Being a creative person is no easy task. I think almost every human being on the planet wishes they were more creative. From the Coca Cola CEO all the way to the actual artist who is making a living selling her masterpieces.
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Creativity is a natural human gift. When you see art or when you hear a magnificent melody, your brain takes you somewhere different.
It's almost like you're being touched by something completely outside of yourself... But it's also within you.
You've had this feeling. It might be when a certain song comes on the radio that you love or when you hear a gust of wind in the park and some strange feeling hits you. You get goose bumps.
Being creative is not reserved only for the gods of the art world. Shakespeare had it but you have it too. You don't have to be an artist to have creativity. We all have a nascent creative living right inside of ourselves.
How to Develop Creativity
- Have an intimate love for what you do
- Develop domain knowledge
- Ship on the regular
- Develop good taste
If you have an intimate love for what you do, then you'll always show up and do it. Well, not always. You still need to have self-discipline to show up and do the work.
Discipline is a core part of creativity. Do you think Da Vinci was able to paint masterpieces by being lazy? No. He showed up and put in the hours.
Love what you do but don't get too romantic. Discipline still lies at the core of even the most beautiful works of art.
Developing domain knowledge means finding a niche that you love and then being disciplined and focused. Every single day you should strive to deepen your knowledge of the domain you've chosen.
When people talk to you about your niche, they should be blown away by your knowledge of it. That knowledge should be ever-deepening. You should strive to learn 1% more about your domain as frequently as possible. Daily, weekly, monthly. Keep going.
Shipping on the regular means putting creative work out into the world. If you want to be a creative writer, then write more often and ship it to an audience more often. The more you ship, the better. Don't create stuff and just lock it away and never let anyone see it.
Developing good taste means understanding what your audience wants 10 minutes before they want it. It means having all of the above 3 points in order and then developing an intimate connection with the work itself. When you do all 3 of those points, the 4th falls into place.