Use Creativity to Make A Difference to Your LIfe

Category: Self-development — Kenny Tran @ 3:39 pm — post

Monday, March 17, 2008

Have you ever talked to yourself like…

“Are there still original ideas in the world?”
“They beat me to that bright idea; what else can I do?”
“I’ve failed many times before that I can’t think of anything else to solve this problem anymore.”

I bet you have.

However, be careful, these statements reflect the thought of an individual who are about to give up on creativity. Sadly, a lot of people share this way of thinking. They will never be able to tap on their creativity as a very useful resource to improve or improvise in life in all its diversity.

A situation that requires a solution can be approached in a may different ways. There isn’t a single way solve to a problem. Being creative opens new horizons and can deliver many benefits. Creativity can sometimes be mistakenly interpreted as an obstinate attitude. Some people think that insisting on doing things in a different way is a sign of stubbornness.

Never hold back a good idea.

Everyone is free to interpret the world in his own unique ways. Any interpretation by itself is creativity at work. A person who enjoys creative thinking can easily come up with innovative solutions for situations that require out-of-box sometimes unorthodox thinking.

For instance, your car got stalled on a deserted highway due to a leaky rubber hose on the cooling system. Tough luck! Of all places, it had to happen in the remotest places.

If you have some chewing gum in your pocket, it just might be a handy fix. Start chewing the gum and patch it on the leak. To keep the gum in place, tie it with a piece of rag. This quick fix might do the trick so you can drive several miles without an overheated engine, until you get to a service station to have the leaky hose replaced.

Simple right? But it isn’t easy to come up with such a solution if you don’t trust your creativity any more. In constrast, if you do, just a bit of thinking will get your there.

In some way, creativity is a never-ending learning process. From learning, you gain untold benefits, which you can use in real life situations.

Being creative might require you to think out-of-the-box, venturing your mind into the uncommon territory. You can never be sure of your ideas until you try them. As long as there is no perceived danger involved, it is always worth a try. Guess what? When you try the right thing, it will certainly make a positive difference to your life.

Inventions are products of creative minds. The field of science, in whatever branch you may touch on, is invention itself. Without creative minds, science would have been a forlorn field of knowledge.

It is noteworthy that most adaptations to improve or improvise are aimed at improving current conditions. Upon analyzing honest applications of creativity, the ultimate intention is to achieve good for all and the will to build lasting solution. After all, this intention is what counts most.

Remember: “The conditions for creativity are: to be puzzled, to concentrate, to accept conflict and tension, to be born everyday, and to feel a sense of self.”

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