{"id":4489,"date":"2013-07-11T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T16:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2013-07-12T11:05:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T15:05:48","slug":"do-you-want-to-be-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2013\/07\/do-you-want-to-be-creative.html","title":{"rendered":"Do You Want to Be Creative?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"David<\/a>How creative are you? How creative would you like to be? Sometimes there\u2019s a gap between the two.\u00a0 In my post, You CAN Do What You Couldn\u2019t<\/strong><\/a>, I tell how my kindergarten teacher made fun of my paintings and told me I had no creative talent. That haunted me for years. I became a closet artist, not wanting anyone to see what I made since I thought I was terrible. Incidents like that can dampen your creativity. The good news is that you can connect with yours, no matter what happened in the past.<\/p>\n

I do artwork all the time now and am definitely considered a creative person. You can be too! I\u2019m happy to have David B. Goldstein<\/a>,<\/strong> a management consultant; specializing in creativity and innovation, as my guest today. David is\u00a0 also a researcher, artist, speaker, and author of Creative You: Using Your Personality Type To Thrive<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finding the Creative You<\/strong>
\nby David B. Goldstein<\/a><\/strong>
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At some point in early in your life, has a parent, teacher, friend, or total stranger said something to you that discouraged you from thinking of yourself as creative? If so, you are not alone. A recent study from Adobe found that only 1 in 4 people believe they are living up to their creative potential even though 8 out of 10 people feel that unlocking creativity is critical to economic development.<\/p>\n

I did my own informal study at my son\u2019s preschool and found 10 out of 10 four-year olds think of themselves as creative. They see themselves as actors, dancers, chefs, painters, architects \u2013 they are explorers and creative story tellers and they write their own songs \u2013 so why does our confidence to be creative seem to vanish before we become adults? Why is it so difficult for us to hold onto our creativity as we are taught to fit into society? How can we get our creative confidence back?\"Creative<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, I have reclaimed my creative confidence. I\u2019ve recently completed a commission for the Pan American Health Organization to produce a painting as their symbol for World Health Day, and I was invited to speak to a worldwide audience about health and human rights.\u00a0 Now, as a writer, painter, and speaker I see myself as creative; however it wasn\u2019t always like this.<\/p>\n

While being busy with life, being a student and an entrepreneur, I didn\u2019t have much time for doing any of the creative activities from my childhood and after many years away from the arts; I made a resolution to get back to painting. It wasn\u2019t easy following through with my goal as I took one watercolor class after another – trying teacher after teacher with each instructor showing how to paint their way -but it wasn\u2019t my way. The mismatch was discouraging and the many voices, directions, and criticisms were causing me to feel uncreative.<\/p>\n

The way I\u2019ve learned to gain confidence to be creative was to discover a connection between our natural creative style and our personality type and this is what I\u2019ve spent years researching with bestselling\u00a0 author and personality type expert Otto Kroeger. We found there are many different ways of being creative. For example creativity can be planned or spontaneous, it could be big picture and conceptual or it could be incremental and practical. We all have different preferences and we all can be creative in our own ways. Instead of making the mistake of some of my art teachers and showing you our ways to be creative, our aim is to help you find your way!<\/p>\n

As we go through life, it\u2019s so much easier when we just fit in, go with the flow, and follow the leader but in order to thrive today it\u2019s our uniqueness that becomes our greatest strengths. If you\u2019re experimenting with some new ingredients while cooking a meal for friends, wearing a new outfit you pieced together, or presenting a new proposal to your boss, you are doing something different and you are being creative – and creativity takes courage. So where do you get the courage?\u00a0 Just like the lion in the wizard of oz, you get your courage from being who you are and by believing in yourself.\u00a0 Those early critics in our lives were wrong, we are creative!
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\nCheck out David B. Goldstein<\/strong>‘s new book, Creative You: Using Your Personality Type To Thrive<\/strong><\/a> if you want to tap into and increase your creativity.
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Join the Self-Love Movement\u2122<\/strong><\/a>! Take the 31 Days of Self-Love Commitment<\/strong><\/a> and get my book, How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways<\/a><\/strong> for free at http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com<\/a><\/strong>. Read my 2013 31 Days of Self-Love Posts HERE<\/strong><\/a>. Join the Self-Love Movement\u2122<\/strong><\/a>! on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please leave comments under my posts so we can stay connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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