How to Overcome Creative Blocks
By Sophie Leane
In a world of increased automation, creativity is the one thing that remains exclusively human. Machines might take over the world, but they will have to be created first. Creativity, in other words, is inherently human.
But just because something’s natural, that doesn’t make it easy. Most of us struggle with the tap of creativity, which splutters, coughs and spews but never quite works how we want it to. Entire industries have sprung up around releasing creative blocks, but, despite all this, the blocks remain.
In fact, most obstacles which exist solely in the mind cannot be undone with outside help alone. We can go to external sources for knowledge or information on how to unblock our creative potential, but, at the end of the day, only we can help ourselves.
This is where NLP comes in. It provides you with the tools to unblock your own creativity and, in doing so, empowers you to help yourself.
NLP and The Creative Flow
In 1994, Robert Dilts created the now-famous Disney model of creativity. This was based on a conversation that Dilts had with someone close to Walt Disney, who told him that the renowned cartoonist and entrepreneur was “actually three different Walts: the Dreamer, the Realist and the Critic. You never…
