Schumann said: "Talents work, and geniuses create."
This sentence is a bit biased. Creation is not just for geniuses, ordinary people must also have the ability to work creatively.
After reading the book "The Way of Doing" by the famous Japanese entrepreneur Kazuo Inamori, you will find that even if you were a layman, as long as you are willing to engage in creative work, you will create something in the world. A quality product that doesn't exist yet.
Kazuo Inamori is not a genius. He studied chemistry in college. He started his own business at the age of 27, but he was engaged in the ceramics business with which he was unfamiliar.
With his unremitting creative spirit, Kazuo Inamori started from a small business and worked with bare hands for 40 years, creating two Fortune 500 companies. This is a unique miracle in the world.
Through creative work, Inamori Kazuo transformed himself from talent to genius.
What is the meaning of creative work in life and how is it carried out?
1. Creative work can help you get out of trouble
What is creative work?
People refer to work in the arts, inventions, and academic research as "creative work."
Be creative in everything you do. Creative ideas can help you solve problems better and get out of difficult situations.
In Tokyo, Japan, there used to be an old mom-and-pop shop selling handkerchiefs.
With the development of social economy, various large and medium-sized supermarkets have appeared in Tokyo. There are many kinds of handkerchiefs in supermarkets in various colors, and people go to supermarkets to buy them one after another.
The styles and colors of handkerchiefs in mom-and-pop shops are not as good as those in supermarkets. Unable to compete with supermarkets, business has become increasingly bleak and the company is facing the dilemma of closing down.
The husband thought hard and came up with a clever idea: print Tokyo transportation and scenic spots on handkerchiefs and publicize them widely. This clever trick actually brought the old mom-and-pop store back to life, and the store's handkerchiefs became a best-seller.
This small creative change helped the old mom-and-pop shop on the verge of bankruptcy get out of a seemingly insurmountable dilemma.
It seems that creativity can also shine among ordinary people.
If we can develop the habit of "creative" work, actively propose constructive ways to solve problems, and treat ordinary work with creative thinking and habits, we can open the door to "creation" and lead to The road to success is to widen the gap with others.
2. How to do creative work
Developing the habit of creative work can bring convenience to our lives and get us out of trouble. So, how do you work creatively?
Kazuo Inamori shared some experiences with us based on his decades of work experience.
First of all, be a "curious" baby.
I remember that when my daughter was a child, she always liked to ask all kinds of strange questions, such as:
"Grandma, can you just cook the porridge without letting it heat up?"
"Mom, I was born by you. Why do I look like my dad but not you?"
Every child is full of curiosity about the world and always loves it. Catch the adults asking this and that. This kind of curiosity allows children to quickly understand the world and develop the habit of thinking between questions and answers.
As adults, we must also have this "curious baby" spirit at work. This kind of spirit can train a person's sensitivity, observe the multi-faceted nature of the problem, and look at the problem from multiple angles.
Secondly, dare to take the "road less traveled".
Every year when sweeping tombs during the Qingming Festival, when we encounter barren mountains and ridges, and there is no ready-made road to walk on, we will look for those roads that have just been walked by people to ensure that we can reach our destination smoothly. Avoid dangers such as snakes and wasps.
However, this trick is not necessarily easy to use. One year, we encountered an embarrassing incident.
When a group of us were walking along the mountain road that others had walked, we only walked halfway when we encountered a huge ravine with no bridge to cross and no way to jump over it.
It turns out that the cemetery we want to worship is on the other side of the ravine, and the people who opened the road don't have to cross the ravine at all. We had no choice but to turn back, open a new road ourselves, and reach our destination.
Taking the path that others have taken may save you from encountering difficulties, but it may not necessarily lead you to your destination; finding another path, although it may be uneven or even difficult, will help you along the way. There are many new discoveries in life, and success may be waving to you ahead.
Romain Rolland said: Only creation is happy, and only created creatures are real creatures.
Yes, creative work can create miracles in our lives. It can revive old stores that are on the verge of closing down, and it can turn small businesses into big companies. Creative work is not just for geniuses.
Let us ordinary people be more creative in life and work, and be happy creatures together.
(The above pictures are all from the Internet)