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Ahem.
I’m sorry for the title’s tenuous play on words. But it’s the closest I could get to “The 12 Days of Christmas”.
I guess the mince pies must be getting to me. But the reason for this inexcusable misuse of the English language is an honourable one.
During my recent relocation from London to Sydney I’ve had a lot of time to think about how I can serve you best. I want to start my 2012 with a bang, and help you start yours with an even bigger BOOM!!!
I believe that all human beings are creative to their core.
This belief has become stronger as I’ve watched my 22 month old son Harry get older. Apart from breathing, sleeping and eating he does almost nothing else other than create (although admittedly this creation most often takes the form of a mess or worse!)
I also know that our current education methods stifle and suppress creativity, by teaching what we can’t do and what we’re not good at.
Everyone has talent within them. Neuroscience is starting to prove that even though different people might start with a genetic predisposition to be good in a particular skill, this is nowhere near as important as doing it over and over again.
By doing something repeatedly we literally change our brains and become better at it.
Isn’t it our creativity that separates us from the other creatures with whom we share this beautiful planet?
And won’t it be our capacity for creative thought that will allow us to find solutions to the many challenges that we face?
What better mission could I have than to help others express and share their creativity with the world?
So, if you’ll allow it, I’d like to help you make 2012 the best year of your creative life so far.
And due to the time of year I thought I’d take a seasonal approach.
“The 12 Days of Creativeness” (or if you’re reading this and it’s not Christmas – the slightly more mundane title of “12 Steps You Must Take To Get Into Creative Flow Whenever You Want”) are a series of posts that just like “The 12 Days of Christmas”, will start on Christmas Day and finish on the 5th of January.
But that’s where the similarity ends. Instead of lords, ladies, pipers or partridges each “day” will describe an essential step you must take in order to get into the hyper-productive and hugely enjoyable state of creative flow whenever you want.
Now Christmas and New Year are a very busy time for all of us. We have friends, family and fun to be attend to.
But I’ve always found it the best time to reflect not so much on what has been, but on what could be.
When you’re attempting to get into a creative mindset, there are many things that stop you. For instance…
How often do you say “I’m not feeling it today”?
Or “I’m not inspired”?
Or “I’m just not in the mood”?
If you’re anything like I was – then pretty often. But this
is a cop out.
I’ll bet you’ve had those days when you’ve woken up
happy and inspired, the sun’s shining, your workspace
is in order, and you’re working on something you’re
really excited about. You might have even worked out
what you were going to do. Everything is perfect, you feel like you’ve got the perfect creative mindset.
But when you sit down…
Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Blank.
“I’m just not in the mood…….That must be it.”
But you know what – while I’ve told myself that “I’m
not in the mood” more times than I care to remember
– it’s rubbish.
Apart from anything else, what effect do you think
constantly telling yourself that will have on you? Will it
help or hinder your attempts to have a creative mindset?
If you’re not in the mood now then when? Are you going
to spend the rest of your life a slave to this alleged mood?
Or are you going to work out what to do about it?
Yes – you can choose to be have a creative mindset or not. And there are many things that will
determine whether you are, nearly all of which you have the power to change.
All of these things (and many more) will have a direct
impact on whether you feel creative or uncreative, and
on how much you produce and how good it is.
The trick is to learn what to look for and how to keep
doing the things that make you creative and avoid doing
the things that make you uncreative.
When you can do that, then you’ll stop saying:
“I’m not in the mood”.
Instead you’ll say:
“I’m not in the mood…yet.
Give me a minute.”