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Can Creativity Coaching help answer Abraham Maslow’s question?

The renowned American psychologist argued that “we have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle that anybody created anything.”

Maslow was not suggesting that we can all be great artists, musicians or writers, but he was saying that we can all develop our innate skills to enable more and better creative output.

So what holds us back?

Maslow went on to ask: “Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled?” But at Creative Steps we don’t like to dwell on this question: rather than focus on what isn’t working we like to celebrate what is working.

For sure, we want to know why everyone isn’t producing quality creative content that is enriching lives; their own and those of their loved ones. But rather than focussing on why we are held back, let’s ask a different question:

Can you coach yourself to increasing creativity?

Already we begin to feel more positive. And when we discover that, yes, of course you can coach yourself to increasing creativity certain areas of life open up: ‘playing music’ means more than turning on an in-car mp3 player when stuck in a traffic jam; ‘ordinary’ people sell their own art work; the book we all think we can write actually gets written.

Creativity coaching helps us to see that the creative life is not reserved for an elite class, or the children of creative types, or for those with ‘talent’. We all have creative dreams and with the right support we can all realise those creative dreams.

Here are some of the some of the benefits of creativity coaching that my clients have reported:

Overcome creative blocks and negative thoughts
Find time to develop creative ideas
Understand creativity and develop originality
Experience the world more fully
Be seen differently and see yourself differently
Add some spice to life
Develop your full creative potential
Express yourself more fully
Inspire others
Complete a creative dream and move on to new project

Can Creativity Coaching help answer Abraham Maslow’s question? I believe it can.

Experience shows that the problems that produce creative blocks and inhibit creative output are rarely congenital; indeed, it actually takes a lot of concerted effort to become creatively blocked and the more time and effort you expend practicing being blocked the better at it you become! Click here to find out what is holding you back.

So creativity coaching is a great way to start to increase creativity.

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“The key question isn’t, “What fosters creativity?” But it is, “Why in God’s name isn’t everyone creative?” Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think, therefore, a good question might be not, “Why do people create?” But, “Why do people not create or innovate?” We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.” Abraham Maslow.

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