What is your most important skill or superpower that helps you to succeed as a creative?
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- I would say• Tapping into my creativity even when under pressure.• Listening to your client• Not being afraid of speaking up about your vision• Believing in your designs.
- Seeing the bigger picture. I know it's not too defined but it's about seeing how everything connects together.
- @Javier Navarro Thank you
- @Mosh Balogun That is a VERY good point!
- Hi Nestor,I would say that in my case observation is a key innate creative skill. I totally agree with @Andrew Diprose & @Evan Brown here that confidence and resilience are also paramount and these come with experience, so be patient!Hope this helps,
- for me it is Discipline :) funny enough :)
- Hello!Richard is right.Have confidence in your idea / vision.This is essential. You'd going to need to get folks on board (or bought-in) to your solution whether internall or externally, with commissioning or selling the idea.I'd also add:Vision.Obvious, but you really need to understand how this idea will take form - whatever your discipline. Take time to understand this for yourself before sharing. Get inspired, do your research. Sometime it comes in a flash, sometimes it's an agonising grind to the finish line! When you have the vision, you have confidence right?Be flexible.It's no good having that confidence and vision without recognising that you may not have all the answers or indeed the best solution. Look to others for their expertise. No one will think less of you for leaning on outside sources to get the best result.The best result may not always be your initial vision.
- Have confidence in yourself before you look for others to have confidence in you. To be the best Creative you'll need to be pushing boundaries and challenging norms to create work that stands out, gets talked about and influences behaviour. Too often this kind of work scares people when they first see it because you're asking them to engage with something outside of their previous experiences - and their response to their own fears are to hold you back as you attempt to push forward. You need to keep going forward everytime.
- Resiliance. A mentor once told me "remember-- it's not a sprint, it's a marathon." This applies to idea generation (when you think you've hit a wall, something alays comes) as well as selling through an idea (running the gauntlet of internal naysayers as well as clients) and even producing the work. If you can stay resilient, you can conquer all.
- Understanding the nature of references
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