Everyone Is Creative! Here's the Simple Mindset Shift That Proves It (BKI 61)

Hi, this is Diana. Bright Knowledge Instants give you one thing you can do today to move your creativity ahead. Over the past year and a half, I have been writing a book which will be Published in January 2020 by New World Library. It is called the Bright Way and it focuses on the bright knowledge system that I've developed. And a lot of the tips that you hear in these Bright Knowledge instance are, are in that book along with an entire system to implement them with.

The book is about how to tap into your creativity and follow through on it, of course. So I've been thinking even more about what creativity actually is, and I have come to the conclusion that creativity is direct engagement. Direct engagement with whatever you're doing. It could be a conversation, it could be cooking, it could be art, but it's certainly not only art. We tend to think of creativity as something only for the chosen few.

But you can be creative right now, today, by directly engaging in what you're doing. What does that look like? Well, as you're having a conversation, really listen to that person. Be with them fresh. Try to see them as you see them right here and now with no filters. Don't think about the role that they have that they play in your life. Just see them as a fresh soul in front of you and react to them from that place.

That is a very creative act in and of itself. It's creative because it's spontaneous. It's making something new and it helps you feel fulfilled. Ever since the ancients, there has been a seeking in life about what makes a good life, what makes you feel fulfilled. And creativity is at the top of the list almost always. And it comes in the form of direct engagement. Engagement. So how can you play that out today?

Well, whatever you're doing, approach it fresh. Approach it with beginner's mind. I have a little sign there that says beginner's mind. You will automatically be creative if you do that. So let go of old frameworks that you're having just for a moment and encounter everything fresh now. You will be creative as you do that. And again, it can be for everyday activities. You may creatively clean your house and then find, oh, I'd like to rearrange a couple things.

That's a very creative thing. And the energy flow in your house will change. So even in what might seem the most mundane things of all, you can be creative today. So try this out with direct engagement. You're right there doing the thing. Lay the screens aside, lay the labels aside. Be with the thing now. Bye.