12 Ways to Jump Start your Creativity!

12 WAYS TO

JUMP START YOUR

CREATIVITY!LAUNCHYOURGENIUS.COM

NEED SOME

CREATIVE

INSPIRATION?

#1. Stories

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ―Rumi, Essential Rumi

Rumi asks us not to remain in the comfort zone and be satisfied with the status quo.

Rumi challenges you to step into the game of your life and to become an active participant.

It is a call-to-action to do something momentous with your unique experience and your life.

“N! "#$$%r w&#$ '!(r #)% !r '!(r *+f% p#$&, w&%$&%r "#,+-) #r$ +. '!(r /#r%%r !r '!(r &!bb' !r '!(r 0r%#", +$ +. -!$ $!! *#$% !r $!! %)!$+.$+/#* !r $!! .%*1.& !r $!! .+**' $! w!r, !- '!(r /r%#$+v+$'.”―

J(*+# C#"%r!-, 2% Ar$+.$’. W#': A Sp+r+$(#* P#$& $! H+)&%r Cr%#$+v+$'

WHAT IS YOUR

STORY?

#2. Perspective

“You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.”―

Albert Einstein

Look at the problem with a new pair of eyes

ARE YOU DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND

CHANGING THE

PERSPECTIVE?

#3. Imagination

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” ― George Bernard Shaw

Unleash your creativity by

imagination and daydreaming

imagination + determination + desire to launch =CREATIVE POWER

#4. Self-Doubt

“The worst enemy to creativity is

self-doubt.”

― Sylvia Plath, The

Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

By endlessly doubting an amazingly creative mind that we all possess, we effectively shut down the creative process.

ARE YOU DOUBTING YOUR

CREATIVITY?

#5. Fear

“1ey’re only crayons. You didn’t fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?” ― HughMacLeod

Acknowledge that fear is always going to be there...take creative action regardless of the fear.

#6. Mistakes and Failure

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ―Scott Adams

This is the little secret that all masters have perfected. They know that great things are not built overnight but

with small steps

and several

retakes.

mistake = retake

ARE YOU GIVING YOURSELF

PERMISSION TO MAKE MISTAKES AND

TAKE

RETAKES?

#7. Rationalizations

“!" #$%"f "&"'( )f #r"*+%v%+( %, -)). ,"&,".” ― P*b/)P%#*,,)

do not put off creativity for

later...

when the muses strike, be ready...

“I ,%p$ r%#/&+-) f!r "' "(.%., "' w#-0%r+-) "(.%., 3!#$+-) !- /*!(0. 1**%0 w+$& $&%+r p#..+!-..”― C&+"-%.% D#v+0.,

M(.%. !f W#-0%r+-) P#..+!-..

WHEN THE INSPIRATION STRIKES, BE

READY!

#8. Courage and Risk

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ―Kurt Vonnegut

ARE YOU STRETCHING

INTO THE ZONE OF

CREATIVEDISCOMFORT?

ARE YOU TAKING CREATIVE RISKS?

#9. Action and Practice

“You can’t use up creativity. 1e more you use, the more you have.”― MayaAngelou

Creativity is a

muscle

waiting to be flexed.

CREATIVE ACTION = USE

IT...

#10. Immersion and Flow

“F!r #r$ $! 4+.$, f!r #-' .!r$ !f #%.$&%$+/ #/$+v+$' !r p%r/%p$+!- $! 4+.$, # /%r$#+- p&'.+!*!)+/#* pr%/!-0+$+!- +. +-0+.p%-.#b*%: +-$5+/#$+!-.” ― Fr+%0r+/&N+%6./&%

Flow = We deeply practice something difficult at the edge of our ability with immersion and engagement.

“E-7!'"%-$ #pp%#r. #$ $&% b!(-0#r' b%$w%%- b!r%0!" #-0 #-8+%$', w&%- $&% /&#**%-)%. #r% 7(.$ b#*#-/%0 w+$& $&% p%r.!-'. /#p#/+$' $! #/$.” ~ M+&#*' C.+,9%-$"+&#*'+, #($&!r !f F*!w.

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING

MOMENTS OF FLOW?

#11. Limitations

“But out of limitations comes creativity.”―Debbie Allen

Creativity needs a framework or a structure to work within.

“Creativity is a spontaneous 5periment within a structured and limited framework.”

STRUCTURE+RULES+ LIMITATIONS + OUTLINES =

GOOD FOR

CREATIVITY

DO YOU HAVE RULES AND

LIMITATIONS THAT

DEFINE YOUR

CREATIVE PROCESS?

#12. Allowing

“If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.”―Pablo Picasso

Take a deep breath and gently apply the brakes to the thinking and judging mind. Replace thoughts of worry with the possibility of working with creative inspiration.

ALLOWDON’T WORRY...JUST

CREATE

ARE YOU ALLOWING YOUR CREATIVITY

TO

FLOURISH?

MAY THE CREATIVE SPARKS FLY!

THANK YOU!My name is Harish and I am deeply passionate in bringing

the best of Creativity, Behavioral Psychology and Science to you in

order to Creatively INSPIRE YOU!

I am a Creativity and Inspiration Coach, Writer and Teacher. Contact me if you need a burst of Creativity and Inspiration for you or your organization!

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