Variations is a well-known way to be creative. To illustrate this, put yourself in the shoes of a baker. As a student, you would read recipes and follow them exactly, and learn to perfect your pouring, your baking, your stirring, to the best of your ability. For you to become a creative professional, you would do the same recipe but with variations, such as using different flours, changing the proportions, adding another flavor, and therethrough make it your own signature piece. Finally, to become a teacher, you would master both the practical skills on how to bake, you would have tried several versions with a creative variety, and then show this to others, backed up by your own teacher.

In the internet era, it seems common to bypass the first two steps and jump right into a teaching role, making reels and posting on social media, assuming a role of an expert. It’s scary to watch. What if lots of people, who follow, actually follow Peter Piper right into the river and drowns? So, next time you watch someone speaking to you online, ask from where this person gets his or her information. Is it self-lived? Does he or she provide his/her own examples as answers to the questions and suggestions he or she is making? Could you imagine what a wonderful, growing, evolutionary, supportive and compassionate society we would have, if people shared their lessons of what they actually did, instead of trying to be teachers?

With this said: What can you improve and learn more of? Which skills do you need to develop? You might want to try and find someone also keen on, and do it together. That way, you can learn from each other, as well as try it on each other. And as always, would you want to discuss what you would like to develop, why, for what and how, I’m here as your lifecoach.