Creative people are indeed more successful in life. Science tells us that freely expressing your thoughts will give you a very high chance of succeeding in any activity you may put your mind on to achieve. Why? Free thinking is creative thinking, which in essence, is thinking out of the box. Your creativity will deliver needed answers all the time.
If you read Genesis 27, the power of the creative mind will be made evident. Jacob toiled day and night for many years, working for his uncle Laban. Laban cheated Jacob over and over. After almost two decades, with two wives and many children, Jacob desired to return to his nation with his family. Uncle Laban asked what his payment would be (Genesis 30:28). Jacob said he wanted no wages (Genesis 30:31). Strange, right? Nevertheless, Jacob had a creative plan that he proposed to his uncle (Genesis 30:32 – 36).
From verses 37 – 42, you can see Jacob put his creative mind to work. His unusual creativity made him very wealthy (verse 43).
Jacob’s idea may have sounded unrealistic and naive. His uncle must have seen it as a stupid move that would help him to keep exploiting Jacob’s services.
In the same vein, the seemingly naive and unrealistic ideas you have had and abandoned came from your creative mind. Do you realize that? How many ideas have you wasted? Creativity that will impact your world will sound unrealistic, even foolish, to everyone except you. Those ideas are the trump card for your lifting to greatness. Jacob acted ‘foolish’ and became one of the wealthiest men in human history.
Whatever you want to achieve, engage your creativity; the moment it kicks into play, never doubt it. Stick with your plan and make sure to execute it to the letter. Jacob did the same, and in Genesis 30:43, he “…increased exceedingly…” (verse 43, KJV).
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, your creativity is a trump card for your success. Remember always that you were born creative. Learn to recognize your creative abilities. How?
Cultivate the ability to listen to your inner voice. There is a voice in your mind, and it whispers things to you. Listen to it! Think deeply about what you are hearing and analyze how it applies to the situation facing you. Do not be quick to seek outside opinions. If you always run to people with issues in your life, your creativity will hardly ever come to the fore.
Make it a habit to always write down possible solutions to your situation as you hear them in your mind. Never quickly dismiss any thought or idea that comes to your mind as impractical. It is a process that gets refined with use. So, learn to develop your creative mind.
As you work through possible solutions to your problems, your creativity will be getting honed, slowly but surely, until you eventually become a solution provider instead of a solution-seeker. Get my point?
And don’t forget that most employers nowadays are looking for creativity as one of the top skills. (Maybe that is why creative people with diplomas get employed while postgraduates of any level with no proof of creative thinking go around broke).
Do not waste any time. Start today!
What are you going to do? The world is waiting for your impact.
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Wow wow wow….this has inspired me to start writing again ….write down your vision, do not tarry, as it will surely come to pass..y
This article is great and inspiring, full of encouragement and great advices. Sincerely it is a blessing to me. Keep the good work Uncle Ray
Remarkable the way u showed in the story of Jacob how we ought to behave around our dreams
Keep up boy, your doing great
Thanks Paulo…