Adams

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This is the little secret that all masters have perfected. They know that great things are not built overnight but

with small steps

and several

retakes.

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mistake = retake

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ARE YOU GIVING YOURSELF

PERMISSION TO MAKE MISTAKES AND

TAKE

RETAKES?

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#7. Rationalizations

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“!" #$%"f "&"'( )f #r"*+%v%+( %, -)). ,"&,".” ― P*b/)P%#*,,)

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do not put off creativity for

later...

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when the muses strike, be ready...

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“I ,%p$ r%#/&+-) f!r "' "(.%., "' w#-0%r+-) "(.%., 3!#$+-) !- /*!(0. 1**%0 w+$& $&%+r p#..+!-..”― C&+"-%.% D#v+0.,

M(.%. !f W#-0%r+-) P#..+!-..

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WHEN THE INSPIRATION STRIKES, BE

READY!

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#8. Courage and Risk

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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ―Kurt Vonnegut

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ARE YOU STRETCHING

INTO THE ZONE OF

CREATIVEDISCOMFORT?

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ARE YOU TAKING CREATIVE RISKS?

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#9. Action and Practice

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“You can’t use up creativity. 1e more you use, the more you have.”― MayaAngelou

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Creativity is a

muscle

waiting to be flexed.

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CREATIVE ACTION = USE

IT...

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#10. Immersion and Flow

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“F!r #r$ $! 4+.$, f!r #-' .!r$ !f #%.$&%$+/ #/$+v+$' !r p%r/%p$+!- $! 4+.$, # /%r$#+- p&'.+!*!)+/#* pr%/!-0+$+!- +. +-0+.p%-.#b*%: +-$5+/#$+!-.” ― Fr+%0r+/&N+%6./&%

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Flow = We deeply practice something difficult at the edge of our ability with immersion and engagement.

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“E-7!'"%-$ #pp%#r. #$ $&% b!(-0#r' b%$w%%- b!r%0!" #-0 #-8+%$', w&%- $&% /&#**%-)%. #r% 7(.$ b#*#-/%0 w+$& $&% p%r.!-'. /#p#/+$' $! #/$.” ~ M+&#*' C.+,9%-$"+&#*'+, #($&!r !f F*!w.

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ARE YOU EXPERIENCING

MOMENTS OF FLOW?

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#11. Limitations

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“But out of limitations comes creativity.”―Debbie Allen

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Creativity needs a framework or a structure to work within.

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“Creativity is a spontaneous 5periment within a structured and limited framework.”

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STRUCTURE+RULES+ LIMITATIONS + OUTLINES =

GOOD FOR

CREATIVITY

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DO YOU HAVE RULES AND

LIMITATIONS THAT

DEFINE YOUR

CREATIVE PROCESS?

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#12. Allowing

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“If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.”―Pablo Picasso

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Take a deep breath and gently apply the brakes to the thinking and judging mind. Replace thoughts of worry with the possibility of working with creative inspiration.

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ALLOWDON’T WORRY...JUST

CREATE

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ARE YOU ALLOWING YOUR CREATIVITY

TO

FLOURISH?

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MAY THE CREATIVE SPARKS FLY!

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THANK YOU!My name is Harish and I am deeply passionate in bringing

the best of Creativity, Behavioral Psychology and Science to you in

order to Creatively INSPIRE YOU!

I am a Creativity and Inspiration Coach, Writer and Teacher. Contact me if you need a burst of Creativity and Inspiration for you or your organization!

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