How to Develop Your Creativity for Maximum Impact
Hey folks — this was a post I was asked to do today for another site -which I decided to share with you. Back with more on ‘overcoming reliance on the approval of others’ soon. Next in the Series I’ll be talking about how to tell the difference between others’ wisdom and their opinions, judgments and agenda.
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To stand out above the crowd, you need to be a highly creative person. Look at some of the greatest marketers of our time; Seth Godin, Jay Abraham, Rich Schefren, Dan Kennedy - all are highly creative people.
I have asked a good friend of mine Rick Hubbell to write principle #4 - Developing Your Creativity for Maximum Impact.
Rick is a highly innovative person who has helped many large corporations and individuals meet and exceed their goals by using the power of creativity. Rick is in the process of developing a series on creativity and as soon as it is available, I will let you know. I hope you get a lot out of this principle as it is my goal is to help you leverage social media and the internet for profit and influence.
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Developing Your Creativity for Maximum Impact - Part I
Highly creative people brighten life and make things better. These original thinkers have unique talents that inspire and ideas that solve problems. They brim with potential to improve the world.
Yet most often, creative types live well below their possibilities, particularly as professionals. Why?
To lump all ‘creatives’ together is too simplified, yet decades working with them - and being one myself - have taught me unconventional tactics that work for many if not most. If you apply yourself, there are ways to produce uncommon results through YOUR creativity without settling, selling out or starving.
No one said it was easy - but it’s possible. Here is a key to doing it…
One Precious Key Instead of All the Regurgitated Principles You See Everywhere Online
Ready?
Key: No matter how gifted you are, do not live life like you are entitled to be an exception - but don’t underestimate yourself either.
What I mean by that is a HUGE percentage of creatives, and I mean HUGE, go through life waiting for their ship to come in - dabbling, tinkering, settling, wishing and hoping - rather than swimming out to meet it.
Grab a latte, a smoothie or some tea, perch yourself in a comfortable spot and let’s chat.
Misleading Overnight Success Stories
In the US we tend to have so much media exposure that everyone starts feeling like they need to be a wonder model or an overnight sensation, otherwise something must be wrong with us. We all need to be DaVinci, Rembrandt, Apple, Twitter, the cool non-conforming urban artist or Dave Matthews, because, after all - that’s our destiny. The problem comes when we entertain the idea that we should be entitled to such a radically exceptional outcome - like it’s supposed to float down when someone finally recognizes the true measure of our talents.
Yes, someone wins the lottery and a streetcorner musician is heard by a producer and becomes a millionaire over night - but don’t play those odds with your life. If those things happen to you or me -great. In the meantime, I am still going to maximize my life with the talents I’ve been given:
- employing discipline
- mastering my craft
- sharing with others in ways they may connect with my creativity
- creating finished products and
- doing all these things consistently.
On the other hand, once we start navigating life with the ‘entitled-to-be-an-exception-because-our-creative-gift-is-so-special’ mindset, we are headed for disappointment. Those things always depend on someone else.
(Before you feel like I might be killing your creative buzz-dream with bad vibes dude -in no way am I saying don’t dream as big as you feel is right in your heart. Not at all.)
Just get involved with your destiny and start developing your creativity daily for maximum impact. You will likely be pleased with the results.
Rick Hubbell is a status quo challenger, international business consultant and creativity coach who loves helping others excel. Contact him at rickh@rickhubbell.com for lessons from this series or for more information on his products & services.
PS this is a great day to excel
