You were born to create, just like you were born to walk and run. When you were crawling as a baby, making your first attempts to walk, your parents didn’t say: “Oh, it’s ok. Maybe, it’s just not for you.” No, they helped you learn how to start walking. In the same way, we should develop creativity and stop thinking – it’s not for us, it’s for those special ones with incredible talent.
Have you noticed how fast life is changing nowadays? It seems that only yesterday we were all using regular cell-phones and considered them an amazing advancement in technology. Today, we carry the whole computer in a form of a smartphone in our pocket. A few decades ago the term “virtual reality” made us think of science-fiction. Nowadays, it’s a part of our life, and it’s not going anywhere.
All these changes and inventions were brought into our world by creative minds. Do you think they were special in some way? Of course, but so are YOU!
Remember, what Steve Jobs said: “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” They weren’t particularly special, they were just ready to make mistakes, learn, try, fail, and try again.
So, in our rapidly-changing world a lot of jobs will soon be done by machines. There’s one big challenge that still exists for all artificial intelligence – to think creatively. Therefore, those who don’t develop the skill of creativity will soon become obsolete like the old bulky desk-top computers or VHS players.
Okay, let’s look at 5 main benefits of creativity. They are all interconnected and sometimes are the consequence of each other.
Problem solving
If you know the right techniques, if you’ve learned to think critically and creatively, it will be easy for you to make the right choices and find the right solutions. Generating ideas on demand becomes easy as soon as you’ve reached a certain level of skill development.
For example, when you’re learning a second language, at first it’s hard and almost seems impossible to speak fluently. After you’ve worked on developing this skill, after a lot of practice, it becomes a part of your nature. You speak freely, understand everything and even think in your target language.
Just think, how great it would be to always know what to do, solve problems with ease and generate creative ideas whenever you need them.
Successful Career
When you’re a creative person, a problem solver who can think ‘outside the box’, you’re an irreplaceable person in any company.
Dream of starting your own business? Believe me, idea generation will be a normal, almost routine part of your life as an entrepreneur.
If you’re a book writer or a content creator, a few simple techniques will help you get out of a creative block. I’m sure you had moments when it seemed like you couldn’t access your inner creativity. Try several exercises and techniques that worked for so many people, and ideas will flow freely like water in a valley stream.
Successful relationships
Another important part of our life is relationships. We were created to live in communication with others. There’s no way to escape that unless you want to live on a deserted island. At the same time, when we’re with people arguments occur.
Creative thinking always helps us find the right solution to a problem, choose the best way and offer the winning idea. Persuasion skills come hand in hand with creativity skills, and there’s no doubt our relationships can only benefit from that.
Finally, creative ideas could make your love life deeper, more exciting and more harmonious.
Confident personality
The ability to create something incredible comes only when you’re ready to fail. Every well-known genius had failed in his life before he created something magnificent. If you’re not ready to make mistakes, you won’t be able to create anything great.
Do you know what breeds confidence? Confucius said – education, Dale Carnegie said – action. I will add – failure. When you discover that failure is part of the process, it gives you confidence and motivation to keep going. Are you afraid to fail? Do nothing and you will see how your confidence will disappear.
One of my students said the biggest benefit she got from my creativity course was confidence in her abilities to come up with creative ideas. Before she had thought it was impossible for her. Now she understands there is a clear step-by-step process to develop creativity and generate ideas.
Health Benefits
Did you know that creative work improves your health? In this Scientific American article, “researchers found that only creativity—not intelligence or overall openness—decreased mortality risk. One possible reason creativity is protective of health is because it draws on a variety of neural networks within the brain.”
Other researches show that creativity relieves stress, improves mood, heals from depression, helps prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia. The benefits for health are numerous. Just think about all positive emotions you had last time you came up with a great idea. Or remember the happy eyes of your child after drawing something or making something out of clay.
Bringing it all together
Never stop creating, never stop learning. You can develop creativity, you just need to find motivation to do that. Believe in yourself! You were born to create, so, get up on your feet and stop crawling! It’s time to develop this most important skill in our modern constantly evolving world.
Here’s an awesome FREE guide to develop creativity and generate ideas on demand. It’s a 7-step process that helped me and thousands of other people. Follow this link to download the guide.
Now, it’s your turn. Which of the benefits is most important for you? Which of the reasons would convince you to start developing creativity? Share in the comments below.
Enjoy Life!
