Unexpectedly Awesome: Court Serendipity To Innovate

Kaizen Creativity: The Science of Creativity & Innovation

You don’t need to take control of every single aspect of your creativity. Make room for something unexpectedly awesome. Oftentimes, as creative people we love making decisions. We tend to be really competitive people, so we love pushing forward. While being competitive can be helpful, it also focuses us a bit too much on the path ahead of us. We get so focused on trying to win, that we end up missing the original ideas that would actually help us. The more competitive you are, the more you’ll focus on what’s directly ahead of you. You’ll make great progress, but only for as long as the ideas in front of you are what you happen to need, when you happen to need them. When the ideas directly in front of you no longer work, which at some point is inevitable, then you got a problem.

One discovery often leads to another. This is why a tiny, unexpected ideas can lead to something truly incredible. You’d be surprised at how many inventions began with an accidental discovery: bread, vinegar, the microwave oven, nutrasweet, photography, and even cellphones. You could trace any of these inventions back to some kind of unexpected discovery. Unexpected ideas have a great way of changing the entire direction of a project.

This is what it means to court serendipity. Leave yourself open to the unexpected. Don’t be so focused on getting to where you want to go that you ignore all the interesting ideas around you. From time to time, make it a point to create new experiences for yourself. This will open up possibilities in both your creative and personal life.

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