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What Innovation Can Do to Your Life
It's a talent that everyone has, but they think they do not. The power of innovation. If you have ever marveled creative prowess of someone, guess what, you can create and innovate too. It just takes time. Everyone is born creative. The kindergarten crayon box are 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? It's the same with innovation. It takes a little practice and a lot of time before this mind function comes easily when called. This article will teach you some tips on how to bring innovation into your life.
Do not listen to what others say. Follow the beat of your own drum. Allowing the entry of other people will only bring cacophony to the music you are trying to do. If you have an original idea, do not waste your time and effort trying to make people understand. They do not go. 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 living in the Middle Ages.
Spend time on it. I can not stress this point, though, 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. To take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send all those endorphins running through your veins. Exercising certainly clears and relaxes your mind and allows for anything to appear.
Write down your dreams. Are not some of them just the craziest things that your conscious mind would have ever thought? If you've had these dreams before, and I'm sure have, this only shows you the untapped innovative power you have lying within. Then write these 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 paper. 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 thought. This will allow people to see how an asset that you are valuable.
Do not hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You do not need the most expensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. Similarly with writing. You do not need some expensive pen and very smooth paper for a bestseller. In fact, J. K. Rowling wrote the first book of the Harry Potter series of fabric scraps. So what if you have an expensive SLR camera if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares if you have a laptop blinging if you can not write at all? The artist actually reduces the number of tools available as there are still better at his craft: he knows what works and what does not.
Nothing will work without passion. You wake up in the morning? What keeps the flame? What is the one thing that you'll die if you do not do? Sometimes people with talent are overtaken by the people who want more. Think the hare and the tortoise. Ellen Degeneres said if you do not do something you want to do, then you do not really want to. 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.
Do not worry about inspiration. You can not force; inspiration strikes when you least expect it, for those unpredictable yet inevitable moments you should prepare. An idea could strike you on the subway, but alas, poor unfortunate soul; you have no sheet of paper to scribble an idea that could change the world. Avoid these disasters. Have a pen and paper at your arm at all times.
I hope this article has helped you bring more innovation into your life. Keep in mind that you do these things for your own satisfaction and not someone else. But soon enough they will notice, and everything should snowball from there.
