Creative Unlearning, Or The Art Of Reinventing Yourself

Creative unlearning offers us something great. If we want to regain our true potential, sometimes there is no other solution than to put aside most of these beliefs and other learnings that have been instilled in us … and in order to see the world from a distance. another perspective. This new vision must be broad, richer in curiosity and criticism; It is only in this way that we will be able to reinvent ourselves, it is only in this way that we will be able to be freer.

To speak of creativity is to speak of human capital. Take the time to think about this: we find ourselves in a job market where most of us are trained (trained) in order to acquire very similar skills and abilities. However, large companies need to innovate to position themselves on the social and economic scene, which is increasingly complex and in demand.

It is not difficult to understand what it means today to have very creative people, and the extent to which this kind of profile is sought after because of its rarity; indeed, it is the people with this profile who bring the necessary “spark” to these oxidized gears of many organizations, where each change, at a stage of stagnation, undoubtedly supposes a great advance, a precious success. In itself, but also for what breaking with an inertia of immobility represents.

What is more, we cannot neglect the personal implications of being much more creative, more open to complexity and more ingenious when it comes to providing answers to the problems that we sometimes find ourselves confronted with in the workplace. life. This mental flexibility and ability is a wonderful way to invest in our personal development.

Getting there is within everyone’s reach …

To be on the same level as the others or to be someone able to stand out from the crowd. Live stagnant in monotony and mediocrity or choose to grow in every sense of the word: emotionally, personally and professionally… What would you choose? Note that the assimilation and training of these psychological and emotional remedies that allow us to look a little more like the person we want to be are fundamental.

One way to do this is to train yourself precisely to develop that ability that we are all endowed with at birth: creativity. If you doubt it, if you think that if what characterizes you, precisely, is the fact of being not very original and not at all creative, then take the time to read the book entitled The Midnight Disease (in French:

She explains to us how our own emotions, experiences, and even how the educational systems themselves gradually make us “sick” and extinguish our spark, our creative potential, our motivations…

So, in order to “heal” ourselves, reinvent ourselves and awaken our dormant potential, we need to practice creative unlearning. The most effective way to do this is through training.

Reinventing yourself is not easy, because reinventing yourself, if you think about it, is scary. Self-reinvention is not just about leaving behind what we were before in order to give birth to a different “me”. How to make such a change? It is certain that companies value innovation and creativity, but in a way, society itself prefers that we are passive, silent, docile and that we share the same preferences.

Let’s face it, reinventing ourselves is a challenge we are not all prepared to take on. We must be able, therefore, to break with the unique gaze; it consists quite simply in the fact of “waking up”, waking up in order to find our essence, to take all this value that we carry within us and to make it emerge to position ourselves, with our own voice, with decision and in a manner creative.

In the rest of this article, we will give you some keys that will allow you to get there, or in any case will give you at least some food for thought about this important task.

• Creative unlearning is NOT about forgetting or hitting the “reset” button to eliminate everything we have been told, taught or passed on to us, no; creative unlearning consists, above all, of knowing how to question and question, and above all, of never accepting unique looks or indisputable truths.
• Unlearning also allows us to work as much as possible on our Emotional Intelligence. Most of our emotions, habits, beliefs and attitudes prevent our creativity from expressing itself.
• Another aspect that we have to work on is flexibility. Most of our vital and emotional experiences can lead us, and without always realizing it, to apply a very rigid type of thinking that is limited only to what we consider correct or acceptable. However, being able to open ourselves to experience, to be flexible, to practice criticism and self-criticism, all of this will undoubtedly allow us to improve our human potential.

To conclude, more sophisticated when it comes to giving answers to the problems we encounter. Therefore, let us not hesitate to train ourselves in order to acquire this ability, whether it is through courses or specialized books.

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