How to Get Your Creative Groove On is an original series by Perch. This week we look at exploring the edges of our boundaries and pushing beyond them to maximize creative potential.
Week 13: Do What Scares You
When I think of pushing the edges of my personal boundaries, I can’t help but think of extreme sports. You see, I am not an extreme sports person. No, instead, I admire them from afar. I tune into Winter X Sports, but I prefer my safe, enjoyable, green-blue skiing slopes to ever attempting a T-Bar or black double diamond.
What are Your Limits?
Repeatedly throughout his books and on his blog, marketing guru Seth Godin encourages readers to push past the edges. What are your limits? Where are your edges? At what point in a creative problem session do you begin to say, “Oh, but, that won’t work because…” or “We shouldn’t try that because…” At what point do you begin to rule out ideas? At what point do the possibilities begin to scare you rather than excite you?
Identifying your limits is an important step in the innovation process. Take a few minutes to explore the possibilities that excite you and the possibilities that cause you to begin to hesitate. What risks are you willing to take? What risks just simply seem too risky? After you’ve identified your limits, it’s time to push beyond them.
Pushing Beyond Your Limits
Recognizing your limits is the first step in pushing past them. What can you do today to push your edges out? How can you expand your boundaries? I’d love to hear about your creative journey and the steps you’re taking to push your own limits. Please post them in the comments!
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