"I’m Just Not a Creative Person" — Round 1
How many times have you gotten this explanation from someone? I’d be willing to put up a nice wager against the assumption that you’ve heard this from at least one person in your lifetime.
And, if your experience has been anything like mine, this sham of an excuse was from a time you were required to work in a small group setting to accomplish something — be it high school, college or your 8 to 5 daily grind.
F i n d a N e w S t o r y . . .
From today forward, I will no longer accept this flimsy excuse from anyone. I’m calling BS the second it gets thrown out there for my rant-taking-opportunity.
The myth that some people are born creative and some are not is an idea that has manifested itself all over the society we exist in today. We all have the ability to create and be creative. Just because you can’t draw a giraffe or knit a scarf in an afternoon, that doesn’t disqualify you from living a creative life. Business managers and entrepreneurs rely on creative thought daily.
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I interviewed Malcolm White a couple of weeks ago, and honestly could have stayed all afternoon listening to his stories. As director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, he works to try and convince policy makers the value of the arts…
—that they are not something extra - they are fundamental. Art is not just this fluffy extra stuff hanging on the wall.
Without art and creativity as a fundamental building block for learning in school, you’ll find more and more people who cop out with a “not-the-creative-type” excuse.
How can you convince them they just might be wrong about themselves? Get them to trash the negative label they’ve put on themselves by asking for facts to support their claim that they lack creative skills.
>>>>>Creativity requires nothing more than open-mindedness. Most often people who believe they are not creative are those who try and force creative thoughts and ideas instead of just listening and letting everything flow.<<<<<<
Listening and letting go. To really listen and let go, you’ve got to master the hardest part of this whole creativity concept: the fear of being wrong.
More to Come in Round 2…
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