It’s comfortable and easy to stick with the things we believe, but by doing so we're also stifling our ability to be innovative.

Everyone, every day, and everywhere, can be creative in his or her own way. All they really need is an effective way of thinking and a few inventive skills to overcome their challenges and capture their opportunities.

Develop your creative mindset and increase your awareness by keeping your eyes and ears open at all times and constantly changing your surroundings. Pay attention to what’s going on around you. Be present in the moment.

The Creative Mindset often starts out with one person’s unlikely, outside-of-the-box idea, but it requires the support of a team, and the willingness of others to experiment, to fully realize its magic.

If we treat the ideas that others put forward with empathy, we can draw on experiences beyond our own and gain new insights. Hence the old adage: “walk a mile in their shoes.