When running your own business, being creative is key to staying afloat. We all go through those times when we seemed to have lost that special spark.
Leadership sets the company’s direction and atmosphere, and if you fail to establish an environment that encourages creativity, then you get what you get — the status quo. Even in a hectic and fast pace setting your attitude toward innovation and creativity can still make room for your staff to toss some fresh ideas your way. But everything starts with the conversation that you have with yourself.
Do you socialize with creative others in your industry? Being around your contemporaries can awaken a competitive and creative spirit in you. Directing that energy, just may inspire a new idea.
If your life revolves around going to work and coming home and going to work and coming home, then you’re breathing the same old stale air. Here are some ways to get the juices flowing again:
1) Stop. Go for a dream walk.
2) Help your employees work on a project.
3) Get back to what you used to do...before you had assistants. Be hands-on.
4) Reinstate date night with your mate.
5) Hang out with your kids — they’ll love you more for caring about what they care about, plus inspiration may find you on the way home. Children have inspired all kinds brilliant and profitable business ideas.
If you don’t give yourself room to be creative, then it’s hard to pass on what you don’t have. Pull out that big over sized pad and start writing down your ideas. I don’t care how wild it is, put it on the board, you can filter later. For right now, just let it flow. Photo by: baballa.com
