Posts Tagged ‘Creativity’

If you want to get ahead, then you need to do things before everyone else. Once something is seen as profitable, cool, or unique, then it is already too late. The idea is that if you think of something first then you have a competative advantage. If you are informed, everyone else is probably doing the same thing. The ability to anticipate gives you the edge, but how do you learn to anticipate. Lot’s of practice and experience. As Eddie lampert wrote in his article on Fortune, “you have to keep practicing and preparing.” This is applicable to business, marketing, investing and savings, sports, and many other things in life. It takes thinking outside the box, which is hard to do since most of us are trained to just follow the rules. You can find the full article here. I originally found the article on Brand autopsy.

Are you having trouble getting started on a project? Trying to find a way to be more creative? Here’s an Idea: Get away from the computer. Since we use the computer so often now, we automatically go to it to start just about any project. But the computer can make it difficult. You have to choose the correct page, choose your font, etc.

Using a simple medium like pen and paper allows you to focus on the ideas and thoughts without worrying about the formatting.

When it comes to creativity: pen + paper > computer