Entries Tagged as 'creativity'

Young Man - Have A Go!

The brash confidence of youth emerges in each successive generation, creating young entrepreneurs who push the boundaries and set new standards for the rest of us. Not all young people are go-getters, and many shrink in the face of challenges, but the combined energies of today’s youth forms a vital resource for us all.

This is not a new phenomenon. Famous names such as Alexander the Great of Greece and Sir Cecil Rhodes of southern Africa are among the many men and women of history who achieved phenomenal success and influence at a young age.

3 Easy Steps To Think Creatively Within The Box

Mention creativity or creative thinking and inevitably someone says it’s all about
thinking outside the box. This is true to a certain degree. Creativity encompasses
the ability to look beyond our perspective and shift away from existing paradigm.
However in reality this is harder than we think. It is not always that we have the
capability or the capacity to think outside the box. Sometimes we need the box.
The question we need to ask is what does this box represent?

What Is Creativity?

Thomas Edison, “Creativity is 99% perspiration and one percent inspiration.” You notice there is a reference to actual work in there. A lot of people have a mistaken idea of what creativity is. People assume an artist is creative because they are an artist and because of the subject area that they are interested in, and that’s not true! People view artists as creative because they are in the habit of being creative, but it’s not their subject area that makes them creative. The shift that people need to make is that it’s not what you think, it’s how you think.

You Have The Creative Power Of A Genius - How To Be A Creative Problem Solver In 5 Easy Steps

Many of us learned something different from our family, school and friends. Creativity is not the same as intelligence (IQ). You do not need a college degree. You are not too young or too old. As a matter of fact, your brain can improve with age as long as you use it! The great thing about pursuing creative endeavors is that it keeps your mind from thinking negative, unproductive thoughts.

How to be a Creative Problem Solver in 5 Easy Steps:

Creative Pathways - How To Find And Follow The Creative Pathways Right For You

We all have a series of pathways running throughout our lives.

Each time we have a choice to make, whether it’s what to eat for breakfast, which house to live in or anything else, we’re in effect making a decision to take one pathway over another.

Sometimes when we’re in the midst of these kind of decision moments it’s difficult to keep everything in perspective and not get overwhelmed. OK so that’s not likely to happen so much at the breakfast table, we’re talking here about the larger decisions.

On Copyrights - The Creative Experience And Graphic Designers

There he is - the young art student - in the corner, sporting a slouch, worn blue jeans and a faded ironic t-shirt, standing in front of the canvases he submitted for this month’s class show; large, blue, sci-fi landscapes, which, from a distance, are beautiful. They look like heavenly, undulating space-scapes of sky and stars.