One thing school accidentally teaches us is that absurd ideas are bad ideas.

When you're a child, that's not how you think.

A fish can fly.

A tree can grow upside down.

A cloud can have a door.

Nobody cares if it makes sense.

Then we grow up.

And little by little, we start filtering our ideas before they even have a chance to develop.

The funny thing is that many creative ideas begin exactly this way.

They begin as something absurd.

Something that doesn't make sense yet.

Something that feels slightly ridiculous.

The problem isn't that we don't have creative ideas.

The problem is that we often reject them too early.

So here's a small challenge for yourself:

The next time you have an absurd idea...

Don't kill it immediately.

Stay with it for a few minutes.

See where it takes you.

You might be surprised.

Thank you!
Dario Paniagua
Visual Thinkers Coach

School taught me to look for the right answer.

Creativity starts when you stop looking for it.

Think about most school exams.

The goal is simple:

Find the correct answer as quickly as possible.

Now think about creating something original.

A visual metaphor.

A story.

An illustration.

A new workshop.

A business idea.

Suddenly, searching for the "correct" answer becomes a problem.

Because originality rarely arrives looking correct.

In fact, the first interesting idea is often the one that feels strange, uncomfortable, or slightly ridiculous.

Many people tell me:
"I can't come up with original ideas."

What I usually see is something different.

They come up with unusual ideas.

Then reject them too quickly.

Not because they are bad.

Because they don't look right.

School didn't teach me this:
The fastest way to find an original idea is often to stop searching for the correct one.


Thank you 

Dario Paniagua
Visual Thinkers Coach