Dear you, right where you are,
Creative minds don't just accept failure, they actually use it. Artists, inventors and entrepreneurs alike often speak of their biggest breakthroughs emerging from their biggest flops. When Thomas Edison said, I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work, he wasn't being negative, he was simply being creatively resilient. He knew that each failure brought him one step closer to innovation.
Iteration and the design process.
A core part of the design process, involves a prototype, testing, analysing, and refining a design based on feedback - its a circular model, ensuring continuous improvement and a better final product
At its very heart, creativity too thrives on iteration. It recognises that trying, tweaking and even starting over are not signs of incompetence but evidence of courage and curiosity. When we apply a creative mindset, failure becomes feedback. It shows us what doesn't work so we can find what might. Instead of asking, Why didn’t this work? we start asking, What can I learn from this? and How can I pivot?
Having a creative mindset opens the door to risk taking without fear. It replaces the pressure to be perfect with curiosity and exploration. And in doing this, it transforms failure from a dead end into a a pause fr thought and the end of the project.
Next time you come to a no entry signpost, consider this:
With a little creativity, failure isn’t a the end. It’s a springboard to the next phase.
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