I have to be honest, I have never been a big fan of Ted Talks, mainly because through my education I was always shown Ted Talks of people just talking and talking, a lot of life stories (Yes I agree we can get some valuable Information from experiences), and just shows that repeat. Well I guess things change and this is the moment things changed for me. I really resonated with this Ted Talk from Kermit the frog and let me tell you why:
Being Creative is who you are!
This sentence basically speaks for itself. Ever since I was little I have always been the biggest fan of Legos. Heck yeah I still am, I buy 1 or 2 new Lego sets every Month! Apart from that, I always wanted to draw, play computer games and was always open to exploring new ways to express myself creatively. I vividly remember the days when Graffiti were so popular back home, that I watched so many tutorials and tried to put my own spin into the picture.
Find a Mentor!
This has always been a very important part of my life. Transfering from that childhood to early Adulthood life pushed me into exploring Computer Systems Building (Basically Legos for Adults haha) and I found a local mentor which was more then open to help me understand the subject. Even to this day, with every single PC I build, I find a new way to arrange the cables, crazy way to put the RGB Lights, maybe I mount a custom Water cooler or I just decorate the case with weird stickers.
Push yourself and have a beginners mind!
Having a beginners mind opens up so many more possibilites that the opposite. Be open to anything and everything, The biggest rule of creativity is to do something creative just because you can’t do it. Good things always come from failing and pushing yourself harder. That is how we learn and deepen our creative practices
Last but not least, surround yourself with Friends and People that motivate you and push you to be better every single day. Always hear them out, cause the best thing we can do to work on our creativity is to look at a manner from multiple perspectives!