Siapa si orangnya, yang enggak mau
jadi kreatif? Siapa si orangnya yang enggak ngiri sama orang kreatif? Ada yang
enggak ngacung? Selamat! Anda anti mainstream. Haha :D
Orang kreatif memang selalu hadir
menawarkan ide, mencoba cara-cara yang enggak lazim. beda, fresh, ekspresif,
tapi tetep… fun.
Penasaran gimana caranya jadi
kreatif?
Dibawah ini ada 101 cara untuk jadi
kreatif, yang saya ambil dari bukunya Yoris Sebastian yang berjudul : Yoris Sebastian’s 101 Creative Notes.
Sebelumnya, Siapa si, Bang Yoris
itu? sekreatif apa si dia, sampek-sampek catetan kreatif?
Yap… Beliau adalah praktisi
kreatif, mantan General Manager H*rd Rock Café. Bang Yoris ini udah malang
melintang di dunia perkreatifitas-an Indonesia. diantaranya pernah menang
International Young Creative Enterpreneur (IYCE) Award, dan beliau udah punya
perusahaan kreatif sendiri yaitu OMG Creative Consulting, serta Penulis buku
Crative Junkies.
Udah ah… kok saya jadi kayak sales
marketingnya Bang Yoris… hahaha :D
Creative Wannabe?
Let’s check these 101 notes out…
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1.
I’m Born Creative
2.
“I’m possible” Instead Of
“Impossible”
3.
Believe
“if u want it, u got it. Just got to believe. Believe in yourself.”-
Lenny Kravitz
4.
Creativity Is A
Skill
Bakat is a
yes, but… yang berbakat bisa kalah sama yang namanya : latihan, latihan, dan
latihan.
5.
Break Your Routine
6.
Change How You
Do Your Routine.
Do
something extraordinary. Ubah kebiasaan. Apapun.
7.
But Still, Ritual
Is
Allowed
Ritual
kayak apa? yang bikin otak kita “on”. Kalo saya : bangun pagi hari, ngopi, dan
baca buku.
8.
Fixed Schedule
9.
Work in
Different Areas
10.
Drink Lots of Water
11.
Have A Good Sleep
12.
Optimistic
“I always like to look on the optimistic side
of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”-
Walt Disney
13.
Great Expectation
14.
Dare To Say “No”
15.
Be Grateful. Always.
“Just because I’m losing doesn’t mean I’m
lost.” Coldplay -Lost(Viva La Vida Album)
16.
“Why Not” Attitude
Individual
thinking, baru setelah itu brainstorming.
17.
It Is Okay to Be Wrong
18.
Learn From Failure
Yes, it is
okay to be wrong, but still… belajar dari kesalahan itu mutlak diperlukan.
19.
More relax
20.
Take a break frequently
Otak dan
badan kita bukan robot ya…
21.
Power Nap
22.
Obsessed With the ‘WHY”
“Before you jump in, take a deep
breath & remind yourself why you’re doing this. Obsess why you do
anyting.”- Robert Wong, Executive Creative Director Google Creative Lab
23.
Mindset Creator
Lebih
karena ingin berkarya, bukan karena untuk mengalahkan yang lain, bukan apa-apa
juga.
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to
achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”- Ayn Rand – Russian-American Philosopher
24.
Curiousity
Penasaranlah
dengan hal2 di sekitar kita.
25.
A Broad Perspective
Orang
kreatif perlu luas pengetahuannya. Absolutely.
26.
Read a Lot of Books
Broaden
your minds by reading books as many as possible.
27.
Reading Magazines
28.
Read Twitter/Facebook/Any Other Social Media
29.
Read Google Currents/Any Other Current Items.
30.
Web Browsing
31.
Watch TED.com
Yeay!
Pernah join TEDx UGM #gagalfokus
32.
Watch TV
Apapun yang
bisa bikin kreatif. Bisa acara talkshow, reality show, even sinetron
33.
Watch Inspiring Movies
34.
Playing With New Words
Buka kamus.
belajar lagi sana nak…
35.
Record Your Ideas
Simpen ide,
biarkan ide bermimpi di “the sleeping ideas zone”
36.
Take a Picture
Amati
orang, amati jalanan, amati pemandangan. Jeprat jepret.
37.
Eavesdropping aka Nguping
Pembicaraan
orang kadang menginspirasi, karena mereka enggak tahu apa yang mereka katakan
sebenarnya diam-diam sedang dipelajari.
38.
Analyze Something
Untuk lebih
peka sehingga lebih mudah untuk menciptakan sesuatu yang kreatif.
39.
Calculate Risk Mentality
“nothing
is riskier than not taking the risk.”- Facebook
40.
Niteni, Niroke, Nambahi : ATM (Amati,Tiru, dan
Menambahi)
41.
Bemain TTS
42.
Dress welL
Nggak
selalu harus pergi kemana sehingga kita pake pakaian yang kece, tapi kadang
perlu juga pake pakaian yang kece biar ide2 lancar keluar, karena berpakaian
kece bisa jadi
mood booster.
“I’m
gonna det dressed, for success, shaping me up for the big time” – Roxette -
Dress For Success
43.
Meet Strangers Regularly
44.
Exchange Ideas
bisa jadi akan
terlahir ide-ide yang tidak biasa.
45.
Learn Many Other Skills
Bukan untuk
menjadi ahli, tapi untuk mendapatkan ilmu baru yang kadang tanpa kita sadari
akan mempengaruhi kreatifitas kita.
46.
Work in Different Projects
47.
Follow Your Passion & Be Creative to Make
It Happen
“Do the
things that you always wanted to, without me there to hold you back. Don’t
think. Just do.”- Snow Patrol - You Could Be Happy (Eyes Open Album)
48.
Believe in process
49.
Attend Seminar
50.
Take a Short Course
51.
No Certificate Needed
Yang
penting adalah pengetahuannya. Asal bisa menjelaskan isi seminar tsb dengan
baik dan ada relevansi dengan pekerjaan yang kita lamar baik saat itu atau masa
yang akan datang.
52.
Join International Conference
53.
Tenacity aka Ulet
mencari
cara2 baru yang kreatif atas sesuatu yang kita percayai.
54.
Never Stop To Innovate
“ in order to be irreplaceable one must
always be different.”- Coco Chanel-French Fashion Designer
55.
Avoid Metoolsm
Pake cara2
yang enggak biasa. Karena sosial media sudah terlalu mainstream, kirim kartu
pos, kartu ucapan.
56.
Dressed For Comfort & For Success
57.
Plan Surprises
58.
Try Different Angle
59.
Doing Something for The First Time
60.
Listen. Anything.
Bahkan dari
kritikan orang lain.
61.
Be Spontaneous
Try to go
somewhere without any preparation.
62.
Test Your Ideas To Others
Kita perlu lihat
dari sudut pandang orang lain.
63.
Visit Creative Company
64.
Interview Senior People
65.
Wawancara Imajiner
66.
Temukan Mentor
Cari orang
yang bisa memberi masukan, peringatan, dan yang memang berpengalaman, bukan
sekedar rajin baca atau jago ngomong.
67.
Keep the Good Chances
kalau sudah takut duluan ide kita dicuri, ya
mana ada kesempatan buat kita?
68.
Bergabung Dengan Komunitas Kreatif
Misalnya
gabung dengan orang yang berpikiran sejenis (like-minded people.
69.
Bangun PD Dari Hal Terkecil
Cari ide
yang paling kecil dan paling mungkin untuk dijalankan dan segera dieksekusi
sebaik mungkin.
70.
Ikut Kompetisi
Bukan untuk
menang, tapi untuk merasakan atmosfir perjuangan.
71.
Join International Competition
72.
Less Rules-Simple Rules
“creativity comes from freedom, freedom of
your mind. When you give people that freedom, they get more creativity.” –
Michael Yanover - Head of Business Development, Creative Artist Agency
73.
Creative Experience
74.
Creative Habitat
bikin acara
kumpul2 kreatif, sering2 kumpul dengan orang kreatif.
75.
Train Someone Else
76.
Initiate Conversation
77.
Write About Creative Things Around You
78.
Start To Make A Stand
79.
True Intention
“before you agree to do anything that might
add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself : what
intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it’s right,
I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.” – Oprah Winfrey
80.
Say It With Your Creation
“You got to
cry without weeping. Talk without speaking. Scream without raising your voice.” U2–
Running To Stand Still (The Joshua Tree Album)
81.
Write Press Release in Advance
82.
Spend Your 10% of Your Time Doing Something You
Feel Impossible
Just take your time.
83.
Get Ready For Your Significant Event
Be prepare
from now on.
84.
Fight Your Feeling, Not Your Body
85.
The Hours Of Silence
Tidak untuk
memikirkan ide,tidak untuk mencari jalan keluar. Hanya menikmati “the hours of
silence”
86.
Working Without Seeing
the Clock
87.
Every Person Has Their
Own Limit
“once we
accept our limit, we go beyond them.” - Albert Einstein
88.
Have A Vacation
89.
Do Some Exercises
90.
Trust Your Intuition
“Trust your intuition. Cultivate it. Don’t
let them beat that out of you or teach that of you because that’s one of your
real treasures.” – Francis Ford Coppola - Storyteller and Businessman
91.
Living A Happy Life
“Shiny happy people. Laughing. Theres no time
to cry.”- REM-Shiny Happy People (Out
of Time Album)
92.
Join A Good Cause
Giving is
the new taking.
93.
Good Karma
“The more you give, the more you’ll get back.
“at the end, it’s a give and take. Its feeding the circle of life, its feeding
the circle of creativity. The more you give, the more you’ll get back. In the
end its what I live on.”- Guy Laliberte - Founder Cirque du Soleil
94.
Listening To Relax Music
95.
Unlearn
Relativitas
terus bergerak maju. Untuk terus bisa mengikutinya, kita juga harus membuang
sebagian ilmu lama kita. Akan sulit bila ada yang mau menjadi kreatif tapi
tidak mau melepaskan kebiasaan lama yang tidak relevan lagi.
96.
Ignore the Trend
97.
Imagination Is King
“logic will take you from A to B. imagination
will take you anywhere.”- Guy Laliberte - Cirque du Soleil
People with
ideas is (now) more powerful than people with machine.
98.
Focus on Impact
99.
Novel Solutions
100.
Anti Established
101.
Pray
***
Ada yang
mau nambahin?
I believe
we all have, they are just need to be found…
