You may know gap­ingvoid from Hugh MacLeod’s “car­toons drawn on the back of busi­ness cards”. Now he’s telling us How To Be Cre­ative.

So you want to be more cre­ative, in art, in busi­ness, what­ever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years:

  • You are respon­si­ble for your own experience.
  • Every­body has their own pri­vate Mount Ever­est they were put on this earth to climb.
  • Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether.
  • If you accept the pain, it can­not hurt you.

The lengthy arti­cle was picked up by Seth Godin and is now avail­able for free in a won­der­fully for­mat­ted PDF from ChangeThis. Also worth a read is Hugh’s How To Be Cre­ative book pro­posal.