7 Best creativity killers

If there is 1 thing that everyone can agree on no matter where you're from, what you do or whatever your goals are.

It’s that everyone wants to be more creative in their life.

Their jobs, hobbies, family and social life would all.

People equate creativity with the "essence of life".

Creative people have the highest respect, regardless of their field.

• Elon Musk

• Steve Jobs

• Nikola Tesla

• Albert Einstein

• Leonardo DaVinci

• The Wright brothers

These individuals are in completely different fields yet they are all household names due to creativity in their work.

Here are the 7 best ways to kill your creativity that these above individuals would never do.

1. Make sure you never try new things you’re curious about - you might get exposed and fail.

Imagine if Steve Jobs didn't push himself to "think different" when he was designing Apple products.

He would be like every other product on the market.

It's not as if he was weird and didn't want to fit in with everyone - he is human and humans are social creatures.

But he knew his creative work would suffer if he didn't push himself to standout - even if he was afraid of failure.

He focused on creating stunning designs and innovation when no one else was.

The same applies to you as a producer.

How often do you think about trying something new or doing different in your productions?

A genre, song structure, keys and BPM are guidelines.

Think different where no one else has done yet.

2. Never talk to strangers who might change the course of your life. As they say, “stranger danger”

Nikola Tesla was facing money struggles when working on his AC (Alternating Current) electricity.

He had a chance encounter with another inventor and investor George Westinghouse.

He saw the potential of AC power and invested into Nikola Tesla's idea and to make it scalable.

Now, AC power dominates majority of the electricity systems globally.

One example is the Niagara Falls, which uses AC electricity to power a huge number of homes.

If Tesla and Westinghouse had never bothered reaching out to each other - our world would be quite different.

3. Be perfect at everything you do at all times, it will look bad if you make a mistake

DaVinci has a multitude of unfinished and unrealized ideas.

His sketches of flying machines and military designs never got developed during his lifetime.

But that never stopped him from creating them.

If DaVinci held back because he cared what others might think of his lack of finished work,

He wouldn't have the recognition and legacy he does now for his diverse talents in arts, science and innovation.

4. Ensure to be 100% confident an idea you want to do will work out.

You have to know all the details first before you can take any action

The Wright brothers created the first working tool for humans to fly.

The Wright brothers got inspired by DaVinci's unfinished works on flight (yes DaVinci had engineering designs for human flight too!)

So it's a good thing DaVinci still produced a lot of works - despite knowing it would never get realized in his lifetime.

The Wright brothers had many trial and errors - as with all inventors and innovators.

But, they didn't let that stop them from trying and learning and iterating on their work.

Had they stopped themselves before even trying to make human flight possible, we would live in a completely different world today.

5. Only consume ideas and things you agree with.

Albert Einstein theory of general relativity was not a theory most believed in.

At the time, everyone listened to Newton's law of gravity.

But, Einstein questioned Newton's established principles and proposed a different concept.

Einstein kept at his ideas and pushed himself to think against what everyone else believed in.

While he could simply agreed with Netwon's laws and what everyone else thought was true - he stuck to his idea.

His theory led him to became a cornerstone of modern physics and revolutionized our understanding of space, time, and gravity.

Pushing against common beliefs to see if there is something better is what made Einstein the scientific genius he is.

6. Never go 110% at anything, you might get burnout.

Elon Musk and Steve Jobs are notorious for working extremely hard and being obsessed with their work.

Elon would work and sleep in his factory so he can focus and put all his energy on his projects.

Jobs would work from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day at certain periods of his life.

Now this doesn't mean they would always work this hard.

Instead, it was in intense bursts or focus and work periods - or "sprints".

To us, it may seem like a nightmare to do something like that.

But for them, it was their joy, passion and obsession.

They choose to work obsessively all day and night on their work.

Having a "work-life balance" was not something they cared for - and that led to their success.

7. Always fit in with everyone else. Never question the unwritten rules or try thinking “why” or “what if”

Everyone on this list is most recognized because they pursued things that made them standout.

They thought different.

They worked different.

They ate different.

They did things that no one else did (or was willing to do) so they could have things and work that no one else had - that simple.

While it’s not always bad to follow social norms, they tend to hold us back creatively due to fear and uncertainty.

All these individuals understood that and were willing to stand out and be different in spite of it.

They tried and did things that most people thought was “weird” or “wrong” for the sake of them genuinely expressing and pursuing their interests.

They all bet on themselves as opposed to falling to their fears.

There you have it.

The top 7 best ways to kill your creativity.

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Peace,

Vig/MA

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