Creativity Killers - How A Clown In Your Kitchen Kills Your Creativity

If you had a clown suddenly appear in your kitchen, you'd get quite a shock. If he was there every time you went back to kitchen though, for weeks on end, the impact would be drastically reduced. After a while, you'd barely notice him at all. Read on to find what this has to do with your creativity, and how you can begin to overcome a creativity killer you might not even have realised you had.

Does My Bum Look Big In This?

Joking aside, what sort of question is this anyway? Does it help, is there likely to be a way forward, can we develop a win-win situation? Much of creative thinking and hence innovation projects are based on subtle questions being asked at the right time. The art of questioning is paramount.

Creative Geniuses and College

Does a Creative Genius need to finish college to insure a successful life? Well who says that just because a creative genius goes to college they will make more money? In fact, there has been a few studies that say that those high IQ people who go to more than two-years of a University Level perform less at the creative genius level.

The Writer's Inner Critic Part I - Know Your Enemy

All of us have an inner Critic- unfortunately, its voice tends to be particularly strident when we sit down to write. But psychotherapists know just how to deal with the inner Critic- in fact, even the most vicious Critic will fall before cognitive-behavioral techniques when they're wielded by someone truly determined to be the victor. This article looks at the psychology of the critic.

Be More Creative-How Mapping Tiny Landmarks In Your Creative Journey Can Help You Be More Creative

However creative or prolific we are, one thing that many creative people find difficult is to acknowledge and appreciate the great progress we make in our creative work. Why DO we find it so hard to recognise - and more crucially to VALUE – our own creative progress? Read on to find out more, and to discover a simple and powerful tool to help you turn this around.

Caution - Memorizing Napoleon Hill's Poem May Change Your Life

Have you ever attempted to memorize an unfamiliar poem? Napoleon Hill's poem presented a unique message. And even though it was more challenging to memorize than originally anticipated, I finally did it and learned a valuable lesson.

How To Be Creative & Be Happy - 5 Essential Ingredients For A Happy Creative Life

Deep down, we all know how to be happy. We have enough self awareness to know what feels good, what feels right. We know what type of creating makes us feel excited, stimulated, powerful, alive. The difficulty comes NOT in knowing just how delicious the recipe for our happy creative life can be. No, the hardest part is knowing which ingredients to use and what quantity of each we need. So to give you a little more clarity about YOUR own unique recipe for a happy and fruitful creative, here are 5 of the essential ingredients we ALL need:

Unleash Your Creativity - 7 Common Creative Blocks & How To Overcome Them

As anyone creative knows, being able to unleash your creativity is often easier said than done. Being more creative would come more readily if it wasn't for the many different types of creative block we experience as artists and creative people. Here are 7 common creative blocks and how you can begin to recognise and overcome them...

Creativity - What Can I Do On Monday?

You've heard the talk, read the book, bought the T-shirt but what practical steps can you take on Monday morning to help creativity to flourish?

The Who, What, Why, Where, When and How Of The Impossibly Humble Radish

I like to think of a guarded, shy little man in a sombrero furtively dressing up as a radish and frolicking around his neighbourhood at midnight because it's 'his thing', a fetish he cant resist and, for reasons best known to themselves, his fellow Mexicans joined in.

Creativity is Magnetic - 4 Ways to Boost Your Brain

Even if you're not the most outgoing person, creativity is your surefire road to success.

Unleash Your Creativity - How Listening To Yourself Can Help You Be More Creative

Listening to yourself can help you be more creative. So what does this mean, listen to yourself? You may feel you've heard all you have to say to yourself about your creativity. Maybe you find most of it often comes out as pretty negative and unconstructive comments. But have you truly LISTENED to your creative self? Here's how to start today...

Where Did My Mojo Go?

Mojo is in your heart and your head. Bring it back to life by recognizing it was temporarily buried, and knowing you have the ability to recapture it again.

Data Dumping For The Creative Genius Of Original Thought

Creative geniuses have to be careful that they do not get too caught up in all their ideas. Some creative geniuses have two or three excellent ideas per day. Many of the concepts they create are not economically viable although they are quite unique. Therefore a creative genius will need to data dump. Or simply put the idea into a computer or tape recorder and forget about it and move on.