How to supercharge your thinking
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Most people misunderstand creativity, and many are sure they are not creative. (I address this all the time, in podcasts interviews and when I speak to audiences of professional women.)
Rather than try to dispel those misconceptions today, I want to share a simple and actionable insight that anyone can use with ease, and that is sure to ramp up creativity and improve your life.
Put all of your brain power to use!
What, you say? I am not using all of my brain?
We live in a culture that leans hard into left-brain thinking.
We want data, we trust facts, and we look for logic all the time. We believe that by gathering all of that we can devise the best strategies and make our best decisions.
But when we hold that focus, we leave the gifts of our right-brain out of the picture. We fail to benefit from the rich insights and creative resources our right brains are there to provide.
How the right brain works, and what happens when we use it.
The right hemisphere of the brain is where imagination lives. Big ideas, new concepts and fresh thinking are spawned there. All of these can emerge when we understand how to get the best from our right brains.
And it's not hard to do!
Here are a few ways to set the conditions for your right brain to get going:
Go for a walk around the block.
Take a shower, or a bath.
Look at the sky.
Do some people-watching.
Doodle.
Sing or dance or play an instrument.
Or even do nothing for 10 minutes.
Any of these will give your left brain a rest, allowing the right hemisphere to pick up bits of logic, facts and data and come up with fresh, new, surprising possibilities.
Who hasn’t marveled at how they got a great idea in the shower? Now you know why that happened. You can easily create the conditions for great ideas to show up more often!
Abundant creative ideas are great — and there are even more benefits!
Tapping the right brain and opening creative channels also connects you to your intuition — an immense resource most of us miss as we rush through our days. Listening to your intuition is like having a second brain — there is so much innate wisdom available to you when this connection is clear.
When you make bigger connections to your intuition you will notice that your heart is more open. In that way you’ll connect to your true desires, deeply-held values, and reap more insight. That insight leads to personal growth.
I witnessed all of this happening with the remarkable women who attended my Live Big Live! retreat last week.
On each of the three days we spent together I included time for their right brains to play and added creative experiences along with teaching, exercises and sharing. I witnessed accelerated insights, open hearts and glorious inspiration as each woman took steps into her future — futures that are truly aligned with who they are, what they want, and what has deep meaning for each of them. It was a joy to see it all unfold.
I invite you to set the stage for more right-brain activation so that you, too, can be more inspired, create with joy, and Live Big.
Stay safe and well, and keep creating.
(And if you want to explore how Live Big Live! may accelerate your path to living big, schedule a call with me.)
