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YOUARE
CREATIVEeven if you were told you are not
Created 2012
by Tom Curtis
Blog: www.onimproving.blogspot.com
Presentations: www.slideshare.net/onimproving
Email: ideamerchants@gmail.com
Twitter: @onimproving
Do you remember when you were first
told you were not
creative?
was it by an expert
who knew you really really well,
had observed you over a long time,and who was
looking out for you?
OR
was it by a busy, unthinking, or unkind
individual who does not even remember
doing it?
i amalmost certain
it was the latter,
BUT
YOU
REMEMBER,
don’t
YOU?
itcanstill
makeyou feel small,
can’t it?
So, here is the
thing...
their pronouncement was
nottrue
THENanditis
nottrue
NOW!
let’s look at a few simple questionsto help us come to believe again in our ability to create
Do you speak?
Do you work? Do you make friends?
Do you cook?
Do you raise children? Do you read?
Do you build?Do you organize?
Are you alive?Do you think?
Do you change?Do you play?
Do you decide?
Do you get dressed?Do you solve problems?
Do you adjust?
YOUARE
if you answered
yes to one or more of those questions,
CREATIVE
so, what does creative look like?
creating comes in all shapes and
sizes
and all colors
and can happen in our many
situations
working
playingsleeping
reading
listeningtrying
testingstudyingjoking
writing
making
remaking
teaching
learning
relating telling
solving recognizingfailing
struggling
growing
interpreting
translating applying
tweaking
creative often looks or feels
different than you were taught and believe
(yes, it may be something other than painting or drawing)
and that other part that still bothers you...
the work does not come out perfect the first time
evenfor theBEST
they...practicerewritereworkrestartrefinetestfail
retrystruggle
work hard
(like you and I, but a whole lot more and on purpose)
effort&
willingnessare
nonnegotiable
bottom line:creative is messy
(we just usually see an end product after the clean up)
so, what makes someone creative?
creating.
there was a time you did that without thinking
and
there is a spark
still inside you that believes
you can.
it may require COURAGE
to create again..
but the choice is yours
and
yours only...
the world is missing what you can do...
soand start creating
again!
please come back
we will all be glad you did.
YOUARE
CREATIVE