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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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  3. Nick O says:
    May 20, 2010 at 8:59 pm

    I’d be more creative if I took a chance, dropped everything and went for it

  4. James B. says:
    May 20, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    I’d be more creative if I wasn’t too afraid to ask others for help.

  5. Daniel Solorio says:
    May 20, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    …if had more courage to do what I want to do, and be fearless of leaving the dock.

    …if I were giving the extra effort and go farther than I usually do.

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