How creative are you in your business?
Are you a ‘creative’ person? For a long time, I thought I wasn’t. In my mind, a ‘creative’ person did something artistic – making beautiful things, performing in some way, being a craftsperson. As an art historian (a long, long time ago!) I was surrounded by beautiful objects, and I believed that I could never make anything like that – hence, I was obviously not ‘creative’. Add in to this an artistic brother and a musical husband, and the scene was set: I was just not one of those ‘creative’ types.
These days, I think a lot more broadly about my definition of ‘creative’. If we imagine being creative as ‘following the impulse to create’, then most of us are creative people. As an entrepreneur, my whole business is one long creative act of faith. As a coach, I work with my clients to create new possibilities and ways of thinking. And as a teacher, I create learning environments for people. It’s taken me a long time to think of myself as creative in this way, and I think that many of us are missing out on a valuable perspective on our working life when we don’t acknowledge our innate creativity.
If you’re pondering your own creative nature, here are some thoughts to consider:
- creativity is NATURAL; it’s part of your nature. I believe creativity is an internal impulse that we can tap into. This impulse is available to us in all kinds of contexts: painting watercolours, cooking, writing, brainstorming, decision making, questing off into new directions…
- creativity can be CULTIVATED. We can feed our creativity or we can pinch it off – the choice is ours. What would you need to choose in order to feed your creativity? Where would you need to place your focus and energy? What would you need to stop feeding in order to be more creative?
- We are creative when we experience flow. Flow might be defined as the balance between challenge and comfort. How’s your balance going for you?
And who would you be if you really invested in your own ability to create?
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Kate Warren is the founder of Brightlife. She is a leader in the field of personal and professional development, and is a sought-after speaker, teacher, and coach. Kate is passionate about helping people to unlock their personal and professional potential. She is an NLP Master Practitioner, a Certified NLP Coach, a Master of Group Leadership Dynamics, and the U.K.'s first certified WealthyMind™ trainer. In 2008 her business success was recognised when she was invited to join ‘Courvoisier the Future 500’, an elite group of the 500 rising stars of British business.
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