Three Rules to Creativity

Some are born with and some dig their way out of it.  Being creative is easy but for many its out of their scope. Below are three simple rules to creativity so that it will stick.

Rule 1.  No idea is a bad idea
It is a normal psychology of a person to think the appropriateness of an idea, like whether it is good or bad.  Or whether my idea is in the context or not.  Every idea is a good idea as long as it come to your mind.  Acknowledge it and give it a name. The next step is to improve on that idea.  This principle is derived from Zen, where you just accept everything that comes to you and improve on it.

Rule 2.  Become fearless
Don't get intimidated by any one not even yourself.  Don't fear about others' judgment (Best example Lady Gaga).  "What shall others' think and what will happen if others' will reject my idea" thoughts like that should never come and should never prevent you from shipping your idea to masses.  Your best one will come after lot of bad ones.  So you giving bad ideas is ok.   Continuous improvement is the key.  

Rule 3.  Experiment more than you can
If you don't experiment how you will know something is working or not.  Google experiments so much and all of their products aren't successful.  Some win and some never see the day light.  And they know this thing from day one.  So why not increase the rate of doing more experiments, which will eventually give you more better products.  And you move ahead you will get better at rolling out better products.

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