12 ways to jump start your creativity!
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12 WAYS TO
JUMP START YOUR
CREATIVITY!LAUNCHYOURGENIUS.COM
NEED SOME
CREATIVE
INSPIRATION?
#1. Stories
“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ―Rumi, Essential Rumi
Rumi asks us not to remain in the comfort zone and be satisfied with the status quo.
Rumi challenges you to step into the game of your life and to become an active participant.
It is a call-to-action to do something momentous with your unique experience and your life.
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WHAT IS YOUR
STORY?
#2. Perspective
“You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.”―
Albert Einstein
Look at the problem with a new pair of eyes
ARE YOU DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND
CHANGING THE
PERSPECTIVE?
#3. Imagination
“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
Unleash your creativity by
imagination and daydreaming
imagination + determination + desire to launch =CREATIVE POWER
#4. Self-Doubt
“The worst enemy to creativity is
self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath, The
Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
By endlessly doubting an amazingly creative mind that we all possess, we effectively shut down the creative process.
ARE YOU DOUBTING YOUR
CREATIVITY?
#5. Fear
“1ey’re only crayons. You didn’t fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?” ― HughMacLeod
Acknowledge that fear is always going to be there...take creative action regardless of the fear.
#6. Mistakes and Failure
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ―Scott Adams
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.
mistake = retake
ARE YOU GIVING YOURSELF
PERMISSION TO MAKE MISTAKES AND
TAKE
RETAKES?
#7. Rationalizations
“!" #$%"f "&"'( )f #r"*+%v%+( %, -)). ,"&,".” ― P*b/)P%#*,,)
do not put off creativity for
later...
when the muses strike, be ready...
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M(.%. !f W#-0%r+-) P#..+!-..
WHEN THE INSPIRATION STRIKES, BE
READY!
#8. Courage and Risk
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ―Kurt Vonnegut
ARE YOU STRETCHING
INTO THE ZONE OF
CREATIVEDISCOMFORT?
ARE YOU TAKING CREATIVE RISKS?
#9. Action and Practice
“You can’t use up creativity. 1e more you use, the more you have.”― MayaAngelou
Creativity is a
muscle
waiting to be flexed.
CREATIVE ACTION = USE
IT...
#10. Immersion and Flow
“F!r #r$ $! 4+.$, f!r #-' .!r$ !f #%.$&%$+/ #/$+v+$' !r p%r/%p$+!- $! 4+.$, # /%r$#+- p&'.+!*!)+/#* pr%/!-0+$+!- +. +-0+.p%-.#b*%: +-$5+/#$+!-.” ― Fr+%0r+/&N+%6./&%
Flow = We deeply practice something difficult at the edge of our ability with immersion and engagement.
“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.
ARE YOU EXPERIENCING
MOMENTS OF FLOW?
#11. Limitations
“But out of limitations comes creativity.”―Debbie Allen
Creativity needs a framework or a structure to work within.
“Creativity is a spontaneous 5periment within a structured and limited framework.”
STRUCTURE+RULES+ LIMITATIONS + OUTLINES =
GOOD FOR
CREATIVITY
DO YOU HAVE RULES AND
LIMITATIONS THAT
DEFINE YOUR
CREATIVE PROCESS?
#12. Allowing
“If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.”―Pablo Picasso
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.
ALLOWDON’T WORRY...JUST
CREATE
ARE YOU ALLOWING YOUR CREATIVITY
TO
FLOURISH?
MAY THE CREATIVE SPARKS FLY!
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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