Hands up if you're a creative

Do you see yourself as a creative? How do you know whether you are or not? Who gets to decide?

What does being creative even mean?

With the following words on my annual school report for Art – 2 years running! - it’s hardly any surprise that I went through life thinking I wasn’t artistic:

‘Rachel’s artistic imagination far exceeds her ability.’

Somewhere along my journey I’ve come to see I can be artistic, or creative in different ways and if you haven’t put your hand up that will be the case for you too.

It doesn’t have to be about painting and drawing – although we can learn to do that too. It can be about homemaking, cooking, gardening, so many ways.

So in what way would you see yourself as creative – because you are?

Do you write? Come up with new ways of working with your clients? Think outside the box?

What other ways are there to be creative? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Rachel Maunder is a communication skills and speaker coach and professional speaker.

She has been in the world of competent communication, in different guises, for more than 30 years so has a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise to pass on to her clients, both through her signature programmes and her own presentations.

You can find out more about her coaching programmes here and about her speaking topics here.