What is Creativity?

“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” – Einstein

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Creativity.

What is it? And how do you know if you’ve got it?

It seems we’ve drawn a somewhat murky line in the sand when it comes to what constitutes creativity and what doesn’t.

In this video, I dive into the elusive nature of Creativity, breaking it down and proving that it’s not as elusive as we like to think.

 

Creativity is what happens when you embrace your natural childlike curiosity and ditch your developed need to act like an “adult” and always do things “right”.

Let me break it down for you because it really is as simple as a first grade math equation:

Add childhood sense of wonder, subtract grown up fear of failure and you’re back to the core: you.

That’s right, you are creative.

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A Brief Insight on Compliments

A compliment is a gift.

If you question it, you may give cause for the Offeror to take it back.

American Values

American Values:

Get all you can.
Can all you get.
Then sit on your can.

– J.D. Greer

Laugh, Sing, Dance

Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration, or healing: We are not alone.

-Brene Brown

Joy

“Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments- often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we’re too busy chasing down extraordinary moments. Other times we’re so afraid of the dark that we don’t dare let ourselves enjoy the light.

A joyful life is not a floodlight of joy. That would eventually become unbearable.

I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude, inspiration, and faith.”

-Brene Brown

Stand Your Sacred Ground

There is something deeply spiritual about standing your ground; not getting small in order to make other people feel comfortable, or throwing up defenses in order to protect ourselves.

There is something sacred about honoring our truth. When faced with vulnerable situations, I try to remind myself of this: “Don’t shrink. And don’t puff up. Stand your sacred ground.”

Our Personal Warning Label

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“I think we should be born with a warning label similar to the ones that come on cigarette packages:

Caution: If you trade in your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.

– Brene Brown

Joy vs Happiness

“Joy seems to me a step beyond happiness. Happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you’re lucky. Joy is a light that fills you with hope and faith and love.” -Adela Rogers St. Johns

The opposite of joy is not sadness, it’s fear.

Forget Not…

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
-Khalil Gibran
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Moments

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Try to hold on to moments and they slip through your fingers like sand. Only when we let go can we fully experience them.