| It’s a talent that everyone has, yet they think they | | | | innovation more because it is uniquely yours and that |
| don’t. The power of innovation. If you’ve ever | | | | no one else would have thought of what you were |
| marvelled at somebody’s creative prowess, guess | | | | thinking. That will let people see how valuable an asset |
| what, you can create and innovate too. It just takes | | | | you are. Don’t hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. |
| time. Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons in | | | | You don’t need the most expensive set of paints |
| kindergarten were not limited to those who possessed | | | | to produce a masterpiece. The same way with writing. |
| potential; because the truth is, everybody has potential. | | | | You don’t need some expensive fountain pen and |
| You know how long it took to learn to ride a bike or | | | | really smooth paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. |
| drive or to never commit the same mistake again? | | | | Rowling wrote the first book of the Harry Potter |
| It’s the same with innovation. It takes a bit of | | | | Series on bits of tissue. So what if you’ve got an |
| practice and a lot of time before this mind function | | | | expensive SLR camera if you’re a crappy |
| comes easily when called. This article will teach you a | | | | photographer? Who cares if you’ve got a blinging |
| few tips on how to bring innovation into your life. | | | | laptop if you can’t write at all? The artist actually |
| Don’t listen to what other people say. Follow the | | | | reduces the number of tools he has as he gets better |
| beat of your own drum. Allowing for the input of other | | | | at his craft: he knows what works and what |
| people will only bring cacophony to the music you are | | | | doesn’t. Nothing will work without passion. What |
| trying to make. If you have an original idea, don’t | | | | wakes you up in the mornings? What keeps the flame |
| waste your time and effort trying to make people | | | | burning? What is the one thing that you’ll die if you |
| understand. They won’t. And the help you will | | | | don’t do? Sometimes people with talent are |
| probably get comes in the form of negative feedback. | | | | overtaken by the people who want it more. Think the |
| If all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would | | | | hare and the tortoise. Ellen Degeneres once said that if |
| probably still be living in the middle ages. Spend time on | | | | you’re not doing something that you want to do, |
| it. I cannot stress that enough, although, please do not | | | | then you don’t really want to do it. And that’s |
| mistake this tip to tell you to quit your day job entirely. | | | | true. Sometimes you just want something so bad you |
| Do not. This involves some tricky time management | | | | become a virtual unstoppable. And that is passion. |
| but with a little discipline you’ll be able to squeeze | | | | Passion will keep you going. Don’t worry about |
| both in. Exercise. Take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send | | | | inspiration. You can’t force it; inspiration hits when |
| all those endorphins coursing through your veins. | | | | you least expect it to, for those unpredictable yet |
| Exercising certainly clears and relaxes your mind and | | | | inevitable moments you should prepare. An idea could |
| allows for anything to pop up. Record your dreams. | | | | strike you on the subway, yet alas, you poor |
| Aren’t some of them just the craziest things that | | | | unfortunate soul; you have no sheet of paper to |
| your conscious mind would never have thought of? If | | | | scribble down a thought that could change the world. |
| you’ve had these dreams before, and I’m sure | | | | Avoid these disasters. Have a pen and paper within |
| have, this only shows you the untapped innovative | | | | your arm’s reach at all times. I hope this article has |
| power you have lying within. So jot down those notes. | | | | helped you bring more innovation into your life. Keep in |
| Those dreams may just create an innovative spark in | | | | mind that you’re doing these things for your own |
| you. Find your own style. You can always tell a Van | | | | satisfaction and not anybody else’s. But soon |
| Gogh from a Matisse. You’ll know Hemingway | | | | enough they will notice, and everything should snowball |
| wrote something by the choice of words on the paper. | | | | from there. |
| So it is the same with you. People will appreciate your | | | | |