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]
…I had more confidence in myself.
if I had parents that appreciated nevermind encouraged creativity :-/
I’d be more creative if I didn’t get fall for the distractions (Things I’ll use to procrastinate) that fear puts in front of me.
It sounds like such a bogus excuse…
That “small voice” is what Seth Godin calls the Lizard Brain.
Trying to ignore it but it has been talking to me for so many years…
I’d be more creative if I had time to practice being creative