Being curious is really important for discovering new possibilities
Creativity is a must-have ingredient to come up with innovative ideas. What’s your definition of creativity? For many of us, creativity is either a precious-priceless painting in a museum or a masterwork of literature or something like an awe-inspiring piece of music. But mind it creativity is much more than what is reflected in a canvas painting; in the pages of a book; or over the keys of a piano. Creativity is not merely artistry — you may find creativity in the work of coders, marketers, developers, programmers, or an entrepreneur involved in an innovative business venture or potentially in the work of any individual undertaking something new and innovative in nature. Could you believe that everyone out there is creative and truly capable of innovation? Being creative is a beneficial and valuable skill for all life endeavors. The good news is that creativity is an innate ability that everyone possesses, and it can be honed too. Creativity is something that grows with time and effort, and that is really worth exploring. Creativity is like a muscle i.e. it can be stretched, challenged, and pushed from its comfort zone, so you must think of stretching your creativity muscle in order to start thinking creatively.
Creativity is driven from curiosity and openness: Curiosity drives your questioning and sense-making ability. The more you are curious, the more creative you are and the more you will start searching for patterns, causalities, and opportunities then. Curiosity bridges the gap between what you know and what you don’t. Some people say that they have an unbounded curiosity, and they think that it’s making them astray, and they are not able to focus well. But this is not the case always, in fact, an unbounded curiosity sometimes leads to breakthrough ideas.
Of course, you must avoid distractions, but this is handy only when you start moving from reflection to action. Otherwise, there is no need to control your curiosity and openness so that the door for new ideas must always be open for you. For instance, it was deep curiosity and openness that made Elon Musk work in a totally different domain and found SpaceX in 2002 (aiming to lower the cost of space travel enough so that one day Mars might be colonized), while he was originally working for his well-established software business. When he was getting the venture up and running — and striving to push towards its active phase — he came up with the idea of creating an electric roadster which made him invest in Tesla, he became its chairman, and led its fundraising efforts. By 2008 he was the CEO of two cash-guzzling start-ups. So, the takeaway for innovators is inquisitiveness and expansive thinking that leads to high levels of creativity that’s possible only when you have an unbounded curiosity and when you are open to new ideas.
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