Many of us spent years working in obscurity before the hard work and talent began to receive real recognition. Their years of work in the rank-and-file a fashion design company or home (or you run the sixth floor studio, surviving on Ramen noodles and hope) be rich creative. You develop your own vision, you are practically bursting with fresh ideas, and you look forward to the day when you will have the strength to do the things you want to do, the way you are.
But what happens when you finally do become one in charge? What happens when you start growing influence, when other people start looking for you to lead? Will creative, innovative ideas are still flowing you? Are you still able to connect to your Muse? Or will all the new powers somehow get in the way of your vision?
Being in a position of power would change you - not necessarily in a malicious way, but research shows there is a definite shift in the way you see the world around you when you are the one in the driver's seat. You think with a big-picture way more abstract. You become more optimistic, more comfortable with risk, and more open to new possibilities.
In fact, a series of studies by psychologist Cameron Anderson and Adam Galinsky showed that when people feel strongly, they would rather risk business plan with the potential for even greater benefit to a more conservative plan, disclose more information, more trusting during negotiations, chose to " hit "more often during blackjack games, and even more likely to engage in unprotected sex during a one-night stand.
In other words: You may be more creative than you are when you feel relatively powerless.
There is a definite shift in how you see the world when you are in the driver's seat.
When you are in power, you can be more innovative because you feel more comfortable and safe, and are less sensitive to, or limited by, what others think about you. Unless, of course, you do not feel safe - because your position of power is not guaranteed. Then, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Amsterdam, the tables turn.
When the powerful can become empowered, and vice versa, psychologists call this "power hierarchy is unstable." If you operate in an environment like that and stay strong and influential is your main focus, then the feeling of power can actually make you more conservative.
If you do not want to lose the power that you have worked so hard to achieve, you avoid the risk and the potential for errors, and your creativity is reduced.
So if you are on top of your game and your position basically can not be canceled or at least very safe (think Steve Jobs or Richard Branson) Your creativity will flourish.
If you do not want to lose power, you avoid the risk and diminished creativity.
If, on the other hand, you are vulnerable position, the key to success is to stay creative and to avoid focusing on your vulnerability. Stop worrying about the Next Big Thing when you need a Big Thing now. Instead of looking over your shoulder, remember to always look in front of you. Ask yourself, what else can I do that has not been done? You do not want to just maintain your influence - you want to improve it. Never be satisfied with where you are right now, with what you have done, is the secret to keeping their creative juices flowing.
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