Comments on: 5 Creativity Killers And How To Get Your Creative Juices Flowing Again

By: smackdown

smackdown — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:05:03 +0000

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By: saleem awan

saleem awan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:32:36 +0000

Sleepless nights are my major problem. I feel these really hurt my memory as well. Thanks for your article. It opened my eyes and reminded me of the fact that I am destroying my creativity.

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By: kyocera

kyocera — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:47:13 +0000

thank you everybody .This very important blog

By: Eru

Eru — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:32:32 +0000

Great article. “Inspiration” from reading posts like this lets me stay focused and give my best shot than just fooling around most of the day. Now, I must get back to work to utilize this enthusiasm the right way, asap. Cya :)

By: Shelton Davis

Shelton Davis — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:37:16 +0000

Hours in front of the computer KILL the flow (even if I am productive)

Because I am a consumer product developer/designer/researcher (think physical products that you can touch, feel, see, play with, throw…etc.) my creativity killer is time spent in front of the computer. Whether it is in some CAD 3D, creating a task analysis, or reading user experience data I lose creative contact with the physical world and this eventually just makes me dull, uncreative, and dead meat for the client vultures.

How do I combat this…

- Make paper airplanes (just got a 2010 paper airplane calendar)
- Have ongoing projects that require absolutely no computer interaction
- Start rapid prototyping a current project (sketching, building, pulling a MacGyver for the greater good).
- Go to a store (Target, Office Depot, Lowe’s local Guitar Store) and look around at things I don’t normally come in contact with
- Have a constantly updated TO DO list in pencil on this stuff called paper (not iCal or any online scheduler)

By: Shabbir Hussain

Shabbir Hussain — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:44:55 +0000

About Sleep. Uh. Well. I don’t know if it has worked for some. But high on caffeine and extended hours has helped me at times. Not always though.

By: Niels

Niels — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:53:36 +0000

Week plans, task follow up on week level.
If my work always shall be reflected on the plan, I spend too much negative energy on these stupid tasks (rescheduling), and it kills my creativity and reduce my job satisfaction / motivation.

I work best under freedom, given a certain task and a given time eg. a month.
The a manager can ask me just as often as he want, how far I’m.

So all kind of external pressure kills my creativity.
I though have to adapt to some external pressure.
The more free environment I get, the better solutions I can deliver, it’s that simple.

KR – Niels Chr. Olsen – Denmark

By: Kristin Maija Peterson / Grand Ciel Design

Kristin Maija Peterson / Grand Ciel Design — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:18:00 +0000

A big creativity zapper is a client who doesn’t know what they want nor can they give direction (as in the case where the client was also a creative director). Clients like that can have you jumping through endless revisions (I learned to pull in the reigns by letting clients know how much X amount of revisions is going to cost). All the revisions doesn’t make the design better — it usually goes from bad to worse — and you begin to feel like a big loser of a designer. I’ve had this type of client a couple times when I first launch Grand Ciel Design. But since then, I’ve learned how to handle or avoid them all together.

Thanks for a great post and looking out for your fellow creatives!