Accessing Your Creativity

There’s a common misconception about creativity. Many people think that being creative is purely associated with people who do ‘creative’ things for a living such as writers, musicians, and artists. Creativity is boundless, it’s not beholden to any profession or a specific type of person. We all have the power to be incredibly creative in our lives, we just have to give ourselves the chance to thrive. If you don’t believe in your creative abilities, read this post and reconsider of just how capable you are of channeling that creativity. Here are some traits of creative people to remind you of how creative you are, and how you can harness your creativity going forward.

Execute ideas in new ways

No matter what you’re trying to accomplish, as long as you’re striving to do something better than ever before, to maximize your results and potential, you’re accessing your innate creativity. Creativity is all about using an elaborate thought process to do your best work. It doesn’t have to be extraordinarily eloquent, and it doesn’t need to be seen by the whole world. You just have to defy conventional thinking with your success in mind. Even if you fail, as long as you’re thinking differently, you keep that inspiration going to bounce back and try again.

Persistence

Going off the last example, creative people never give up until they get the job done. They just keep thinking of ways to improve upon their last results or keep at it when they’re failing. A breakthrough is always possible, you just have to tough it out and keep working until the job is done. This is especially true when your ideas lack convention. Creative people want so badly for their different approach to an idea to work that they’ll work their hardest until their dream becomes a reality.

Identify a problem and/or opportunities

Creative people do a good job of examining their immediate world, or the whole world around them to see how they can seize the moment or solve a problem with the resources they have. They refuse to take things at face value or believe that products or scenarios can’t be improved upon. Whether they want to redo their basement or start a company, they will become instantly inspired by ideas and actively pursue them.

“Creativity is a fantastic thing. What’s especially incredible about it is that all of us are capable of becoming creative regardless of our hobbies or our line of work. When we strive to be creative, we end up doing our best work while accomplishing things we never thought possible. Creativity propels the desire to do things better than anyone before,” said Andrew Rice, owner of a Minneapolis SEO service.

A much needed creative outlet

We’ve covered that all of us have the ability to be creative. It’s all about finding an outlet in which to form more concrete ideas and strategies to make things happen. This is where you will directly benefit from frequently writing in your Goals.com journal. When you write everything down, all of those notes are there forever and are easily accessible. Your ideas don’t have to be fleeting, and can continually be refined to help you make that big breakthrough.