The Value of Creativity: How Developing Your Personal Creativity Can Have an Amazingly Positive Impact on Your Happiness, Health, Business Success and Life in General: Conversations

By Jacquelyn Lynn

What would life be like without creative people?

 

You probably don't want to think about a world without the innovation that is driven by creativity.

 

But think about this: What would your life be like if you were more creative?

 

Creativity is something we all have—how and when we use it is our choice. So how do you develop and nurture your own creativity?

 

Storyteller and entrepreneur Caitlin Roberson explained that and more when she sat down with Jacquelyn Lynn for a conversation about creativity and how developing this skill can make you:

Happier,

Healthier and

More Successful

than you ever dreamed possible.

 

The Value of Creativity: How Developing Your Personal Creativity Can Have an Amazingly Positive Impact on Your Happiness, Health, Business Success and Life in General is an edited version of Jacquelyn Lynn's conversation with Caitlin Roberson.

 

The book includes a link to download Three Ways to 10X Your Own Happy, a special resource from Caitlin Roberson.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: TCS
• Release date: Apr 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781941826102

Jacquelyn Lynn

Jacquelyn Lynn is an inspirational author, business writer and ghostwriter whose dynamic books and insightful articles have been inspiring individuals and helping business leaders work smarter and more profitably for nearly three decades. Her credits include writing or ghostwriting more than 30 books; 3,000+ articles in over 100 regional, national and international publications; and countless blogs, ebooks, newsletters, white papers, news releases, and more.

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Conversations

The Value of Creativity

How Developing Your Personal Creativity Can Have an Amazingly Positive Impact on Your Happiness, Health, Business Success and Life in General

A conversation with storyteller and entrepreneur Caitlin Roberson, author of 30 Ways to Happy

Jacquelyn Lynn

TUSCAWILLA CREATIVE SERVICES / WINTER SPRINGS, FL

Contents

Introduction

What is Creativity?

The Relationship Between Good Habits and Creativity

Understanding Your Own Creativity

Happiness and Creativity

Purposeful Creativity

Developing Your Own Creativity

Creativity in Business

Benefits of Boundaries

Final Thoughts

A Special Offer from Caitlin Roberson

13 Tips to Boost Your Creative Juices

About Jacquelyn Lynn

Introduction

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but it takes creativity to make it happen.

Creativity is essential to life as we know it. It’s human nature to crave new things whether we need them or not, and we wouldn’t be able to satisfy those cravings without creativity.

Creativity drives a substantial portion of commerce. Without creative people coming up with new ideas for new products and services, we would have no choice but to continue to purchase the same old familiar things. The marketplace would be stagnant. The economy would be flat. And life would be—well, let’s not even think about life in a world without creativity.

Creativity is a vital component of innovation—in fact, it’s where innovation begins. What has become known as the creative class (a demographic segment made up of knowledge workers, intellectuals and various types of artists) is an important driver of modern economies.

An important point to make about creativity is that it’s something we all have. We are all creative creatures, even those of us who are not members of the creative class. Human behavior specialist Dr. John Demartini wrote, [Creativity] thrives in the areas of our lives that truly inspire us. ... During times of creativity, we feel electrified, our minds are sharpest, we have certainty and presence, we feel gratitude, our self-worth increases and our physiology is optimized and we exude vitality.

The connection between creativity and happiness, health, business success and our satisfaction with life in general is so clear that I thought it was worth a conversation. And when one of the most creative people I know wrote a book about how to be happy, I knew I had the best person to talk with.

When she was in her mid-20s, Caitlin Roberson started and eventually sold a content marketing agency that served technology companies like Google and LinkedIn. Today, she is a storyteller and entrepreneur who advises early-stage startups. She’s also the author of the delightful 30 Ways