I'm not creative at all

'I don't have a creative bone in my body.'

She looked at me without a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.

'When you say creative, are you talking about being artistic?' I said, sipping coffee.

She thought for a moment, and said, 'Yeah, I think that's what I mean.'

Many people, when they say they aren't very creative, are often thinking about things like painting, or drawing, or coming up with stories.

But those who say they aren't creative are as creative as anyone else.

No human is born 'uncreative.'

My friend, for example, found extraordinary discipline in herself at age 20 to lose twenty kilos and keep it off for years.

Losing weight is a highly creative act.

You're building a leaner body. That takes skill.

It takes creativity to get out of bed each day and commit yourself to a vision.

But my friend has also struggled to make full use of her potential in her life. She's allowed years to pass without progressing in her career.

She's allowed distractions in and has turned down opportunities due to her lack of belief in herself.

It's not that she is not capable. She is. She demonstrated it many times when she has paid attention to the things that matter.

The block is in how she thinks about herself in the context of creativity, success and achievement.

We all have the potential to be brilliant in the things best suited to us.

It requires strength of mind.

Strength of mind, I found, comes from letting go.

When I actively let go of the accumulated negative beliefs about myself, I found myself taking on challenges (like public speaking or writing books), that I'd not dreamed of trying months before.

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