How to Coach Yourself and Others Techniques For Coaching

Whenever you have a problem, there are two approaches that you can take: You can focus on the proble... Writing Tips: Stop Waiting for Your Muse and Get to Work Be More Creative by Stealing, Re-conceptualizing, and Recombining Ideas That Already Exist How many times have you heard the following: ?There?s nothing new under the sun.? It turns out that... Creativity Tip Go Back to Basics Pick up a pen or pencil and paper. There's something about a good oldfashioned pen and a stack of papers, or a brand new notebook, that gets the creative juices flowing. Return to Basics "The simplicity of the typewriter is alluring to writers who may be overwhelmed (or underwhelmed) by increasingly elaborate technology. A typewriter is also appealing in its transparency - whack a key, and watch the typebar smack a letter onto a piece of paper. Try figuring that out with a laser printer. Many people also find typewriters charming ambassadors of a bygone era." Important! Awaken your sense of wonder. Julia Cameron, author of "The Artist's Way" suggests that once a week, for at least an hour, you take yourself on some small festive adventure. Explore something new, try something you've always wondered about. The Basic Tools Creativity Tip Remember there is more than one right answer. One of the worst aspects of formal education is the insistence it places on finding "the" correct answer. 473

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