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I’d Be More Creative If…

Allen Ruppersberg why do we fail

Even at our most creative moments, we could go further if it were not for that little voice inside our head.

And that little voice puts up roadblocks. Sometimes those roadblocks are real, but more often those roadblocks are completely constructed from nothing but irrational fear or the most basic of actions. Perhaps knowing that other people share many of the same silly roadblocks–and even knowing what some of them are–will help us all move through them.


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So today’s post is simple. Let’s put it out there. Just complete the sentence “I’d be more creative if…”

I’ll start us off. I’d be more creative if I more regularly created the quietness in my life that creativity requires.

Now it’s your turn.

[Why Do We Fail poster by Allen Ruppersberg]

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  1. Pam Stucky says:
    April 19, 2021 at 12:20 pm

    … if I committed more often to settling into the uncomfortable 5-10 minutes of unsettled mind you have to wade through before the real creative thinking can happen.

  2. Daniel Goldschmidt says:
    May 1, 2014 at 6:23 am

    1 if I stopped taking advice

    2 spend more time in nature

  3. Curtis says:
    April 30, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    …if I’d just get out of my own way. Sometimes it’s just about being simply creative, not more. Number one culprit is distractions…or is it desire? Story of my life in a nut shell.

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