To realize our own creative potential means to find ourselves<\/strong>. The world is changing very fast. And we have no way of knowing what will happen in the near future. Because cultural changes are rarely linear and difficult to predict. In this dynamic, we need more and more new ideas, people who can work in a team and know how to communicate.<\/p>\n Little kids are full of ideas, but then something happens. Why do we stop thinking outside the box when we grow up?<\/strong>\u00a0 Or maybe the creativity is still smoldering inside us, but instead of igniting it, we for some reason suppress it. To answer these questions, let's first see what it means to be creative. And who are the people - innovators. The creative process has three main steps. The first is imagination, the moment when we see in our mind things that are not available at the given moment to our senses. The second step is creativity \u2013 the ability to develop original ideas with value. And finally we come to innovation \u2013 the moment we put these new ideas into practice. It is a misconception that only special people are creative and that it is a rare talent. Virtually anyone can be creative as long as they are given the right conditions. Another misconception is that creativity is only associated with certain activities such as advertising, art or design. Natural sciences can also be creative. In fact, wherever we use our intelligence, creativity can break through. Starbucks certainly didn't invent coffee, but they managed to create a certain culture around it.<\/p>\n Being creative means playing with ideas, having fun and letting your imagination run free. On the one hand, creativity is about working hard on ideas and projects. But on the other hand, with making decisions about what and how will work best. And the question is not only to start something new, but to be able to keep it. However, in order to create a child who will grow up to be a creative adult, we need to give him freedom.<\/p>\n Every parent is programmed to protect and care for their child<\/strong>. There are exceptions, of course, but they only prove the rule. And the main thing that mom and dad strive for is to give security to their child. So strongly do they strive for it that to this day they do not feel themselves crossing the line of useful security. Modern man has lost his idea of freedom. And he often confuses it with this certainty. True freedom is determined above all by the possibility of making decisions about one's life. And in today's modern world, in practice, the individual does not have the opportunity to decide almost anything on his own. The state provides almost everything - education, health care, work, but at the same time controls all of this. It's the same in the family. Today, parents are increasingly taking care of their children unnecessarily. They do things for them with the idea that the child does not get hurt, that he does not suffer, instead of teaching him well to manage on his own. Thus, modern society has become filled with generations of dependent children who will grow up to be dependent adults; big people, unable to do certain things and make decisions. This is how these future adults will raise their children.<\/p>\n Freedom is, first of all, independence and the ability to manage on our own<\/strong>. The first principle of building a successful child is to give him more freedom and less security, to teach him how to handle the fishing line instead of serving him the fish straight cooked. But apart from independence, freedom is also the presence of self-control, self-discipline and self-governance. Because they are the cornerstone on the road to success. What is the connection with freedom? Very simply - when we know how to control ourselves, it is assumed that our actions and decisions do not depend mainly on our emotions. And independence is a prerequisite for free will. To build this sense of self-control in a child, he must learn from an early age the meaning of the word NO. It must learn that the path it has taken is not smooth and safe. There are barriers there for it to overcome and limitations to come to terms with. And despite our innate instinct to please our child, we must firmly stand up for our NO because that is what is right for our child.<\/p>\n For a child to be successful, it is important what kind of character he has<\/strong>. It is true that children are just born some. But temper can still be modeled. Good, kind character leads to trust. And it consists of two components - integrity and competence. But they must be present at the same time in the character. Because a person may be honest, but if he does not have the necessary knowledge and skills for the given thing, we cannot trust him. The reverse is also true. We have an extremely capable person, but if he is not honest in his dealings with people, he also arouses distrust and is rejected.<\/p>\n Today we are witnessing how the importance of character is being neglected. We live in a world dominated by a lack of values. People continue to believe that success is not due to skill, risk taking, responsibility and good character. They believe they only need good connections, cash, and a scheme to screw the other person, whoever they are. They believe that if a problem cannot be solved with money, it will be solved with a lot of money. This mentality is so deeply rooted in modern society that everyone takes it for granted. And they forget that there are actually other ways. It depends on us, the parents, what will be the mentality of the future society that is growing now.<\/p>\n We live in a colorful but complex world. A world overflowing with information, which if one does not know how to use, it remains useless. In order for this to happen, each person has their own thought pattern. Every day we take bits of information and impose them on this model of ours. And then we make decisions that define the way we live. The big question here is whether our thinking model is correct. And it was not built in a day, it was created and developed since childhood, under the influence of family and environment.<\/p>\n Life is full of obstacles. And our greatest responsibility as parents is to teach our children not to fear them. To teach them to bravely face obstacles and accept them as another challenge, the solution of which will bring new opportunities. Because the opposite equals failure. The opposite means that the child will turn any challenge into a problem and run away from it out of fear. Until he becomes a person who finds no meaning in life.<\/p>\n \u00a9 2023 Iliana Dechkova<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the 21st century, humanity faces some of the most daunting challenges. Our greatest resource is the opportunity to cultivate our unique abilities and imagination. To be creative and innovative. The greatest danger is to face the future without having invested in it. But to navigate the complex environment of the future, we do not \u2026 <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/magicart-delta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/istockphoto-820764138-612x612-1-300x200.jpg\")
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