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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. Nico says:
    November 2, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    I could make an image of everthing i see….ahd share it wit the rest of the world

  2. Dan says:
    November 2, 2010 at 11:02 am

    If I was more comfortable with me.

  3. Lewerish says:
    November 2, 2010 at 10:26 am

    If I had people to be creative with.

  4. Kati says:
    June 13, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    I’d be more creative if I stopped comparing myself to other people.

  5. jlmiller says:
    June 8, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    … if I could rid myself of the money worries and think more outside the box.

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