January 7, 2010 tip o' the day

Creative Confidence--Everyone is creative whether they believe they are or not.The key to using that creativity is believing and having the confidence that you are creative.Right now just say it aloud to yourself- " I am creative"
To really utilize and exercise your creative self you really must be willing to take chances and build that confidence. The only way to do that is to try.Let's say you always wanted to write a screenplay and everytime you see a movie or  pay attention to who won best screenplay  you are reminded of that desire.The thing is you will never do it if you don't try and you will always have that feeling of regret and longing unless you do try.Start with taking a class or by checking a book out from the library on writing screenplays.They have excellent tips on how to get started.AND what they will all tell you is that you need to write no matter what, even if it doesn't make it into your screenplay, just write becuase you have to keep that part of your brain working. And this example works for everything from cooking to knitting to even planning out creative ways to sell something or creative ways to motivate your work team. If you don't experiment and take chances you will never build your confidence, and don't think that if something doesn't work out that it is bad, it is just one more thing you can cross off and you can alwasy try again or just try a different way or try something completely new.And understand that everyone has to start at the beginning at some point.That master knitter making ellaborate sweaters and socks didn't just start making those first time, they had too start with learning basic knitting first just like you. So no matter what your endeavor is go into it with confidence and know that every time you try something or learn something new that your are taking positive steps toward your creative desires.