164: Not Creative? Think again - a podcast by Jason W. Womack MEd, MA

One of our upcoming “Momentum Themes” over at www.GetMomentum.co is going to be Innovation.

It’s one of those topics that is taking over the medium to large-sized organizations I am working with these days. They are looking to be more creative with the products they offer, the services they provide, the training programs they schedule… just about everything is being touched by needing to be more imaginative and innovative.

In this episode, I want to share a couple of things I’ve learned about the creative process. You’ll notice as you’re listening that I DID record this podcast episode a bit ahead of time. You see, every now and again, being innovative means that you look forward and anticipate what’s coming, and get ready to experience that fully.

You are creating every day. You’re bringing to mind the good, the bad, and the ugly. Even if you think you’re NOT creative, you had to create…to think that. Really, when you look around and see, hear and feel what you experience. When you’re in a social situation, come to present. Really be “there,” right where you are, and notice what you can. You might look someone directly in the eye for an extra 10 seconds while you talk to them (easy to make eye contact when you’re LISTENING, harder when you’re talking; try it out), you might ignore a side conversation while you’re listening to the person in front of you, or you might resist the urge to jump in to a conversation and cut someone off.

Whatever it is, you can practice being present and you’ll start to think of things that you may not have thought of before.

So…I’d like to invite you to one of my FAVORITE “how-to-be-more-creative” activities of all time. In less than 3 minutes you can practice being creative. Oh, and you just might earn $5,000 within a few months. Ready?

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