hacking creativity: how to find and act on inspiration

Hacking Creativity How to Find and Act on Inspiration

A presentation by Sharon Hurley Hall

Being creative isn’t hard

2

Ideas are everywhere!

3

They distract you when you’re thinking about something else

4

They come up in conversation

5

You find them when people share on social media

6

You get inspiration from what you read

7

You find them by walking around and observing people and things

8

But being creative is not enough

9

It’s what you do with your ideas that counts!

10

Otherwise, there’s no point in being creative

11

First, you have to capture your ideas

12

Then, you have to act on them

13

To capture ideas, you need tools:

14

a notebook, a recorder or an app

15

Capture everything.

You never know what will be useful later

16

Then ACT!

17

How do you move from ideas to action?

18

One step at a time

19

Too many ideas can paralyze you

20

So pick your best idea 21

Then make a plan

22

Use planning tools like whiteboards, paper, mind

mapping – you choose!

23

I like Workflowy and Google Keep

24

But even planning

isn’t enough

25

You also need to be ACCOUNTABLE

26

Set milestones

27

Get an accountability partner

28

Check in

29

Use email reminders to motivate yourself

30

Join a mastermind group

31

Being accountable turns ideas into action

32

That’s how you get results from creativity

33

And it’s WAY better than just being creative

34

Learn more: Creativity Alone is Not Enough!

35

Thank You

Connect with me online:

– shurleyhall

– SharonHurleyHall

– Sharonhh

– SharonHurleyHall

– shurleyhall

Images courtesy of Pixabay

Sharon Hurley Hall – www.sharonhh.com 36