when I
first woke up this morning I thought about this . The image here is what creativity looks
like.
In the center is a problem, or issue, or topic, whatever you want to
imagine there. It can be something you need to do at work, or your
relationship with a best friend, or a goal you want to reach this year.
The outer points are the possible solutions, or answers, or outcomes.
For every problem or topic we have, there are a seemingly infinite
number of solutions and answers. Creativity is connecting the problem to
the solutions, and the outcome of any creative endeavor always
includes more than one connection.
Your goal is to seek out those connections. They exist, they are out
there, you simply have to look for them. That’s what creatives, artists,
entrepreneurs, teachers, managers, and brilliant thinkers do: find the
connections. It’s easy on the cover.
Of course, the same tool we use to find those solutions is the same
tool that tends to get in our way, to convince us that we can’t do it or
that an answer is too crazy or too boring to work. Even when they’re not.
The trick, I think, is to embrace the boring and crazy and unknown,
and focus on finding as many connections as you can until you find one
that you just can’t say no to. That’s where you’ll find success.
