5 Methods For Creatives To Overcome The Crippling Blocks To Original Ideas

Tom Barrett
4 min readAug 17, 2021

Did you know that you judge ideas more harshly when you feel uncertain?

In this article, we explore some of the crippling blocks to creativity and five methods to overcome them.

William Blake reminded us — in chilling words — that the person who does not alter their opinion in the face of new knowledge is like a “stagnant pool which breeds reptiles of the mind” — Photo by Krystian Piątek

What gets in your way?

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Tom Barrett

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