From when you were a child until now, how creative have you been? If not, why not? You are already a creative person full of ideas that you are not using to your advantage.
The book I recommend is Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All, by Tom and David Kelley. These brothers, partner and founder of the IDEO organization see the idea that people are creative even though many do not consider themselves that way.
The bottom line is where you may have experienced a negative event as a child trying to be creative and innovative when other people made judgments or criticized your work. Then he became sensitive to what was said and took it seriously. That may have been enough for you to stop showing how creative you wanted other people to see.
On the other hand, in school, when your classmates gradually stopped being creative and innovative, you stopped too. This is where Gordon McKenzie, creative director of Hallmark Greeting Cards, documented the faded work of creativity in schools. He observed that the kindergarten and first graders felt like two-handed artists when McKenzie asked, “How many artists are there in this room?” He found that starting in fourth grade, the number of creatives dropped to about 50 percent. Then in sixth grade, the number of creative artists dropped to just 2 or 3 in a classroom of 25 to 30 children.
Since everyone is creative, most people don’t use their creative thinking to strive to come up with ideas that they can work on. Instead, they believe that they are not creative and keep it within themselves as a fear. Fear is the biggest obstacle people face in achieving creative success.
In order to reduce even eliminate your fears regarding creativity and regain your creative confidence, Stanford University psychologist Albert Bandura developed the Guided Master’s Degree. This problem helps you analyze your beliefs, your effectiveness, and how to improve through gradual and successful activities. These creative activities get more difficult over time. They also address the fears you have and help you move on. Understand that if you are not confident, your fears will prevent you from gaining confidence.
Creativity and innovation are widely accepted as a driving force behind your business that thrives beyond survival mode. Most employers hire creative and innovative people. They should demonstrate this during job interviews with several creative questions asked. These go beyond the question Microsoft asked when they started with Why is it a round of manhole covers? “
By understanding creative confidence, you will begin to understand how you can create a better self by unleashing your creative potential beyond your expectations.
“Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there may be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some kind of achievement for everyone. creativity makes life more fun and interesting. “
– Edward de Bono