MAXIM 7: BEING IMAGINATIVE IS NOT BEING CREATIVE
Having an idea is easy. Creating something is difficult. Creating something takes focus, discipline and dedication.
If I told you I had created a cake, would you expect to be able to eat the cake?
Of course you would, because the word created literally means “to bring something into being; to cause something to become real in the world; to make something happen.”
It does not mean “to have an idea, to think up something or to think about how something might happen.”
Therefore, if I told you I “created” a cake, you have every right to expect to have a slice.
The word “creative” used to refer to the power to get something done. In some circles, however, it’s come to mean “possessing the power to think ...
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