What Innovation Can Do to Your Life
It's a talent that everyone has, yet they think they
don't, OR they don't think about it. The power of innovation. If
you've ever marvelled at somebody's creative prowess, guess what,
you can create and innovate too. It just takes time. Everyone is
born creative. The box of crayons in kindergarten were 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 again? It's the same with
innovation. It takes a bit of practice and a lot of time
before this mind function comes easily when called. This
article will teach you a few tips on how to bring innovation into
your life.
Don't listen to what other people say. Follow the
beat of your own drum. Allowing for the input of other people will
only bring cacophony to the music you are trying to make. If you
have an original idea, don't waste your time and effort trying to
make people understand. They won't. And the help you will probably
get comes in the form of negative feedback. If all the scientists
and inventors listened to their peers, we would probably still be
living in the middle ages.
Spend time on it. I cannot stress that enough,
although, 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. Take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send all
those endorphins coursing through your veins. Exercising certainly
clears and relaxes your mind and allows for anything to pop up.
Record your dreams. Aren't some of them just the
craziest things that your conscious mind would never have thought
of? If you've had these dreams before, and I'm sure have, this only
shows you the untapped innovative power you have lying within. So
jot down those 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 the paper. So 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 were thinking. That
will let people see how valuable an asset you are.
Don't hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You don't
need the most expensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. The
same way with writing. You don't need some expensive fountain pen
and really smooth paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling
wrote the first book of the Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue.
So what if you've got an expensive SLR camera, if you're a rotten
photographer? Who cares if you've got an expensive laptop if you
can't write at all? The artist actually reduces the number of tools
he has as he gets better at his craft: he knows what works and what
doesn't.
Nothing will work without passion. What wakes you up
in the mornings? What keeps the flame burning? What is the one thing
that you'll die for, if you don't do? Sometimes people with talent
are overtaken by the people who want "it" more. Think of the hare
and the tortoise. Ellen Degeneres once said that if you're not doing
something that you want to do, then you don't really want to do it.
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.
Don't worry about inspiration. You can't force it;
inspiration hits when you least expect it to, for those
unpredictable yet inevitable moments you should prepare. An idea
could strike you on the subway, yet alas, you poor unfortunate soul;
you have no sheet of paper to scribble down a thought that could
change the world. Avoid these disasters. Have a pen and paper within
your arm's reach at all times, even beside the bed, for those times
when you wake up at an ungodly hour, with an earth shattering
idea.
I hope this article has helped you bring more
innovation into your life. Keep in mind that you're doing these
things for your own satisfaction and not anybody else's. But soon
enough they will notice, and everything should snowball from
there.
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