Going Beyond Creative Limits

It’s become relatively easy for me to write 200 – 300 word article. I can crank those out in no time. It’s like “blah blah blah, blah blah blah – finished.” It’s harder for me to write 600 words or more. But it’s still not so hard. It’s getting more difficult at 1000 words. I rarely write more than 1000/1100/1200 words. At this point I have to explore a topic more in-depth....

How To Get Motivated To Be Creative Or How To Start The Creative Flow

In the last article I talked about a simple way to get motivated: Using small steps to build momentum. Getting motivated is not so easy. With every step that you go, you will have to face some kind of resistance at first. Some actions will provoke more resistance in you than others. Especially creative action often comes with a lot of resistance. While I was having a down phase in the last few...

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

I already posted this on my other weblog alicehive.de and today I posted it on my Facebook wall again. It’s one of my favorite TED-videos probably because it’s about a topic I can relate to very much. Ken Robinson explains in an entertaining way how our educational system kills creativity by making people afraid of being wrong. As somebody who is extremely creative and suffered a lot in...