We as humans are all creative beings. Even those who we see in jobs they hate and who live with depression every day of their life. It’s still inside, it just gets pushed out of the way.

As a child you were taught to conform and to do well in school, get good grades or be in trouble. I know I was. I used to love writing stories. I would sit with my notepad and pencil and write short stories and then take them to my Mum and Dad and ask them to publish them for me and make me a famous author.

My parents would laugh and say of course Carly and then the story I had just shown them, if heard at all was forgotten.. If I was slacking with my grades though, that was a different story. That would definitely not be forgotten. In fact, I’d be reminded every day to concentrate harder and listen more. I’m not blaming my parents for this, not at all. They knew from being working class that it is nice to have dreams and be creative but in their reality that is all these stories were. Dreams.

Thankfully, being a determined young girl, I refused to accept that my dreams could never be real and continued believing in myself throughout my teenage years. Hence why I became an entrepreneur.

Ok so I’m not an author yet, but I still have that passion and I will publish one if not many more books in my life time. The dream still remains fresh even now at 31 years old.

Society as you know, tries to keep us from being who we really are. People go to jobs they hate throughout their whole life out of a necessity for money, they have families and forget that they once had their own personal dreams and passions. They feel the pressure upon them and try to live their lives perfectly, in the eyes of the world.

As entrepreneurs we are different to the majority (yay!) But being a true creative entrepreneur takes a different kind of energy and passion. Some entrepreneurs still work their business like a full time job and it doesn’t have to be that way.

Think about what you are doing right now in your business. Is the business really you or related to who you see yourself as being long term? Do you work in it for the money benefits or for the personal satisfaction it gives you? Does it aid your creative flow?

You can have all the success and all the money in the world and still be unhappy. If you are not using your own creativity within your business then you are doing yourself and others an injustice.

Here are some quick tips to inject your creativity into your business and others:

Work with something you are passionate about:

Forget which business makes you the most money. I have made this mistake before. Work with the business that suits you and the kind of person you are and do whatever it is in life you want to do, regardless of other people’s point of view. By doing so, your creative energy will flow and being an entrepreneur will be just how you imagined it to be.

Share your new ideas with others on your blog and in communicating:

Be the real you. By being completely real your creativity will shine and others will appreciate your honesty and your own style. There is no-one else like you. You are unique. Don’t be a sheep and go by the book, just because it worked for others. Maybe it did, but you need to shine and you will only shine when you accept who you are. Your business should reflect this.

Create your own formula or system that works for you and tell other peole how to do the same:

A business in a box is great for people with little time, but as a creative entrepreneur you have no excuse. Don’t use the same landing pages as everyone else, or rewrite your favourite blog posts. Develop your own formula for doing things and feel good knowing you have complete freedom over your life and business. Tell everyone you meet in business to do the same. Encourage people to be individuals. It’s fine to follow systems that work but put your own spin on it.

The more creative you are the more people will appreciate you. When people appreciate you they will work with you and you can all share creative ideas together.

Be free. Be creative. Most importantly…………..Have fun!!

Lots of love,

Carly Taylor x