30-Day Creativity Hacks to Abolish the Yes Buts in Life!

By Marako Marcus

Have you heard such phrases before?

 

What if we try this new approach? YES BUT it may fail, we have never done this before!

I think it's time we came up with a new product! YES BUT our product has been around for over 10 years, and it is tried and tested!

Hey! I've got a new idea for change! YES BUT don't you have anything better to do? Why change something when it is not broken!

 

These are some of the typical "Yes Buts" at work and in our own lives as well! Yes Buts prevent us from being who we can be. Being the creative person we can be!

Is there a need to be creative? Well, I believe so. In fact, there are numerous reasons why we need to be creative every day!

 

This handbook is meant to be.... well, a handbook! It aims to help you abolish those "Yes Buts" and unlock your Creativity through a 30-day guide, which you can refer to again and again! 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Marako Marcus
• Release date: Jun 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201679354

Book preview

Prologue

Have you heard such phrases before?

What if we try this new approach? YES BUT it may fail, we have never done this before!

I think it’s time we came up with a new product! YES BUT our product has been around for over 10 years, and it is tried and tested!

Hey! I’ve got a new idea for change! YES BUT don’t you have anything better to do? Why change something when it is not broken!

THESE ARE SOME OF THE typical Yes Buts at work and in our own lives as well! Yes Buts prevent us from being who we can be. Being the creative person we can be!

Is there a need to be creative? Well, I believe so. In fact, there are numerous reasons why we need to be creative every day!

Let me just list 3 key reasons that drive the need for creativity in our lives!

FIRSTLY, WHAT USED to work, simply doesn’t work anymore. With a rapidly changing world today, we cannot continue doing what we’ve always been doing. The results are predictable and, over time, are doomed to failure. We need to be agile and change with the times. We must begin to recognize it, change and move on. We cannot afford to stubbornly hold on to something that worked in the past. If we keep holding on to something from our past, guess what? We are reducing our own ability to learn something new. And soon we will fade away with time!

The unique thing about the past is that it never changes. The unique thing about the present is that it is constantly changing. If we do not change, it will change us.

SECONDLY, WE FACE PROBLEMS every day, be it work challenges, or family situations at home, all of these requires us to resolve them. We