Different people choose different ways to renew their creative drive. This sometimes involves them focusing on the themes of connecting with their creativity, clarity and concrete results.
Imagine that you want to follow elements of this approach in your own way. If appropriate, you may want to focus on the following themes.
Connecting With Your Creativity
How do you connect with your creative drive? Here are some ways that individuals take this step. They may choose:
To sleep … To let their mind wander … To go for walks … To play … To listen to music … To study success … To potter around … To do an unrelated creative activity.
Some people set themselves challenges. They may aim to solve a problem, meet a deadline or find creative ways to reach a goal. This is an approach that I sometimes use. It involves aiming:
To think of a topic I want to explore or a challenge that people may be facing;
To translate this into a specific goal to achieve and to clarify the picture of success;
To focus on how to achieve this specific goal by keep asking myself: “How to …?”
This often releases creative energy. It can lead to discovering a piece of work that I want to do or to finding ways to do existing work.
Let’s return to your own life. What are the specific things that, when appropriate, you may do to connect with your creative drive? If you wish, try tackling the following exercise on this theme.
Clarity
Imagine that you have connected with your creative drive and a theme you want to pursue. The next step may be to translate this into setting certain goals and translating these into a clear picture of success.
You may aim to pursue a passion, write an article, climb a mountain or do a specific project. You may aim to develop in your role as a counsellor, technical specialist, leader or in another professional role.
Bearing in mind the activity you want to pursue, you may ask yourself some of the following questions.
What are the real results I want to achieve? What are the strategies I can follow to increase the chances of achieving these results? What will be happening that will show I have achieved the picture of success?
Imagine that you have considered these themes and translated these into a clear action plan. When appropriate, you may move into action and focus on the following theme.
Concrete Results
You will then aim to achieve the desired concrete results. This may involve you following your chosen rhythm, performing superb work and working to achieve your picture of success.
If appropriate, you may take some of the following steps when aiming to reach your goals. You may start by organising your time in blocks so that you can concentrate fully when doing the work.
Taking time to prepare properly, you may pause and rehearse what you are going to do next. You may then follow your ritual for moving into action and aim to get a quick success.
You may then follow your chosen strategies, deliver consistently high standards and find solutions challenges. You may then do your best to finish properly and, if appropriate, add that touch of class.
Let’s return to your own situation. Imagine that you want to follow elements of the creative renewal approach. How can you connect with your creative drive? How can you then focus on clarity and deliver the desired concrete results?
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
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