It's a talent that everyone has,
yet they think they don't. The power of innovation. If you've ever marvelled at
somebody's creative prowess, guess what, you can create and innovate too. It
just takes time. Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons in kindergarten
were not limited to those who possessed potential; because the truth is,
everybody has potential.
You know how long it took to
learn to ride a bike or drive or to never commit the same mistake again? It's
the same with innovation. It takes a bit
of practice and a lot of time before
this mind function comes easily when called. This article will teach you a
few tips on how to bring innovation into your life.
Don't listen to what other people
say. Follow the beat of your own drum. Allowing for the input of other people
will only bring cacophony to the music you are trying to make. If you have an
original idea, don't waste your time and effort trying to make people
understand. They won't. And the help you will probably get comes in the form of
negative feedback. If all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would
probably still be living in the middle ages.
Spend time on it. I cannot stress
that enough, although, please do not mistake this tip to tell you to quit your
day job entirely. Do not. This involves some tricky time management but with a
little discipline you'll be able to squeeze both in.
Exercise. Take a walk. Run a mile
or two. Send all those endorphins coursing through your veins. Exercising
certainly clears and relaxes your mind and allows for anything to pop up.
Record your dreams. Aren't some
of them just the craziest things that your conscious mind would never have
thought of? If you've had these dreams before, and I'm sure have, this only
shows you the untapped innovative power you have lying within. So jot down
those notes. Those dreams may just create an innovative spark in you.
Find your own style. You can
always tell a Van Gogh from a Matisse. You'll know Hemingway wrote something by
the choice of words on the paper. So it is the same with you. People will
appreciate your innovation more because it is uniquely yours and that no one
else would have thought of what you were thinking. That will let people see how
valuable an asset you are.
Don't hide behind nifty gadgets
or tools. You don't need the most expensive set of paints to produce a
masterpiece. The same way with writing. You don't need some expensive fountain
pen and really smooth paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the
first book of the Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue. So what if you've got
an expensive SLR camera if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares if you've
got a blinging laptop if you can't write at all? The artist actually reduces
the number of tools he has as he gets better at his craft: he knows what works
and what doesn't.
Nothing will work without
passion. What wakes you up in the mornings? What keeps the flame burning? What
is the one thing that you'll die if you don't do? Sometimes people with talent
are overtaken by the people who want it more. Think the hare and the tortoise.
Ellen Degeneres once said that if you're not doing something that you want to
do, then you don't really want to do it. And that's true. Sometimes you just
want something so bad you become a virtual unstoppable. And that is passion.
Passion will keep you going.
Don't worry about inspiration.
You can't force it; inspiration hits when you least expect it to, for those
unpredictable yet inevitable moments you should prepare. An idea could strike
you on the subway, yet alas, you poor unfortunate soul; you have no sheet of
paper to scribble down a thought that could change the world. Avoid these
disasters. Have a pen and paper within your arm's reach at all times.
I hope this article has helped
you bring more innovation into your life. Keep in mind that you're doing these
things for your own satisfaction and not anybody else's. But soon enough they
will notice, and everything should snowball from there.
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