Creative simply means having the ability to create. How would you boost your creativity?
1. Remember your ideas are special in some ways. Ignore what people say
There are no stupid ideas, only ideas that cannot work. Often enough, even ideas that are considered as not practical in reality will somehow work when the time is right in the future. There are only stupid people commenting on an unique or out of the kind idea without any basis. The more original your idea is, the more criticisms it will attract. We are too afraid of being tagged with “unrealistic”. Go ahead and let your imagination run wild, have faith with the ideas you have.
2. Put the hours in
Brainstorming session is a perfect example to promote creativity. Participants spend time drilling to get new ideas and no one is allowed to criticize during brainstorming session. You don’t have to spend 4 hours a day to get new ideas. Get a quiet place, let the wheels in your brain start turning and concentrate for a short period of time. Do this consistently and you will be amazed by the capabilities of your brain.
3. Creativity does not mean something life transforming
You don’t have to be able to come out with the next google phenomenon to be branded as creative. A new idea don’t have to be big, it just have to change the way people do things. Using a fork next morning to drink your coffee might just be as creative!
4. Criticism cannot be avoided. Make it a part of your life
One of the most valuable lesson in my life is the ability to take criticism. People like to criticize more than supporting a new idea. Take constructive criticism as a tool to refine your idea, hey at least they are doing you a favor. A good idea will eventually proof itself of its worth. We don’t need someone else to judge how good our ideas are.
5. Use internet wisely.
Internet has become a very expensive tool to be ignored. There are so many new ideas floating around the internet just waiting to be noticed. Don’t limit on the type of sites you surf. Dig deeper into the internet and you will find inspiration. Furthermore, if you have a new idea, discuss it in the internet forum with a virtual identity. You will often get some honest feedbacks on how to improve on your idea.
Remember during your kindergarden days, your teacher will give you a box of crayon to draw on? Don’t you still laugh at those drawings that you sketched? They are only crayons. You didn’t fear them in kindergarten, why fear them now?
Posted in Personal Development
it sounds so much like TCC- the Courage to Create, 
to face up to challenges and criticize. but then again, when someone really scold us very fiercely in the face can be kinda scary. 
