Creativity And Perfectionism - A Marriage Made In Hell - Here's 7 Reasons To File For Divorce

Perfectionism is one of the biggest reasons why creative people don't reach their creative potential and become as creative as they know they can be.

Creativity and perfectionism are not just less than ideal partners, they’re more like a marriage made in hell.

Here are 7 unreasonable demands of perfectionism that show why your creativity should be filing for divorce and leaving it behind!

- Unreasonable Demand 1: You won’t produce amazing art at a moment’s notice. I expect you to be ready and able at the drop of a hat.

Reason to leave: Creativity can’t be turned on and off like a light switch. Yes you can become more creative, more often, but it’s unrealistic for anyone to be instantly creative on demand.

- Unreasonable Demand 2: You make far too many mistakes. In fact making any mistakes is wrong, you should get it right first time.

Reason to leave: We all make mistakes, it’s how we learn. Also, these “mistakes” often open a channel or trigger an idea you wouldn’t have otherwise thought of.

- Unreasonable Demand 3: You waste time just daydreaming when you should be hard at work creating.

Reason to leave: Daydreaming, letting your creative ideas mingle and develop in your mind is time very well spent. Creative ideas need to find their feet and grow naturally, they don’t just appear as perfectly formed finished projects.

- Unreasonable Demand 4: You’re inconsistent. Some of your work is much better than others. Why can’t you create brilliant stuff every time?

Reason to leave: Any artist who’s interested on their own development and growth will be inconsistent. To develop, you need to take risks, try different things. Some of these will work out better than others. It all adds to making you a better artist.

- Unreasonable Demand 5: You procrastinate. You should just pull yourself together and get going. What’s so hard about creating?

Reason to leave: There are many reasons why you might procrastinate. One of the biggest is often the fear of making a mistake or making a mess. Putting on extra pressure to be perfect just makes it harder!

- Unreasonable Demand 6: You change your mind all the time. You tell me you have a great new idea, then the next thing I know you’re working on something else.

Reason to leave: Ideas are the lifeblood of any creative artist. They come and go, some you’ll take and create wonderful art from, others won’t get developed. You’ll never have time to use every idea, just give your best to whatever you’re working on now.

- Unreasonable Demand 7: You’ve got far too many unfinished creative projects floating around. Just finish them!

Reason to leave: It’s OK to not finish every project. Sometimes you’ll come to a natural end and realise the project is not worth continuing with. Trust yourself that you’ll finish the ones that are most important to you.

Which of these unreasonable demands resonates most strongly with you?

What steps can you take, starting today, to separate yourself from the kind of perfectionism that so limits your creativity?

Act on at least one of these reasons today, and you’ll soon been wondering not only how your creativity got married to perfectionism, but how they ever thought it’s be good idea to get together at all!

There are many ways to be more creative and overcome some of the blocks to creativity such as perfectionism.

I invite you to take a positive step to increase your creativity today by downloading your free copy of the powerful and practical "Explode Your Creativity!" Action Workbook at http://www.CoachCreative.com

From Creativity Coach Dan Goodwin