Have you ever thought about what your frame of mind is during the process of being creative?
Part of remaining positive is being proactive–not letting a setback get you down if you didn’t get a chance to focus on your creative project today.
Think of it this way: a critic will comment on something that exists already. While a critique is not always negative, it is observing something that exists currently.
A creative person pursues something that may be an adaptation of an item that exists already–think of a novelist or a painter building on a craft they know, but tweaking it to exhibit their own flare. The creative person does not reflect that all novels or paintings are terrible, but decides how to do it better or different. Creativity is finding a–new, modified, improved, expanded–solution for an existing situation.
Take a look at a standard problem you face at work or at home–be creative in your approach in solving it. Being positive and asking “How can I improve this?” will get you farther than accepting a problem the way it is, throwing your hands up and saying, “This doesn’t work.”
Where can you put your positive approach to work today?
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Thank you, Angie, for stopping by!
I look forward to getting to know better what are your creative passions.
All the best,
Elizabeth