Change Your Mind: 57 Ways to Unlock Your Creative Self

Rod Judkins

Jan 2018 · Hardie Grant Publishing

About this ebook

Everyone wants to be more creative. Being creative makes life more fun and interesting. But many believe the common misconception that creativity is something you are born with and others can only envy.

In Change Your Mind, Rod Judkins reveals that ‘creative’ people are no more creative than the rest of us. Rather, their gift is that they believe they are creative, and because of this, they are. Many of these people lack traditional artistic abilities (Francis Bacon couldn’t draw, so he didn’t; Andy Warhol couldn’t paint, so he didn’t) but that doesn’t stop them. This self-belief accounts for 90 per cent of their success. Creativity is a skill that everyone can learn and benefit from, whether you’re trying to start your own business, write music, come up with new ideas at work or just change your way of looking at the world.

Follow theses 57 insider tips, which include nuggets of wisdom such as the importance of focus, why you should never wait for inspiration and how you should always turn a failure into success. With real-life insights into the minds of writers, artists and musicians, from Picasso to Paul McCartney, Change Your Mind will unlock the creative genius you always knew you were.

Ratings and reviews

This book is good for anyone having that creative block in their lives and tells them not in direct steps but in indirect steps that seem to make sense than to tell the person to directly become creative. Each story behind each bullet point strengthens the statement.

About the author

Rod Judkins is an artist and writer who lectures at the worlds most important creative hub, Central St Martins College of Art. He lectures in creative methods and processes. He is a figurative artist who trained at the Royal College of Art in London. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions and exhibited at Tate Britain, The National Portrait Gallery and Royal Academy. As an artist he encountered many creative thinkers in London's art world.