If you say, “I’m not creative,” it’s time to stop.

“I’m not creative” is something someone taught you to say.

They were wrong.

If you have ideas, you’re creative. (You do have ideas.)

Creativity doesn’t have to do with your ability to draw, compose music, design logos, or make the furniture look nice. Those are all skills and they can be learned. Yes, there are some people who seem to have creative intuition, but most of us have been taught along the way.

Your creative tools might not be paint or clay. They might be data. They might be spreadsheets. They might be ideas. They might be questions.

All this is to say: you are creative. Invite that knowledge into your heart as the truth that it is.

You. Are. Creative.