Creativity can be a lonely road. You don’t have to walk it alone, though. Often your biggest resource for overcoming creativity block will be those you surround yourself with. These will be the ones who will challenge your ruts and give you the resources to get out of them.
Creativity is fun. When it stops being fun, you lose your edge. Prevent that from happening with this fun tip. Tip: keep an arsenal of fun around you. These are simple distractions that can make the brainstorming process a bit more fun.
Want to be funny? Unless you’re Dane Cook’s mother I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t. I ran across a formula for humor a few years back which has continually proven itself true. Since then, I’ve seen everything that makes me chuckle, giggle, or Smomn abides by this formula. So let’s get straight to it.
I’m pretty sure my UPS delivery guy is heading to Vegas tomorrow. His truck was rumbling my body two hours earlier than usual today. Have you ever noticed on a normal week you’re working constantly until the last hour of your workweek? Then a week comes around where you’ll be missing a couple days of…
I saw the most hilarious joke the other day on Twitter: Roses are #ff0000 Violets are #0000ff Unfortunately, if you aren’t involved in web coding or other computer-based graphic design…you didn’t get that one. Those codes are hexadecimal codes for red and blue. While I literally laughed out loud at this joke, I told this…
In your quest for creativity you will come across similar ideas. This can be extremely discouraging. You spend countless hours working through your thoughts and refining your idea, only to come across someone who is already working on something similar. Don’t fear this. In the creative world, there is room for similar ideas to survive.
Creativity tip today: Keep a notepad everywhere. Especially in places prone to creativity. The spots I get the most ideas at are in bed, showering, and mowing the lawn. I often get such great ideas, and am able to fully form them and package them (especially in the shower)…but by the time I get to…
You will have a ton of bad ideas in your lifetime. The natural inclination will be to discard them. Don’t be so quick to throw them away, though. A bad idea is often just a good idea out of context. Unless it’s an inherently bad idea like a glass hammer…it usually just needs some tweaking,…