So just what is creativity?

Here's my definition:

"Creativity is simply looking at something that has always been there and seeing something that has never been seen before"

That's really all there is to it.

But I'm not creative.......

I hear people tell me all the time that they cannot do something because they are not creative. I respond by asking them if they ever worry. Then they answer that of course they worry.

My point is that if you worry then you are creative. Because what is worrying? All worrying is, is going into the future to some fearful or unwanted event, feeling the emotions as if it has really happened, and then dragging those emotions back into the present time.

Now if that is not creative, I don't know what is.

Using your creativity in the best way

The task then becomes to stop using your creativity in a way that harms you and begin to use your creativity in a way that supports you.

Creativity questions

Get in mind your area of expertise.

Here are two of the questions I frequently use to spark my creativity:

1. In how many ways can I make what I am currently doing even better?

2. In how many ways can I look at something I do all the time and do it in ways that have never been done before?

Remember the definition of creativity with which we started this article:

"Creativity is simply looking at something that has always been there and seeing something that has never been seen before."

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