There’s a phrase for what just happened there in the headline. It’s called “Link-bait.” It’s a headline that makes you want to click, especially if you’re a certain type of person. In this case, it tends to work if you’re the kind of person who wishes they were productive creatively, or more productive creatively, or what-have-you.
You can find posts like this all over the internet (like, 657 million of them, no joke). And usually it all boils down to the same things:
– Learn
– Brainstorm
– Plan
– Do the work
Seriously though, and not to say that those aren’t great steps, or that however YOUR article about creativity words them is better, you know what the real issue is?
You’re not doing the work.
That’s it. That’s all it comes down to. Are you doing the work? Are you writing? Are you painting? Are you creating? Are you programming?
Or are you just engaged as part of the not-so-insignificant audience for these things that wishes they could, but won’t actually ever get around to doing the work?
You don’t need more articles like these. You need follow-through.
Me too.