What inspires me or keeps me creative?

As practical and noncreative as it sounds, problems keep me creative.  After all, there are plenty of problems to go around and it takes a fair amount of imagination, resourcefulness, and “creativity” to find good solutions.

I love the old adage “There’s more than one way to skin a cat” because it’s really about unblocking your thinking so you can be creative.  Being able to develop new ideas or look at things differently is a very valuable skill at work and in life.

I tend to approach problems by asking questions like “Why do we have to do it this way?”, “Why is this important?”, or “What ultimately do we want to accomplish?” Really basic questions tend to get ideas flowing without the roadblock of how things have to be. 

So, creativity doesn’t always produce the next “Mona Lisa”, but it can help you develop unique ideas and solutions.