October 22, 2024 • 18 mins
In this solo episode of Wildly Wealthy Life, Kat dives into the true power of creativity and how it impacts not just artists, but everyone. She dispels the myth that creativity is for the "lucky few" and explains how anyone can cultivate it. Kat shares real-world examples of successful creative leaders and entrepreneurs, offers actionable ways to foster creativity in both adults and children, and reveals her number one technique for tapping into creativity anytime. Whether it’s in business, personal life, or problem-solving, this episode will inspire you to embrace your creative potential.
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00:00 Introduction to the Power of Creativity
01:22 Dispelling the myth: Creativity is for everyone, not just artists
02:05 Human Motivation by Robert Franken's definition of creativity
03:17 Kat's number one tip for cultivating creativity: Stillness and Listening
04:42 The importance of sleep and how rest fuels creativity
06:56 Examples of creative leaders: Paul Allen, Jim McKelvey, Chuck Steerick
09:08 Creativity as a muscle: Practical ways to practice creativity
09:15 Fun Creativity Exercises
12:38 Ways to nurture creativity in children: invention hour, problem-solving games, and more
15:13 How creativity leads to a wildly wealthy life
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Kat (00:00):
Hey, it's Kat and I'm back for another solo episode.
And today I'm going to talk aboutcreativity and how it's not just a
powerful tool for artists, but foranyone to be able to unlock personal
growth, leadership, and success in life.
I'm also going to share real worldexamples of creative leaders and also
how we can cultivate that in ourselvesin, in our children, plus my number one,
(00:22):
powerful way of cultivating creativitythat you can exercise in Anytime doesn't
cost you anything and it's just a verysimple thing to do coming right up.
So stay tuned.
Hey, my name is Kat andI'm Lee and welcome to the
wildly wealthy life podcast.
(00:43):
In this show, we explore the journeyof what it means to live a truly
exceptional and fulfilling life.
Each episode focuses on how a foundationof brilliant minds and brave hearts.
Nurtured through the artsleads to lifelong success.
Get inspired with actionabletips to foster a growth mindset,
leadership values, and creativityin children and adults, turning
their potential into lastingcontributions for their communities.
(01:06):
We hope that you embrace the challengeto shift your perspective as we equip
you and the next generation for a I
think there's this very commonmisconception that creativity
is reserved for the very luckyfew who are born with it.
(01:30):
And I beg to disagree.
I think that creativityis actually for everybody.
In fact, I do believe that All of usare born with creative capabilities.
We were created after all.
And so all of us are truly born to create.
I think the first step is actuallyrecognizing what creativity is.
And then the second is acknowledgingthat, yes, you are a creative being.
(01:54):
Everything about youactually desires to create.
It's just that some of us neverpracticed it and are not open to it.
And that's why we'dnever really tap into it.
In Robert Franken's book, HumanMotivation, he defines creativity as the
tendency to generate ideas, recognizeideas, come up with possibilities and
alternatives to solve problems, tocommunicate, or to entertain each other.
(02:20):
So creativity is simply just that.
It is not just about making art.
It is more than that.
It is really, truly just the abilityto be able to see something and have a
different perspective about it and see ifyou can solve a problem a different way.
A simple example of creativity isliterally just, you know, reorganizing
(02:41):
your day, reorganizing your routines.
You can have more efficiency inyour day that is being creative.
That's looking at your day and seeing.
Oh, I don't think I'm doing this asefficiently, or I don't think I'm being
effective in my day if I do it this way.
So then kind of removing yourselffrom that and looking, okay,
well, how can I do it differently?
Creating a new way of goingabout your day is creativity.
(03:03):
The key here really is, again, numberone, recognizing what creativity is,
and number two, acknowledging that youalready have that creative capability.
And of course, a third one is having theopenness to actually put it into practice.
My number one powerful toolfor actually being creative.
And if you don't get anything elsefrom this podcast episode, just get
(03:25):
this one thing, because if you dothis one thing, it will dramatically
change the way you do life.
Number one.
It's literally to listen,to sit still and to listen.
And that is very hard to do.
It's very hard for me to do becauseI'm such an active person, but I have
found time and time and time again,that when faced with a situation, when
(03:48):
faced with a problem, if I just quietmyself and actually take the time to
just be still and not busy myself with.
So many things that Ineed to do for the day.
I actually find thatthe answers come to me.
And I think that is the testament to,again, just how this world came about.
(04:09):
For me, I really do believe thatthis world was created with so much
intention, with so much purpose, andEverything in us has so much purpose.
We are filled with purpose.
And the way we can exercise thatpurpose is literally by stepping into
our creative power and doing the waywe do things, because actually no
(04:29):
one else does it the way that we do.
And the only way that you cantap into that power is not maybe
not the only way, but I really dobelieve one of the most powerful
ways is to sit still and to listen.
Another way to actually cultivatecreativity, I believe is sleeping.
And I say this because Iam the worst at sleeping.
(04:50):
I am an early morning person,and I'm also a late night person.
I become very chatty at nightbecause my brain is always on fire.
I'm always so full of ideas.
And then in the morning I wake up and I'mlike excited to get to my day because I
just have so much that I'm excited about.
And what I realized is that there'spower in rest and there's actually.
(05:12):
So much that happens when we sleep.
I forgot the guy that I listened to.
I completely forgot it.
If I find him, I'm going to put it onthe show notes, but basically this guy,
um, he is a dream expert and the sleepexpert, and he studied dreams and sleeping
for so many years, but what he has foundis in the sleeping in a deep sleep.
(05:32):
And when we're dreaming, this isactually where creative ideas come
because this is where our brains andour system, everything in our body,
our nervous especially is so relaxed.
The ideas actually flow into us whenwe're more relaxed than being tense.
Like, and a lot of times when we'reawake, we are tense because we're
(05:53):
thinking about so many things we'restressed out about different situations.
but when we're in that deepsleep, all of a sudden.
All of the tension goesaway and our brains actually
naturally becomes creative.
And I think that's also the reasonwhy when we wake up and we think
about our dreams, we're like,Oh my gosh, what was that about?
What?
Like that was the craziest dream.
(06:13):
I've, I always have these experiences.
I wake up and I have thecraziest, craziest dream.
And one of the things I've also done in myown practice is actually record my dreams.
So if I have a crazy dream, I wouldgrab my phone right away and I would
just kind of voice record what happened.
And then.
For the most part, I don't doanything with it, but it's just a
fact that like, okay, let me recreate.
(06:34):
Let me kind of narrate whatI saw in my dream at night.
Um, I think there's just power to that.
And we may, I may not see, youknow, the tangible relationship of
that, but I do know that somethingis happening when we're sleeping.
So yeah, two power of things you could do.
One is sit still and listen to isactually get some rest and sleep.
(06:56):
Paul Allen, who is the co founder ofMicrosoft, is not only a technological
visionary, but he is also a music lover.
He played the guitar and he has creditedhis love for music and his guitar playing
skills to have given him an edge inthe way he problem solves and how he
sees things in the technology world.
(07:17):
He believes that his ability toplay the guitar is actually a major
source of his creativity and success.
Jim McKelvey is the co founder ofSquare, a mobile payment system.
And his success really came fromthe recognition of a simple problem.
Small businesses and vendorscouldn't take in credit card payments
easily because they don't have thecapacity to, you know, have the
(07:41):
systems like a big retailer would.
And so by recognizing the problem andcoming up with a solution, which is It
plugs into the phone, small businesses andvendors can take it with them on the go.
As they plug it into the phone,they can charge customers with
their credit card payments.
And it's incredible that someone sawthat problem, recognized the need,
and came up with a solution for it.
(08:01):
And aside from his innovation withthat Square technology, he is also
an artist and a glassblower, applyinghis creativity and problem solving
skills in a whole different world.
Chuck Steerick is the founder ofSweetwater Sound, one of America's
largest online retailers formusical instruments and audio gear.
And before he founded Sweetwater, hewas a professional saxophonist running a
(08:23):
mobile recording studio out of his van.
And in his time doing that and justbeing immersed in the world of music, he
really got to know the musician's needsand was able to drive massive success
for Sweetwater Sound because of hisinnovation and customer service and making
Sweetwater a customer centric company.
He credits his music background asreally the thing that gave him insight
(08:44):
and the ability to see the gapsin what the customer really needs.
And that's why it is sucha successful company.
He also believes that his experienceas a musician really gave him
the drive and the persistence tobe able to build his business.
Those are just three of the very, veryfew creative leaders and entrepreneurs out
there who really attributes creativity asthe driving force behind their success.
(09:08):
So how can we do this ourselves?
Well, creativity is a muscle, and it canbe practiced just like anything else.
One of the things we can do as anadult is to never stop learning.
Take up a hobby that is just purely fun.
For fun.
It's just a hobby in my studio.
I have a couple of adults wholiterally take piano lessons
(09:28):
just because it's fun for them.
It is not because they're tryingto, you know, become the next
amazing songwriter singer.
Uh, they don't want to becomethe next classical pianist.
They are literally taking it just for fun.
For exercise of their brain.
And also just because forthe pure enjoyment of it.
So finding a hobby that you reallyenjoy doing and exercising that
(09:50):
creative part of your brain is oneof the ways that you can do that.
Another thing is just rearranging yourday, looking at your day and seeing,
okay, what can we do differently?
As I've kind of already mentionedin the beginning of this episode.
Um, another way is to look at dailyproblems that we have, and instead
of Going autopilot and going at itthe way we've always gone at it.
(10:11):
Uh, maybe sit back and justsay, okay, well, what are three
different angles that I can comeup with to solve this same problem?
Another simple way to exercise creativity.
And this is an exercise you can dowith the children in your lives.
Uh, it's something that I learned inone of the teacher trainings I attended
in a Simply Music teacher training.
Uh, Simply Music is the, uh, piano methodthat I am certified or licensed to teach.
(10:34):
And, it's basically looking at anitem and just coming up with However,
many different ways you can come up.
So for example, I lookat this eraser, right?
This is a whiteboard eraser,basically just looking at it and
seeing, okay, well, what are 20different ways that we can come up
as a use for this whiteboard eraser?
(10:55):
Another exercise that, uh, Lee and Iactually did one time, we were out for
a walk and I remember this, we're like,okay, this is really gross and it's
really, it's really gross, but it'sjust a way to kind of humor ourselves.
Okay, so, so don't hate.
We were like, okay, what are waysthat we can basically come up
with different ways to Name poop.
(11:16):
Yeah, what are differentways that we could say poop?
And we just went through the alphabetIt was a through Z and he would say, you
know, he would take a I would take B.
Oh, he would take C Think thankfully Igot D because I just said that you know
dingleberry something like that, right?
I know this is so gross and hilariousand cheeky, but like seriously Anything,
(11:36):
right, that could exercise your brain.
For us, that was just like a fun thing forus to do because we're silly like that.
So yeah, we just went through the alphabetand came up with different words for poop.
So take it or leave it.
But that is a way toexercise your creativity.
And another way is just collaboration.
So the more that you collaborateand really surround yourself with
(11:57):
like minded people, people whoRecognize the value of creativity.
People who acknowledge that theyare creative, they're innately
creative human beings, and numberthree, people who are willing to put
themselves out there to practice it.
I think that by surrounding yourselfwith, with creative people, you will
find that, wow, there is power incompany of like minded individuals
(12:21):
who want to grow creatively.
So those are ways that we as adultscan nurture our own creativity.
And of course, They can apply tothe children in our lives too.
However, I'm also going to give acouple of examples that are very much
specific to our approach with kids andhow we can nurture creativity in them.
So here are five ways that wecan cultivate creativity in the
children that are around us.
(12:42):
One is to let them be inventors.
Kids, I think are justnaturally inventive, right?
They come up with, withcrazy ideas in their mind.
And so why not take that and actually,uh, Make it into an exercise.
Let's say once a week you have what you'llcall the invention hour and go through
Your daily activities at home simpledaily activities at home like washing
(13:04):
dishes or cleaning the toilet Whateverthat could be for you and ask them to
Brainstorm and see if they could inventsomething that would make something
either easier or faster or better, right?
It's just an exercise to getthem to realize that, oh my gosh,
yeah, I can come up with ideas.
I can come up with inventions.
(13:25):
So yeah, have an inventionhour once a week.
Number two is create problemsolving games for them.
So whatever difficulty they're facing,especially at school, maybe encourage
them to see, okay, well, how can wegamify this hard thing right now?
Is there a way that we can approachthis that's going to make it more fun?
And is there any other angle that theycould look at that would really help
(13:46):
them solve this problem effectively?
Number three is fusion of interests.
This exercise is really about encouragingthe children in your lives, how to
see two different things that arefrom completely different fields
and how they relate to each other.
So for example, science andmusic, just asking them questions.
(14:07):
Are there any patterns in sciencethat are kind of the same as music?
Uh, how do they work together?
Would there be a product thatyou could come up with that would
blend both of them together.
You know, there's so many differentexamples and so many different fields that
you could look into, whether that's, youknow, let's say martial arts and math.
(14:30):
I don't know, you know, I'mjust coming up with things here.
How do they relate to each other?
And even if it's so far fetched,the idea here is to just encourage
them to exercise their brain andto see if there's correlations and
patterns that can work together.
And by doing that, you arenurturing their natural creativity.
And the last is celebrate crazy ideas.
(14:50):
Let kids be kids.
Their thoughts are wild.
They have crazy thingsprobably that they think about.
And, you know, when they comeup with these crazy ideas, just
don't come at it with judgment.
Just really celebrate them andencourage them to keep having these
ideas because it is in that, that theyget to really build their confidence
and exercise their creative courage.
(15:12):
So I hope that by now you canreally see that creativity is a
tool for a wildly wealthy life.
When we recognize what creativityis and acknowledge that we have
it, and we are open to practicingit, we get to see things from a
different perspective than others.
And through that, we're able tocome up with creative solutions
and creative ways to communicatethat the world may need from us.
(15:37):
And that can lead to our successand I'm not just talking about
like, okay, big inventions, right?
It doesn't have to be that it canliterally be applied to your everyday
life and something so little that couldjust Make your day so much better.
So I hope you enjoy that today untilnext time live a wildly wealthy life.
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Hey, it's Kat and I'm back for another solo episode.
And today I'm going to talk aboutcreativity and how it's not just a
powerful tool for artists, but foranyone to be able to unlock personal
growth, leadership, and success in life.
I'm also going to share real worldexamples of creative leaders and also
how we can cultivate that in ourselvesin, in our children, plus my number one,
(00:22):
powerful way of cultivating creativitythat you can exercise in Anytime doesn't
cost you anything and it's just a verysimple thing to do coming right up.
So stay tuned.
Hey, my name is Kat andI'm Lee and welcome to the
wildly wealthy life podcast.
(00:43):
In this show, we explore the journeyof what it means to live a truly
exceptional and fulfilling life.
Each episode focuses on how a foundationof brilliant minds and brave hearts.
Nurtured through the artsleads to lifelong success.
Get inspired with actionabletips to foster a growth mindset,
leadership values, and creativityin children and adults, turning
their potential into lastingcontributions for their communities.
(01:06):
We hope that you embrace the challengeto shift your perspective as we equip
you and the next generation for a I
think there's this very commonmisconception that creativity
is reserved for the very luckyfew who are born with it.
(01:30):
And I beg to disagree.
I think that creativityis actually for everybody.
In fact, I do believe that All of usare born with creative capabilities.
We were created after all.
And so all of us are truly born to create.
I think the first step is actuallyrecognizing what creativity is.
And then the second is acknowledgingthat, yes, you are a creative being.
(01:54):
Everything about youactually desires to create.
It's just that some of us neverpracticed it and are not open to it.
And that's why we'dnever really tap into it.
In Robert Franken's book, HumanMotivation, he defines creativity as the
tendency to generate ideas, recognizeideas, come up with possibilities and
alternatives to solve problems, tocommunicate, or to entertain each other.
(02:20):
So creativity is simply just that.
It is not just about making art.
It is more than that.
It is really, truly just the abilityto be able to see something and have a
different perspective about it and see ifyou can solve a problem a different way.
A simple example of creativity isliterally just, you know, reorganizing
(02:41):
your day, reorganizing your routines.
You can have more efficiency inyour day that is being creative.
That's looking at your day and seeing.
Oh, I don't think I'm doing this asefficiently, or I don't think I'm being
effective in my day if I do it this way.
So then kind of removing yourselffrom that and looking, okay,
well, how can I do it differently?
Creating a new way of goingabout your day is creativity.
(03:03):
The key here really is, again, numberone, recognizing what creativity is,
and number two, acknowledging that youalready have that creative capability.
And of course, a third one is having theopenness to actually put it into practice.
My number one powerful toolfor actually being creative.
And if you don't get anything elsefrom this podcast episode, just get
(03:25):
this one thing, because if you dothis one thing, it will dramatically
change the way you do life.
Number one.
It's literally to listen,to sit still and to listen.
And that is very hard to do.
It's very hard for me to do becauseI'm such an active person, but I have
found time and time and time again,that when faced with a situation, when
(03:48):
faced with a problem, if I just quietmyself and actually take the time to
just be still and not busy myself with.
So many things that Ineed to do for the day.
I actually find thatthe answers come to me.
And I think that is the testament to,again, just how this world came about.
(04:09):
For me, I really do believe thatthis world was created with so much
intention, with so much purpose, andEverything in us has so much purpose.
We are filled with purpose.
And the way we can exercise thatpurpose is literally by stepping into
our creative power and doing the waywe do things, because actually no
(04:29):
one else does it the way that we do.
And the only way that you cantap into that power is not maybe
not the only way, but I really dobelieve one of the most powerful
ways is to sit still and to listen.
Another way to actually cultivatecreativity, I believe is sleeping.
And I say this because Iam the worst at sleeping.
(04:50):
I am an early morning person,and I'm also a late night person.
I become very chatty at nightbecause my brain is always on fire.
I'm always so full of ideas.
And then in the morning I wake up and I'mlike excited to get to my day because I
just have so much that I'm excited about.
And what I realized is that there'spower in rest and there's actually.
(05:12):
So much that happens when we sleep.
I forgot the guy that I listened to.
I completely forgot it.
If I find him, I'm going to put it onthe show notes, but basically this guy,
um, he is a dream expert and the sleepexpert, and he studied dreams and sleeping
for so many years, but what he has foundis in the sleeping in a deep sleep.
(05:32):
And when we're dreaming, this isactually where creative ideas come
because this is where our brains andour system, everything in our body,
our nervous especially is so relaxed.
The ideas actually flow into us whenwe're more relaxed than being tense.
Like, and a lot of times when we'reawake, we are tense because we're
(05:53):
thinking about so many things we'restressed out about different situations.
but when we're in that deepsleep, all of a sudden.
All of the tension goesaway and our brains actually
naturally becomes creative.
And I think that's also the reasonwhy when we wake up and we think
about our dreams, we're like,Oh my gosh, what was that about?
What?
Like that was the craziest dream.
(06:13):
I've, I always have these experiences.
I wake up and I have thecraziest, craziest dream.
And one of the things I've also done in myown practice is actually record my dreams.
So if I have a crazy dream, I wouldgrab my phone right away and I would
just kind of voice record what happened.
And then.
For the most part, I don't doanything with it, but it's just a
fact that like, okay, let me recreate.
(06:34):
Let me kind of narrate whatI saw in my dream at night.
Um, I think there's just power to that.
And we may, I may not see, youknow, the tangible relationship of
that, but I do know that somethingis happening when we're sleeping.
So yeah, two power of things you could do.
One is sit still and listen to isactually get some rest and sleep.
(06:56):
Paul Allen, who is the co founder ofMicrosoft, is not only a technological
visionary, but he is also a music lover.
He played the guitar and he has creditedhis love for music and his guitar playing
skills to have given him an edge inthe way he problem solves and how he
sees things in the technology world.
(07:17):
He believes that his ability toplay the guitar is actually a major
source of his creativity and success.
Jim McKelvey is the co founder ofSquare, a mobile payment system.
And his success really came fromthe recognition of a simple problem.
Small businesses and vendorscouldn't take in credit card payments
easily because they don't have thecapacity to, you know, have the
(07:41):
systems like a big retailer would.
And so by recognizing the problem andcoming up with a solution, which is It
plugs into the phone, small businesses andvendors can take it with them on the go.
As they plug it into the phone,they can charge customers with
their credit card payments.
And it's incredible that someone sawthat problem, recognized the need,
and came up with a solution for it.
(08:01):
And aside from his innovation withthat Square technology, he is also
an artist and a glassblower, applyinghis creativity and problem solving
skills in a whole different world.
Chuck Steerick is the founder ofSweetwater Sound, one of America's
largest online retailers formusical instruments and audio gear.
And before he founded Sweetwater, hewas a professional saxophonist running a
(08:23):
mobile recording studio out of his van.
And in his time doing that and justbeing immersed in the world of music, he
really got to know the musician's needsand was able to drive massive success
for Sweetwater Sound because of hisinnovation and customer service and making
Sweetwater a customer centric company.
He credits his music background asreally the thing that gave him insight
(08:44):
and the ability to see the gapsin what the customer really needs.
And that's why it is sucha successful company.
He also believes that his experienceas a musician really gave him
the drive and the persistence tobe able to build his business.
Those are just three of the very, veryfew creative leaders and entrepreneurs out
there who really attributes creativity asthe driving force behind their success.
(09:08):
So how can we do this ourselves?
Well, creativity is a muscle, and it canbe practiced just like anything else.
One of the things we can do as anadult is to never stop learning.
Take up a hobby that is just purely fun.
For fun.
It's just a hobby in my studio.
I have a couple of adults wholiterally take piano lessons
(09:28):
just because it's fun for them.
It is not because they're tryingto, you know, become the next
amazing songwriter singer.
Uh, they don't want to becomethe next classical pianist.
They are literally taking it just for fun.
For exercise of their brain.
And also just because forthe pure enjoyment of it.
So finding a hobby that you reallyenjoy doing and exercising that
(09:50):
creative part of your brain is oneof the ways that you can do that.
Another thing is just rearranging yourday, looking at your day and seeing,
okay, what can we do differently?
As I've kind of already mentionedin the beginning of this episode.
Um, another way is to look at dailyproblems that we have, and instead
of Going autopilot and going at itthe way we've always gone at it.
(10:11):
Uh, maybe sit back and justsay, okay, well, what are three
different angles that I can comeup with to solve this same problem?
Another simple way to exercise creativity.
And this is an exercise you can dowith the children in your lives.
Uh, it's something that I learned inone of the teacher trainings I attended
in a Simply Music teacher training.
Uh, Simply Music is the, uh, piano methodthat I am certified or licensed to teach.
(10:34):
And, it's basically looking at anitem and just coming up with However,
many different ways you can come up.
So for example, I lookat this eraser, right?
This is a whiteboard eraser,basically just looking at it and
seeing, okay, well, what are 20different ways that we can come up
as a use for this whiteboard eraser?
(10:55):
Another exercise that, uh, Lee and Iactually did one time, we were out for
a walk and I remember this, we're like,okay, this is really gross and it's
really, it's really gross, but it'sjust a way to kind of humor ourselves.
Okay, so, so don't hate.
We were like, okay, what are waysthat we can basically come up
with different ways to Name poop.
(11:16):
Yeah, what are differentways that we could say poop?
And we just went through the alphabetIt was a through Z and he would say, you
know, he would take a I would take B.
Oh, he would take C Think thankfully Igot D because I just said that you know
dingleberry something like that, right?
I know this is so gross and hilariousand cheeky, but like seriously Anything,
(11:36):
right, that could exercise your brain.
For us, that was just like a fun thing forus to do because we're silly like that.
So yeah, we just went through the alphabetand came up with different words for poop.
So take it or leave it.
But that is a way toexercise your creativity.
And another way is just collaboration.
So the more that you collaborateand really surround yourself with
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like minded people, people whoRecognize the value of creativity.
People who acknowledge that theyare creative, they're innately
creative human beings, and numberthree, people who are willing to put
themselves out there to practice it.
I think that by surrounding yourselfwith, with creative people, you will
find that, wow, there is power incompany of like minded individuals
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who want to grow creatively.
So those are ways that we as adultscan nurture our own creativity.
And of course, They can apply tothe children in our lives too.
However, I'm also going to give acouple of examples that are very much
specific to our approach with kids andhow we can nurture creativity in them.
So here are five ways that wecan cultivate creativity in the
children that are around us.
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One is to let them be inventors.
Kids, I think are justnaturally inventive, right?
They come up with, withcrazy ideas in their mind.
And so why not take that and actually,uh, Make it into an exercise.
Let's say once a week you have what you'llcall the invention hour and go through
Your daily activities at home simpledaily activities at home like washing
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dishes or cleaning the toilet Whateverthat could be for you and ask them to
Brainstorm and see if they could inventsomething that would make something
either easier or faster or better, right?
It's just an exercise to getthem to realize that, oh my gosh,
yeah, I can come up with ideas.
I can come up with inventions.
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So yeah, have an inventionhour once a week.
Number two is create problemsolving games for them.
So whatever difficulty they're facing,especially at school, maybe encourage
them to see, okay, well, how can wegamify this hard thing right now?
Is there a way that we can approachthis that's going to make it more fun?
And is there any other angle that theycould look at that would really help
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them solve this problem effectively?
Number three is fusion of interests.
This exercise is really about encouragingthe children in your lives, how to
see two different things that arefrom completely different fields
and how they relate to each other.
So for example, science andmusic, just asking them questions.
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Are there any patterns in sciencethat are kind of the same as music?
Uh, how do they work together?
Would there be a product thatyou could come up with that would
blend both of them together.
You know, there's so many differentexamples and so many different fields that
you could look into, whether that's, youknow, let's say martial arts and math.
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I don't know, you know, I'mjust coming up with things here.
How do they relate to each other?
And even if it's so far fetched,the idea here is to just encourage
them to exercise their brain andto see if there's correlations and
patterns that can work together.
And by doing that, you arenurturing their natural creativity.
And the last is celebrate crazy ideas.
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Let kids be kids.
Their thoughts are wild.
They have crazy thingsprobably that they think about.
And, you know, when they comeup with these crazy ideas, just
don't come at it with judgment.
Just really celebrate them andencourage them to keep having these
ideas because it is in that, that theyget to really build their confidence
and exercise their creative courage.
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So I hope that by now you canreally see that creativity is a
tool for a wildly wealthy life.
When we recognize what creativityis and acknowledge that we have
it, and we are open to practicingit, we get to see things from a
different perspective than others.
And through that, we're able tocome up with creative solutions
and creative ways to communicatethat the world may need from us.
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And that can lead to our successand I'm not just talking about
like, okay, big inventions, right?
It doesn't have to be that it canliterally be applied to your everyday
life and something so little that couldjust Make your day so much better.
So I hope you enjoy that today untilnext time live a wildly wealthy life.
All right, friends, that's a wrap ontoday's episode of wildly wealthy life.
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