So imagine you're this young ENFP full of ideas so many things you want to do
and your biggest problem is focusing picking just one thing to do but then one day
maybe you find a YouTube channel about ENFPs who knows who knows how you did it
but you find a way to focus and stick to just one thing be disciplined
and maybe you start your own business and you're growing that business and you keep doing
it maybe for a year maybe for two years and it's actually working and then one day you ask yourself
[ __ ] where'd all those ideas go what happened to all that creativity i used to have way too much of
this actually came up on an ENFP Unleash coaching call the other day it had been
happening to a member and to be totally honest it's happened to me as well i worked so hard to
be focused and disciplined and when these new ideas would pop into my head i'd say to myself
no like stay focused stay on task don't change direction of your business and then you know
what happens one day your unconscious is like well dan doesn't want any of these creative ideas dan
doesn't want any of this genius so let's just turn it off let's just stay focused and the truth is it
does serve us ENFPs to have a period where we can stay really focused and maybe dismiss some of that
super creative energy while we focus on something we need to grow while we put in the grunt work
but then we'll get to a point where we need to get it back and that's what this video
is all about how can you get your creativity back whether it's in business or art or writing there's
something that you used to do and have that real creative soul how do you end up getting that back
well one of the things that's happening when you find yourself feeling less creative
is you're getting into your extroverted intuition that's your primary function as an enfp you're
spending less time there and maybe you're spending more time in something like extroverted thinking
where you're focusing on logic and organization outside yourself and so these are some tips that
have worked well for me and can help you get back to that the first one is change your peer group
now this is an all-time hack for anyone right if you change the people you're around will change
how you're thinking how you're feeling and so start spending time with more creative people
you know maybe you're working as an accountant and you haven't painted in five years
well if you keep hanging out with accountants at the bar after work every time you're probably
not going to start painting anytime soon so spend time with some artists maybe drink some absinthe
make some changes and that is going to naturally bring out more of your creativity now another
thing you can do is change your inputs you know what are you taking in if you're
watching the news all day and drama tv shows and everything else like yeah you're probably
not feeling that inspiration to write or you're not thinking about all those business ideas like
you used to you know when i was most flush with new business ideas and bouncing all around like
you know the stereotype really is is also when i was always reading autobiographies of
entrepreneurs and business books and hanging out with other entrepreneurs so of course that's what
i was thinking about and when i found i was losing some of that what was i doing i was watching
dramas on netflix i was hanging out with a wide range of people not necessarily entrepreneurs and
so kind of makes sense right so take a look at your inputs and see what changes you can
make and on the note of inputs a third thing you can do is create some silence in your life
creativity breeds in silence so if you're spending all your time in the mornings while you're making
breakfast listening to a podcast even if it's my podcast or before bed you have youtube videos
on all the time there's no silent time your creativity doesn't have a chance to open up
at the start of this year i found i was having more trouble than for more trouble focusing
than normal so i did this dopamine detox and i basically turned off all electronics for two days
on the weekends and from 8 pm onwards on weekdays and i found that pretty much instantly like within
a couple days the creativity came back the ideas came back and i was waking up earlier than ever
before scribbling notes on my pad before bed i was having trouble falling asleep because i was
thinking about all these different ideas for my business and i did that simply by creating silence
now i have thought that maybe you can't have the best of both worlds maybe when you train your
brain to be more focused on one thing you lose the ability to be creative to think of all these ideas
that it's an either or choice so you can either be the really focused person who just does one
thing and does it well or you can be the person with all these ideas and maybe that could be true
but maybe it isn't true maybe there is a possibility where you find both parts of yourself
where you learn to switch between functions where you spend time being focused and disciplined
monday to friday and on and on saturday and sunday you allow yourself to think about creativity and
to really go into your extroverted intuition and let the ideas flow and i'd like to believe that
that is very possible that's what i aim to live with and i think that's what you can do as well
so when you're trying to switch between these ways of being think about your peer group and
your inputs and use those tools to determine what kind of person you want to be acting like at the
different times so it will serve you to reach your goals i'm dan this is dreams around the
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