Solve problems with creativity

March 6th, 2009 | Published in Problem Solving, Quality of Life

Originality and creativity are severely lacking in today’s society. How do I know? We’re all trying to slum by at the lowest common denominator, insisting we all go at the pace of the slowest person, and somehow we’re all okay with that. It’s usually in the name of “equal opportunity” and “fairness”.

I think that we are making equal opportunity and fairness something it was never meant to be. Yes, we should all get a chance. However, those who put in the effort and the ones who perform the best for the job should get it. We use equal opportunity as a crutch, we know that we’re wasting our time and effort because that’s not what we’re being judged on.

This, in turn, has taught us that being intuitive and inventive does not reap benefits. This, in turn, has taught our generation today to be lazy. The only time we use our creativity is to get out of needing to use it in another situation. Kids these days put more work into making a paper for school look like it’s the correct length using tricks in Microsoft Word than they would have if they had just written the damn paper.

Being creative about solving your problems is invaluable. Aren’t going to make the rent this month? Do you just let it happen or do you seek out creative (and legal!) ways of making an extra buck, like washing your neighbor’s car. You’ll be surprised how sympathetic someone might be to your situation if you’re willing to earn the cash instead of just borrowing it.

There are numerous ways of getting creative, from deciding to start a business to making the process you use to clean your dishes more efficient.

Leave your creative ideas in the comments. What is a problem you solved using a non-conventional method?