It's a talent that everyone has, yet they think
they don't. The power of innovation. If you've ever marvelled at
somebody's creative prowess, guess what, you can create and innovate
too. It just takes time. Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons
in kindergarten were not limited to those who possessed potential;
because the truth is, everybody has potential.
You know how long
it took to learn to ride a bike or drive or to never commit the same
mistake again? It's the same with innovation. It takes a bit of
practice and a lot of time before this mind function comes easily when
called. This article will teach you a few tips on how to bring
innovation into your life.
Don't listen to what other people say.
Follow the beat of your own drum. Allowing for the input of other
people will only bring cacophony to the music you are trying to make. If
you have an original idea, don't waste your time and effort trying to
make people understand. They won't. And the help you will probably get
comes in the form of negative feedback. If all those geniuses listened
to their peers, we would probably still be living in the middle ages.
Spend
time on it. I cannot stress that enough, although, please do not
mistake this tip to tell you to quit your day job entirely. Do not. This
involves some tricky time management but with a little discipline
you'll be able to squeeze both in.
Exercise. Take a walk. Run a
mile or two. Send all those endorphins coursing through your veins.
Exercising certainly clears and relaxes your mind and allows for
anything to pop up.
Record your dreams. Aren't some of them just
the craziest things that your conscious mind would never have thought
of? If you've had these dreams before, and I'm sure have, this only
shows you the untapped innovative power you have lying within. So jot
down those notes. Those dreams may just create an innovative spark in
you.
Find your own style. You can always tell a Van Gogh from a
Matisse. You'll know Hemingway wrote something by the choice of words on
the paper. So it is the same with you. People will appreciate your
innovation more because it is uniquely yours and that no one else would
have thought of what you were thinking. That will let people see how
valuable an asset you are. <
Don't hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You don't need the
most expensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. The same way with
writing. You don't need some expensive fountain pen and really smooth
paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the first book of
the Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue. So what if you've got an
expensive SLR camera if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares if
you've got a blinging laptop if you can't write at all? The artist
actually reduces the number of tools he has as he gets better at his
craft: he knows what works and what doesn't.
Nothing will work
without passion. What wakes you up in the mornings? What keeps the flame
burning? What is the one thing that you'll die if you don't do?
Sometimes people with talent are overtaken by the people who want it
more. Think the hare and the tortoise. Ellen Degeneres once said that if
you're not doing something that you want to do, then you don't really
want to do it. And that's true. Sometimes you just want something so bad
you become a virtual unstoppable. And that is passion. Passion will
keep you going.
Don't worry about inspiration. You can't force
it; inspiration hits when you least expect it to, for those
unpredictable yet inevitable moments you should prepare. An idea could
strike you on the subway, yet alas, you poor unfortunate soul; you have
no sheet of paper to scribble down a thought that could change the
world. Avoid these disasters. Have a pen and paper within your arm's
reach at all times.
I hope this article has helped you bring more
innovation into your life. Keep in mind that you're doing these things
for your own satisfaction and not anybody else's. But soon enough they
will notice, and everything should snowball from there.
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