CREATIVITY LIES IN THE PROBLEMS BY REED HAABESTAD

I believe creativity is everywhere and can come in any form; it is contagious and can be

fostered. In most adults and college students, their creativity is muted by society. In order to be

truly creative, one must place themselves in the right environment and silence their voice of

judgement.

For me, my creativity is fueled by the problems I face. This typically happens when I am dealing

with a business, product, or daily task and have a negative experience. These experiences lead

me to question what solutions could be implemented to solve the problem. I strongly believe that

the customers understand the front office issues best and because they are affected by these

issues, they have an incentive to search for solutions.

Creativity needs to be practiced. To make creativity more ubiquitous in my life I try to write down

any and all ideas that come to mind. I feel that writing them down makes them seem more

legitimate and provides opportunity to revisit and revise them. Creativity is not a one step

process, it requires iteration and time, and with time, comes great ideas.