We generally associate creativity with producing works of art, literature, music, architecture, or other activities linked to right-brain thinking, and left-brained people like myself don’t generally consider ourselves as creative. However, I attended a workshop several years ago on Creativity and Personality Type, which was quite eye-opening.
The workshop facilitator, Marci Segal, believes that we are all creative, but in different ways. Where one person might demonstrate his or her creativity by decorating the office in an esthetically pleasing yet functional way, I would demonstrate mine by noticing a time-consuming task and finding a more efficient way to complete it. I am likely to seek out an existing solution, whereas someone else again might develop their own.
Marci has actually dedicated her entire career to helping others enhance their creativity through discovering and understanding their personalities. On April 21, 2001, she founded Creativity and Innovation Day as way to encourage people to recognize their creative abilities and use them to shape a better future. It has now become a week-long event which is celebrated in 43 countries.
Of course, tapping into your creative abilities can also be a great way to boost your business! If you’re like I was and don’t think you’re creative, you could easily be missing out. It’s well worth taking the time to explore your creativity and learning how to release your own creative energies. You can start by reading Marci Segal’s book, Creativity and Personality Type: Tools for Understanding and Inspiring the Many Voices of Creativity. It’s full of information and practical exercises to guide you along your creative journey.
It’s your creativity. It’s your life. Take charge of shifting
your energies to sparkle, accomplish, and create.
Challenge yourself to do something “out of the box.”Marci Segal
What does your style of creativity look like?
Great post Janet, I have a very artsy family, some quite famous local artists and musicians. I always said that I was the other side of the family until I started honoring the creativity in the systems I created and the work that I soooo love to do. Glad to know that I am not alone. Now that I am claiming that creativity it even seems to flow more freely.
Cheers
Elaine, I think a lot of professional organizers think of their work as practical rather than creative, but it takes a lot of creativity to come up with customized organizing solutions for all types of clients!