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ACCEPT
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. âJoseph Chilton Pearce
Accept who you are and the people in your group when doing group creativity. Remind yourself that you areâenough,â and you bring great value to the process. There is no perfect time and there is no precise moment that you will finally have all of the research, preparation, knowledge, and experience you desire, so stop waiting and dive right inânow. As we shared in the previous chapter about the
Creativity Crisis
, one of the best things you can do to reframe your mindset about your capacity for creativity is to remove your ego from the process by remembering that creativity is a process in which you participate and contribute to, yet from a humble place rather than from an egocentric âit all comes from within meâ arrogance.
Remember too that your fear of being wrong is a surefire way to kill your creativity. Suspend your need to jump to conclusion or solution. To this end, Sir Anthony Hopkins, while answering questions during his second visit to
Inside the Actorâs Studio
(original airdate 10-15-2007), shared the following after discussing the importance of keeping the creative process of acting in perspective relative to the rest of the world, and getting your ego out of your acting so your best work is possible.
None of this is important. The other cynical thing I will tell you which is shocking. If none of us ever acted again in a film, the world would not come to a stop. If I never went on stage or made a film again. So on. Who cares. And thatâs a great freedom to know that. I just take it easy and think about whatâs to be will be. Iâve got this thing that helps me, Today is the tomorrow I was so worried about yesterday. Sothink your best. Unfold. Let go. If you want it, it will happen. Just surrender. Because it has nothing to do with you.
Of course Sir Anthony Hopkins acknowledged this was true before he was a famous actor, as well to counter the criticism that âThis was easy for him because he was so successful already,â and he emphasized that you must work hard and keep honing your craft, or as Morgan Freeman once said, âYou have to keep working, dancing, keep your feet moving.â
So remember to release your need for perfection (Release Step), and accept your humanness. Be humble about your approach to the creative process if for no other reason than to reduce your stress or anxiety from any feelings of performance anxiety or negative self-talk.
Be accepting to the potential of the creative process, the fact that it may take a few meetings over time, and the reality that you will never have the perfect team. When working in groups, be sure to touch base with each participant as soon as possible from the beginning and listen for their level of buy-in to the process and its intended outcomes. Listening to yourself and to others is critically important to the Accept Step.
TAKE TIME
Getting started is one of the challenges to having productive and effective creativity time. Too often people tell us, âWe donât have time to sit around and be creative.â Sadly these folks miss the point altogether. Research and practical experience tells us there is a sweet spot in terms of time dedicated tocreativity. Too large a block of time and people wonât participate; not enough time and people feel rushed, shortchanged, and become critical of the creativity process or critical of the quality of the outcome.
The best time frame for a Play Zone is sixty to ninety minutes. The next challenge you will face is distractions while trying to focus on your single problem, especially in the first ten to fifteen minutes of the creativity period. When tasked with trying to be creative, either individually or in groups, adults tend to struggle with ânot having all the answersâ and their need to jump to conclusions or jump too quickly to a
ACCEPT
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. âJoseph Chilton Pearce
Accept who you are and the people in your group when doing group creativity. Remind yourself that you areâenough,â and you bring great value to the process. There is no perfect time and there is no precise moment that you will finally have all of the research, preparation, knowledge, and experience you desire, so stop waiting and dive right inânow. As we shared in the previous chapter about the
Creativity Crisis
, one of the best things you can do to reframe your mindset about your capacity for creativity is to remove your ego from the process by remembering that creativity is a process in which you participate and contribute to, yet from a humble place rather than from an egocentric âit all comes from within meâ arrogance.
Remember too that your fear of being wrong is a surefire way to kill your creativity. Suspend your need to jump to conclusion or solution. To this end, Sir Anthony Hopkins, while answering questions during his second visit to
Inside the Actorâs Studio
(original airdate 10-15-2007), shared the following after discussing the importance of keeping the creative process of acting in perspective relative to the rest of the world, and getting your ego out of your acting so your best work is possible.
None of this is important. The other cynical thing I will tell you which is shocking. If none of us ever acted again in a film, the world would not come to a stop. If I never went on stage or made a film again. So on. Who cares. And thatâs a great freedom to know that. I just take it easy and think about whatâs to be will be. Iâve got this thing that helps me, Today is the tomorrow I was so worried about yesterday. Sothink your best. Unfold. Let go. If you want it, it will happen. Just surrender. Because it has nothing to do with you.
Of course Sir Anthony Hopkins acknowledged this was true before he was a famous actor, as well to counter the criticism that âThis was easy for him because he was so successful already,â and he emphasized that you must work hard and keep honing your craft, or as Morgan Freeman once said, âYou have to keep working, dancing, keep your feet moving.â
So remember to release your need for perfection (Release Step), and accept your humanness. Be humble about your approach to the creative process if for no other reason than to reduce your stress or anxiety from any feelings of performance anxiety or negative self-talk.
Be accepting to the potential of the creative process, the fact that it may take a few meetings over time, and the reality that you will never have the perfect team. When working in groups, be sure to touch base with each participant as soon as possible from the beginning and listen for their level of buy-in to the process and its intended outcomes. Listening to yourself and to others is critically important to the Accept Step.
TAKE TIME
Getting started is one of the challenges to having productive and effective creativity time. Too often people tell us, âWe donât have time to sit around and be creative.â Sadly these folks miss the point altogether. Research and practical experience tells us there is a sweet spot in terms of time dedicated tocreativity. Too large a block of time and people wonât participate; not enough time and people feel rushed, shortchanged, and become critical of the creativity process or critical of the quality of the outcome.
The best time frame for a Play Zone is sixty to ninety minutes. The next challenge you will face is distractions while trying to focus on your single problem, especially in the first ten to fifteen minutes of the creativity period. When tasked with trying to be creative, either individually or in groups, adults tend to struggle with ânot having all the answersâ and their need to jump to conclusions or jump too quickly to a
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