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Can you really teach people to be more creative?

Absolutely! The key isn't to "install" creativity, like a new computer chip, but to unlock the creativity that's already there.

Can you really teach people to be more creative?Creativity isn't something that needs to be taught. Most often, what needs to be taught are strategies to rediscover your creativity; or ways to create a more up-to-date awareness of your true creative potential, or an understanding of the forms your creativity takes, or ways to use your creativity to create the most important and largest art form possible—your life itself.

Any time horizon—past, present, or future—can help you get more creativity into your life...

Going back in time, you will remember your young five-year-old self who used to dance, sing, play, act, draw, paint, build things, and write stories and poetry. You did all of those things from a source of creativity and that source is still within you. That little tike has a lot to teach you about your innate creativity and natural forms of self-expression.

In the present moment, you can start to consciously think about adding more "flair" to your life, or "spice", or "personal style", or "zest". There are so many blocks associated with the word "creativity" with some of my clients, that one trick is to simply use a different word. If you add more flair to your life, you'll be adding more creativity. Call it whatever you want. And that, in and of itself, would be an expression of creativity, wouldn't it?

For the future, make big, bold creative dreams. Often, without even recognizing it, we let our fear get in the way of a more creative life. Every once in awhile we get a little nudge that suggests we're living smaller lives than we know we're capable of. Give that next little nudge some room and create dreams worth going for.

Ask yourself:  What creative activity (or activities) did I enjoy as a child that I don't do anymore? Did I get bored with it, or was I not supported enough to pursue it? Was I criticized or ridiculed in anyway about it? What did I love about it? How did it make me feel when I did it? Can I try again? What can I do today that would capture that same spirit I had back then? What new dream can I set for myself?

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