Expanding
Your Creative Mind
Dear
Associate,
If
you've ever watched little children you know they are always
curious, seeking excitement, adventure and even fearless when
it comes to escaping boredom. But something happens to them
as they journey into adulthood that robs them their spontaneity.
They become adults and settle into patterns of expected behaviors.
Which
isn't all bad—but it isn't all good...
They
take residence inside comfort zones. They seldom have breakthrough
ideas. And expanding the mind is replaced by an expanding
waistline.
I
know this because I've been there. I was on the wrong road.
The nice thing is I didn't stay on that road. I took an exit...
A
creativity exit.
Most
entrepreneurs, small business owners and solo professionals
who left the corporate world to "do their own thing"
find doing their own thing a hard thing to do. They have the
skills and have acquired some resources, but lack the creative
mindset that enables them to make consistent money every single
month.
But
there is good news...
Creativity
can be learned. And expanded. As long as you are open and
are not jaded with decades of negative programming.
Here
are some ideas you can apply immediately:
1)
Positive affirmations. Repeat to yourself that you are
a profit powerhouse. A money magnet. Or a success superstar.
But not only that, believe and visualize you in that role.
What would you say, do or behave differently than you do now?
2)
Take creative action. Solve sudoku or crossword puzzles.
Catch a Comedy Night show. Eat at exotic restaurants. Dress
more colorfully. Drive the scenic route. Enjoy a massage.
Sign up for online dating. Try bungee jumping. Dive into snorkeling.
Step away from yourself to perform a random act of kindness.
3)
Learn a new skill. Take an art class. Join a speech workshop.
Become a writer. Hire a coach. Drive a stick shift. Enroll
in leadership courses.
4)
Invest in yourself. Attend seminars. Listen to self-development
CDs. Read how-to books. Enjoy progressive music concerts.
Look into alternative healers. Go to a favorite spot to people
watch. Search for deeper truths when watching movies.
5)
Begin a personal journal. Record personal success stories.
The failures also. Write exactly what you're thinking in the
language you normally use. Don't worry: this won't be graded.
6)
Model successful ideas. Adapt and apply successful marketing
campaigns from TV, radio, newspapers, mail and Internet. Learn
scripts from a sales guru.
7)
Start a mastermind group. Let the creative juices flow.
Accept and record every idea. Don't criticize. There is nothing
too wacky, off-the-wall, bizarre, silly, impractical, impossible
or inappropriate. Nothing.
You
have the power to awaken and expand your creative mind. You
can learn to become more spontaneous while unlearning predictability.
Just take the next exit. People will never see you in the
same way again.
Warm
regards,
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