Greater Creativity Articles

1). Creative Focus: You Always Get What You Focus On… So Focus On What You Really Want! By : Dan Goodwin
What do you focus on and spend most of your time thinking about? The things you want in your life? Or the things you don't want? Whatever it is you focus on, that's what you'll find will appear in your life. When we focus on negative things, or things we definitely want to avoid in our life, often it's these very things that appear just at the worst possible moment.
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2). Creating A Life That’s Right For You: Are You Living By Design or Default? By : Dan Goodwin
We all have many different areas and elements that together make up our lives. But are the ones that make up your life right now there by design or default? Read the following two statements and notice which best describes how you are and how your life unfolds - a) I have a clear vision and plan of how I want my life to be. I create and seek out the opportunities I need to bring me closer to this ideal life.
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3). Creativity and Confidence: How To Supercharge Your Self-Confidence Using Your Natural Creativity By : Dan Goodwin
Great self-confidence is something that everyone can benefit from developing. Why is it that when the lives of two friends or colleagues of similar backgrounds, education, age, and ability are compared, we often see that one has achieved great things in all aspects of their lives with seemingly very little effort or restriction, whilst the other has.
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4). Supercharge Your Creativity: The 5 Power Questions to Ask Yourself By : Dan Goodwin
Questions are one of the most powerful tools we have available to us. A great open-ended question can be the key to unlocking a whole undiscovered thread of ideas, reaching a fresh new insight on an old familiar issue, and understanding some part of ourselves and our creativity in a different way. Here are 5 “Power Questions” to ask yourself to illuminate the inner workings of your creativity, and as a result give you a new level of awareness and surge of motivation.
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5). Creating to Connect – How ALL Creativity is About Communicating By : Dan Goodwin
Living a creative life is often very closely connected with our feelings and emotions. It is no coincidence that those of us who are creative also tend to share traits of being emotional, sensitive, and good at communicating with others. To be able to use creativity as a means of connecting with other people then, it’s essential to be able to tap into our own deep feelings and experiences within, and then convey them in an articulate way to our intended audience.
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6). Creative Day Jobs: How to Support Yourself While Pursuing Your Creativity By : Dan Goodwin
There are few creative people who are able to pursue their artistic and creative talents whilst earning a reasonable income from just them exclusively. Often the creative work that is most original, most challenging and pioneering, is, due to its nature, without precedent and so not immediately accepted or sought after anyway. How many great painters.
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7). Increase Creativity: 5 Ways to Shine a Little Sunshine and Watch Your Creativity Flourish! By : Dan Goodwin
When it comes to being creative, we all know the feelings of being tired, uninspired and “not in the mood” to get down to creating. Sometimes we can easily overcome these kind of feelings. The motivation to create, and the positive effects we know we’ll produce by being creative, are greater than the negative feelings holding us back, and so we simply get on with it.
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8). The Power of Cumulative Creativity - 5 Compelling Benefits of Creating a Little Each Day. By : Dan Goodwin
One of the most common perceptions of non-artists about how creative people work is that seized by inspiration at the most unlikely times, they rush to their notebook, easel or computer and create furiously for hours until they’re burnt out, exhausted and unable to create anymore. Then, after suffering an unpredictable and turbulent period of some form of creative block, suddenly the next day/ week/ month/ year their inspiration grips them once more and they again create manically.
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9). Creativity Killers! 7 Sure-Fire Ways to Kill Your Creativity - And How to Avoid Them... By : Dan Goodwin
There are many ways we can kill our creativity and severely limit our ability to naturally create the projects we have the talent and desire for. Here, in no particular order, are 7 of the most common Creativity Killers, and how we can avoid and overcome them: Creativity Killer No 1 - Expect too much from yourself. Berate yourself for not creating a masterpiece comparable to Michaelangelo’s Cistine Chapel each time you pick up a paintbrush.
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10). Give Yourself a Cuddle! – Self Care Techniques for the Creative By : Dan Goodwin
As creative people, it can often feel a struggle to remain focused, inspired and on track, whether on a particular creative project, or in our lives in general. We can gather support from those around us - friends, family, peers, mentors, coaches – and this in itself can of course be hugely valuable. But there’s another additional source of support and encouragement we can always call upon, and one that most of us find all too easy to overlook.
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