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Author: Zamri Nanyan

Article:
It’s a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don’t. The
power of innovation. If you’ve ever marvelled at somebody’s
creative prowess, guess what, you can create and innovate too.
It just takes time. Everyone is born creative. The box of
crayons in kindergarten were not limited to those who possessed
potential; because the truth is, everybody has potential.

You know how long it took to learn to ride a bike or drive or to
never commit the same mistake again? It’s the same with
innovation. It takes a bit of practice and a lot of time before
this mind function comes easily when called. This article will
teach you a few tips on how to bring innovation into your life.

Don’t listen to what other people say. Follow the beat of your
own drum. Allowing for the input of other people will only bring
cacophony to the music you are trying to make. If you have an
original idea, don’t waste your time and effort trying to make
people understand. They won’t. And the help you will probably
get comes in the form of negative feedback. If all those
geniuses listened to their peers, we would probably still be
living in the middle ages.

Spend time on it. I cannot stress that enough, although, please
do not mistake this tip to tell you to quit your day job
entirely. Do not. This involves some tricky time management but
with a little discipline you’ll be able to squeeze both in.

Exercise. Take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send all those
endorphins coursing through your veins. Exercising certainly
clears and relaxes your mind and allows for anything to pop up.

Record your dreams. Aren’t some of them just the craziest things
that your conscious mind would never have thought of? If you’ve
had these dreams before, and I’m sure have, this only shows you
the untapped innovative power you have lying within. So jot down
those notes. Those dreams may just create an innovative spark in
you.

Find your own style. You can always tell a Van Gogh from a
Matisse. You’ll know Hemingway wrote something by the choice of
words on the paper. So it is the same with you. People will
appreciate your innovation more because it is uniquely yours and
that no one else would have thought of what you were thinking.
That will let people see how valuable an asset you are.

Don’t hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You don’t need the
most expensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. The same
way with writing. You don’t need some expensive fountain pen and
really smooth paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling
wrote the first book of the Harry Potter Series on bits of
tissue. So what if you’ve got an expensive SLR camera if you’re
a crappy photographer? Who cares if you’ve got a blinging laptop
if you can’t write at all? The artist actually reduces the
number of tools he has as he gets better at his craft: he knows
what works and what doesn’t.

Nothing will work without passion. What wakes you up in the
mornings? What keeps the flame burning? What is the one thing
that you’ll die if you don’t do? Sometimes people with talent
are overtaken by the people who want it more. Think the hare and
the tortoise. Ellen Degeneres once said that if you’re not doing
something that you want to do, then you don’t really want to do
it. And that’s true. Sometimes you just want something so bad
you become a virtual unstoppable. And that is passion. Passion
will keep you going.

Don’t worry about inspiration. You can’t force it; inspiration
hits when you least expect it to, for those unpredictable yet
inevitable moments you should prepare. An idea could strike you
on the subway, yet alas, you poor unfortunate soul; you have no
sheet of paper to scribble down a thought that could change the
world. Avoid these disasters. Have a pen and paper within your
arm’s reach at all times.

I hope this article has helped you bring more innovation into
your life. Keep in mind that you’re doing these things for your
own satisfaction and not anybody else’s. But soon enough they
will notice, and everything should snowball from there.

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