Be More Creative - The 5 Most Important Questions You Can Ask Yourself To Increase Your Creativity

Sometimes, the key to finding ways to be more creative and to help you increase your creativity is not about finding the right answers, the right techniques or the right secrets.

Sometimes, it’s about asking yourself the right questions.

A great question can help us unlock all kinds of different ways of thinking and new angles of approaching a problem we’ve never thought of before.

Most of us are very good at asking others these powerful questions. Those close to us, our friends, partners, families, colleagues.

A seemingly simple question can bring about a major shift in thinking.

This then leads to the creative juices kicking in and from nowhere all of a sudden all kinds of ideas and alternatives begin to develop.

Applying this to ourselves is usually a little harder though.

With someone else we have that distance, that objectivity that allows us to ask the right question at the right time.

With ourselves we can get so caught up in the thick of our dilemmas and issues we can’t see beyond them to come up with a new approach.

So here are 5 questions to give you a headstart.

In fact they’re quite possibly the 5 most important questions you can ask yourself to increase your creativity, both today and into the future.

Q1. Why do I create?

Often we spend time looking for different ways to create as well as trying to identify the things that stop us creating. This is great, but it’s only half the picture. If you ask yourself the true, deep level reason why you create at all, you’ll find a motivation that’s more powerful than anything you come up against.

Q2. What would my life be like if I couldn't create?

We all create more than we think we do, and are quick to dismiss acts of genuine “everyday creativity” as not real creating. Often unless we have an end product that we can call art, we don’t count it as creative. But imagine if you couldn’t create anything. Like you had a creativity-ectomy and had zero ability to create a single thought, idea or action. How would that be?

Q3. What would happen if I created everything I've ever wanted to?

Fear of failing is often a big creativity killer. But sometimes it’s the fear that we might SUCCEED that stops us even more. Think about what would happen if you created everything you wanted, to allay your fears about how it’d be, and to realise how amazing and positive an effect it would have on your life.

Q4. What stops me creating more than anything else?

The other side to Q1. What’s the REAL reason you don’t create more? Is it lack of time to finish a project or that you’re scared stiff about what might happen if you did? Unmask those fears and see them for what they really are. Then you can begin to face them head on and out in the open.

Q5. What 3 actions can I take TODAY to help me be more creative?

Thinking is essential and the four questions above will help you do plenty of that. But unless you then take action on what you’ve learnt about yourself and how and why you create, it means very little. So what 3 actions, however small steps they may be, can you take today, to help move your creativity forward and enable you to be more creative?

So there’s your 5 powerful questions.

If you ask them, and answer them, as honestly as you can, you’ll find a wealth of learning and ideas behind them to help you increase your creativity today and in the days, weeks and months to come.

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