There’s a deep desire in me to continue how learn how to be more and more creative in my work, family, and life in general. The other day, I stumbled across THIS POST entitled “10 Proven Ways to Be More Creative.” Here’s the 10 they listed. My thoughts are in parenthesis.
1. Get on a plane. Travel, moving, and exposure to other cultures improve creativity. (No doubt.)
2. Don’t surround yourself with the color red; stick to blue. (Have no idea what this has to do with creativity, but I’ll try it.)
3. Get rejected. (I’ve seen this over and over in my life. I’m currently reworking a manuscript I had rejected, and I think it’s going to be 10 times better in the long run.)
4. Buy a potted plant. (I garden, and it’s a great mental break.)
5. Pretend you’re solving problems for someone else. Or pretend you’re a child. (Love the idea of thinking like a child.)
6. Learn another language. (I’ve always wanted to learn Spanish.)
7. Think about love, not sex. (Ummmmm, Okay, I’ll try.)
8. Hopeful employees are more creative, as are overconfident CEO’s. But being creative won’t get you the CEO job.
9. Take a break and stop being so hard on yourself. (I wrote about this in detail HERE.)
10. Smile. Or frown while happy. But either way, be happy. (Is anyone else humming a certain song right now?)
So I thought these 10 were great, but let’s add to it today. I would love to get a list of 50 or even 100 ways to be creative.
Ready? Set. Go.
