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Jill Badonsky's Coaching Creativity
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Coaching Creativity Introduction to Creative Highs, Flying Monkeys,
and Breaking Rules |
The
Flying Monkeys
Experts write that creativity is a timeless flow of peak experiences where
fulfillment, generosity, and enlightenment abound. In it we get plugged
into the splendor of our expressive, authentic nature. Creativity is one
of the five most enjoyable pursuits of the short human life (in league
with other favorites such as romance, altruism, eating, and line-dancing).
So why don’t we just be creative all the time? Huh?
It’s the flying monkeys...
Jump
Starting Your Creativity
...creativity is intuitively based. A logical request to begin in a certain
manner at a certain time can be repulsive to the part of us that loves
the process of following signals from an inner direction making creativity
feel so natural, flowing, and desirable. But the truth is, if we wait
for that intuitive nudge every time we want to start.. we will not get
much done. Often it comes when we set ourselves in motion...
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