July 2008
10 posts
The number one trick to being creative.
Being creative isn’t easy for everyone.
If you haven’t been training yourself to be creative for most of your life, chances are that thinking up new ideas is more of a chore than fun for you. And rightfully so.
Without the right techniques, and without the proper training, you may even be convinced that you just aren’t creative.
But if you think you aren’t very...
Motivation Monday: Mike Tyson's abandoned mansion.
Searching for creative motivation or inspiration? Each Monday you can find all of the creative insight you need right here at Creative Something, with “Motivation Monday”.
A home is where creativity can be expressed through decor and zen-like arrangement of that decor. For retired American boxer Mike Tyson, creativity doesn’t completely describe what to do with a home.
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Do you believe in these creativity myths?
Creativity and the people involved in creative professions are often misunderstood. In-fact: if you aren’t working in a creative industry, you probably have some delusions about creativity and don’t even know it.
The problem with believing in myths about creativity is that anyone who believes in the myths are hindering their own creativity! If you believe in a creativity myth, you...
Visualize your way to being creative.
If you want to be creative, all you have to do is visualize yourself being more creative.
Really, it’s that easy.
Brilliant author, and psychology professor, Ian Robertson, discovered that visualizing an outcome can physically reprogram the neural circuitry of the brain. Countless studies done by Robertson at Trinity College in Dublin have concluded that visualization not only changes...
Motivation Monday: A fresh look at creative ideas.
Searching for creative motivation or inspiration? Each Monday you can find all of the creative insight you need right here at Creative Something, with “Motivation Monday”.
The local shopping center is full of fluff, and I bet yours is too. Aisle after aisle of typical products that seem to “do the job” and nothing more. The world we have created for ourselves is full of products...
Readers ask, how to get creatively motivated?
Creative Something reader Ash recently wrote in to ask: “When I was younger I was very motivated (creatively). But ever since entering college I feel like my creativity has dwindled down. What can I do to get motivated again?”
Losing creative motivation is a tough situation to be in, because it means that you are not only being uncreative, you are most likely being unproductive as well.
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Motivation Monday: New Harley-Davidson Museum
Searching for creative motivation or inspiration? Each Monday you can find all of the creative insight you need right here at Creative Something, with “Motivation Monday”.
Thousands of motorcycles roared into Milwaukee, Wisconsin this past weekend for the grand opening of the new, $75 million, 130,000-square-foot Harley-Davidson Museum designed by world-famous agency Pentagram.
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Think your creativity can grow, and it will.
Can your attitude really impact your creative growth? According to new research: attitude is everything.
As The New York Times Online recently published, your attitude and mindset can affect your creative potential dramatically. In-fact: only people who feel like they can grow (creatively) ever do.
As the NYT article begins: “Why do some people reach their creative potential in business...
Say hello to the new Creative Something!
There are a few big changes going on here at Creative Something.
From a (slightly) new design, to a new creativity consulting offer, over the next few weeks Creative Something is going to take on a few new features in order to help you, the reader, even more.
While the changes to the site are fairly minor, the new design is easier to navigate and incorporates new features that you will find...
Motivation Monday: Drawing a concept shoe in just...
Searching for creative motivation or inspiration? Each Monday you can find all of the creative insight you need right here at Creative Something, with “Motivation Monday”.
If you were to name three shoe companies off the top of your head, Converse will - most likely - be one of them.
Since 1908 Converse has been designing and producing shoes that have revolutionized the...