Among the questions that I am asked most frequently are: “How do you do it all? How do you so easily put in place your ideas? How do you get ideas in the first place and actually manage to make them happen? How do you turn your ideas into reality?”

In today’s extremely specialized world, it is very common to categorize people as being either gifted creators or great executors, but rarely both. While it is true that most people have a predominant attitude or preference for either the creative aspect or the execution aspect, there is absolutely no reason that prevents someone from being great at both.

However, becoming skillful at both, in this age of increasing specialization, requires going against popular culture.

Creatively oriented people (whether artists or entrepreneurs), while usually admired in the mature part of their life, often go through very difficult time while growing up. This can be explained by the standardized school system which rarely develops curiosity, delight in exploration and ambiguity and asking questions. The system is based on teaching the student to put everything into structure, logic and well known formats Left brain thinking, that is, analytical – logical thinking, is always preferred.

For this same reason, people who are balanced or already logically oriented, rarely find in school (or work) any incentive to develop the skill of “idea creation”. Even in activities which should fall under the artistic batch, such as playing an instrument, children are taught to follow rules and play the tune, but rarely to improvise.

Fortunately, this means that if you think you are not creative, it maybe that you just have not have had an opportunity to explore this side of yourself.

On the other hand, you may be one of those fortunate people who have a knack for idea generation, but poor follow up skills. How many times have you thought of a really fantastic idea? Maybe it was something that would revolutionize the way your office operates. Or perhaps it was a great product that would appeal to millions of people worldwide. Perhaps, you have been planning to start your own business for a while, or write a book, or simply be able to regularly implement fresh ideas in your life, like learning a new sport, creating a garden or organizing your time in a certain way.

There is a way to be consistently great at both generating and executing ideas! In the next few weeks we will unravel how.

Among the questions that I am asked most frequently are: “How do you do it all? How do you so easily put in place your ideas? How do you get ideas in the first place and actually manage to make them happen?”

In today’s extremely specialized world, it is very common to categorize people as being either gifted creators or great executors, but rarely both. While it is true that most people have a predominant attitude or preference for either the creative aspect or the execution aspect, there is absolutely no reason that prevents someone from being great at both.

However, becoming skillful at both, in this age of increasing specialization, requires going against popular culture.

Creatively oriented people (whether artists or entrepreneurs), while usually admired in the mature part of their life, often go through very difficult time while growing up. This can be explained by the standardized school system which rarely develops curiosity, delight in exploration and ambiguity and asking questions. The system is based on teaching the student to put everything into structure, logic and well known formats Left brain thinking, that is, analytical – logical thinking, is always preferred.

For this same reason, people who are balanced or already logically oriented, rarely find in school (or work) any incentive to develop the skill of “idea creation”. Even in activities which should fall under the artistic batch, such as playing an instrument, children are taught to follow rules and play the tune, but rarely to improvise.

Fortunately, this means that if you think you are not creative, it maybe that you just have not have had an opportunity to explore this side of yourself.

On the other hand, you may be one of those fortunate people who have a knack for idea generation, but poor follow up skills. How many times have you thought of a really fantastic idea? Maybe it was something that would revolutionize the way your office operates. Or perhaps it was a great product that would appeal to millions of people worldwide. Perhaps, you have been planning to start your own business for a while, or write a book, or simply be able to regularly implement fresh ideas in your life, like learning a new sport, creating a garden or organizing your time in a certain way.

There is a way to be consistently great at both generating and executing ideas!  Follow this blog in the next few weeks and discover how.

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