TJ Walker sat through a three-hour creativity seminar and found nothing new. His rule: when you speak, deliver either a genuinely new idea or a fresh angle on an old one that sticks. Everything else is wasted time.
The other day I went to a three hour seminar by a creativity expert on how to be creative. Only problem? I didn't hear a single idea that was new or different or innovative or creative. And I didn't hear an old idea packaged in a new way. Anytime you speak, anytime you present, whether it's on creativity or any other topic, you've got to deliver the goods. And the goods are either a new idea that's genuinely interesting and useful to people, or a new way of looking at an old idea that makes it more memorable and more interesting. Follow the T.J. walker habit.
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