It’s hard to dance in tight jeans.
It’s hard to be creative in a tight mind.
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Imagine that your life is a playground,
not a proving ground!
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Instead of thinking of yourself as a melodrama,
imagine that you’re a comic book.
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Since social life is primarily sales work, why not
become a creative product others will find
interesting, useful, and fun?
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When you feel yourself trying too hard,
put a little smile on your face,
relax a bit, and then get
back into action.
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Silly giggles will quickly loosen the
screws in the tightest mind.
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What you don’t start,
you will never finish.
Get started today!
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If you keep your playful mind in gear,
it will get you to your destination.
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What creative gifts could you
adopt from your favorite pet?
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Imagine that you have the power of a bulldozer
to clear away any obstacles in your path.
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Where you feel confined,
think “expand” or “escape.”
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Risk is the where the adventure of creativity begins.
Take risks to discover new possibilities.
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Add a big window to your mind.
How will that simple alteration expand
what you can see as creative possibilities?
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Inspiration is the spark you make
to get your creative fire going.
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Don’t wait for inspiration to appear.
Create it!
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Imagine that you are an artist with a full
palette of colors who can’t wait to get started.
Imagine that you are the colors longing to be used.
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Imagine that your mind is a children’s story book,
a runaway train, a flashing light, or an empty can?
What creative ideas would those images inspire?
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Everyone’s mind is a library open to visitors.
Whose mind will you visit to inspire more creativity?
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What can a physicist learn from a clown about black holes?
What can a clown learn from a physicist about clowning?
Imagine what you would learn from a clown
and a physicist about creativity?
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Having fun adds bubbles to life.
Having bubbles adds creativity to life.
What’s the point? Have fun while you’re creating.
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Imagine that you had no imagination.
If you had no imagination, how could you have imagined that?
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What if every time you heard a thought say ‘Stop’
while you were in the process of creating,you laughed and then said ‘Go’?
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When receiving criticism,imagine that you are a gigantic ear without emotions.
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When you ask creative questions, you get creative answers.What’s a creative question you can ask right now?
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Try whining when you have a smile on your face.Try smiling when you have a whine in my mind.
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Sweat is the oil of creative accomplishments.
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You’ve heard the expression
“Life is like a bowl of cherries,”
but what if it were like a banana?
Hi,
Thanks for a great collection of inspiring words. Just a quick comment about the first sentence:
“It’s hard to dance in tight jeans.
It’s hard to be creative in a tight mind.”.
I believe that a “tight” mind is sometimes necessary for creativity:constrains don’t stop us from being creative. They are the engine that pushes us into creativity.
You can read more about this approach at SIT’s (AKA Systematic Inventive Thinking) blog at http://www.sitsite.com/blog
Ciao,
M