Creativity finds its most expressive outlet during the act of brainstorming. The successful brainstormer bypasses the need to come up with the one “right” answer.
Brainstormers are not concerned with what others think of their ideas. Silly, wacky, or even “dumb”, it just doesn’t matter. They know that slapping a label on their ideas would only serve to shut down their creative flow. Brainstormers are fearless.
Judging the relative merits of the ideas is a task for later. They understand that deeply and anchors himself firmly in the present moment. A brainstormer’s priority is quantity, not necessarily quality of ideas.
Have you convinced yourself that this is not a state of mind which you will ever be able to achieve? Well, as Henry Ford, once said, “whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right.”
Try letting your “craziest” ideas out into the light of day. You don’t need to tell anyone about them if you don’t feel comfortable doing so. Simply write them down.
The awesome thing is that after you do this exercise a couple of times, you’ll experience a feeling of liberation, of freedom, and of surge of inner strength. And once this happens, there’s no going back. You’ll be hooked on your own inherent power of creativity.
Ideas CAN change your life if you want it. Start letting them out of your head today. And remember…the more, the better.