If only you had more time, you’d be able to be so much more creative. Right? Actually, having too much time can be more crippling to being creative than not having enough. The thought of having a whole morning, or a whole day, completely yours, completely free to create to [...] Read more »
Why Your Creativity Is An Fundamental Bare Essential Not A Luxury Optional Extra
Creativity and being creative is often seen as something that happens, an act, an event. To be creative means you’re writing a book, or painting a landscape, or shooting a film, or carving a sculpture. What happens when we view creating as just an isolated event like this, is that [...] Read more »
Oh Procrastination You Devious Little Minx
Procrastination is not always as straightforward as we might think. It doesn’t always manifest itself in the most obvious ways. Sometimes it comes in disguise. And that it is precisely why it’s so dangerous. When you add to this the fact that as creative people, obviously we’re capable of being [...] Read more »
Your Inner Critic Is A Balding Overweight Old Man Called Bob
We all have within us what’s commonly referred to as our Inner Critic. It’s that voice that constantly puts us down, belittles our efforts to do anything meaningful, and constantly tries to sabotage our happiness. Our inner critic can be devious, destructive, cruel and stab us where it hurts most, [...] Read more »
Do You Even Know Your Name?
Asking you if you know your name might seem a strange question. Of course you do, you’ve known it your whole life! But what I mean is not just about knowing the name other people know you by. I mean do you really know your name? Do you know who [...] Read more »
Go And Get UnStuffed
Most of us are surrounded by “stuff”, the physical possessions we own. In a recent post I wrote about The Comfort, The Promise and The Hope Of “Things” and suggested that it wasn’t actually our “stuff” that makes us feel happier, but the feelings we think consuming and owning this [...] Read more »
How To Create For A Whole Day In Two Hours Or Less
Though many of us complain we don’t have enough time to create, the reality is, if you were given a whole day free, or even half a day, would you actually spend it in a full flow non stop gushing outpouring of creativity? Or would you have to first make [...] Read more »