Episode 248 - Creativity: The Key to a Remarkable Life

<p>When we were children, we used to dance, sing, paint, and express ourselves through any means, without being afraid that someone would judge us.&nbsp;But as we grew up, we started to lower our creativity levels due to the fear of being&nbsp;criticized by our peers, our families, or our friends.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But think about it for a moment. All the successful companies that currently thrive each year have been founded by creative thinkers that applied their imagination and their intuition to bring into the world different things that may have been considered fiction a while ago. Or even think about COVID-19 and how it forced us to step out of our comfort zone to find new ways to go on with our lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We all have that creative thinking inside of us, and it’s a skill that we really need to exercise more if we want to become&nbsp;the&nbsp;best version of ourselves.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Our international guest&nbsp;<strong>today,&nbsp;</strong>Firdaus&nbsp;Kharas&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;fellow of the Royal Society of Arts&nbsp;and&nbsp;he was named one of the world’s 50 most talented social innovators and has received more than 112 awards&nbsp;-&nbsp;including the prestigious Peabody Award.&nbsp;He founded the Chocolate&nbsp;Moose&nbsp;Media in 1995, a&nbsp;human-centered&nbsp;mass communications to influence hundreds of millions of lives across the world.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Firdaus is the author of the book, ‘Creativity: The Key to a Remarkable Life’ in which he dives deep into what creativity is and is not, how creative thinking applies to all of our lives,&nbsp;and how we can hone into this skill and really design the life that we want.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, listen to&nbsp;<strong>Episode 248&nbsp;</strong>of&nbsp;<strong>Becoming Your Best,&nbsp;</strong>where Firdaus gives us a true lesson of how we can become our best by consciously using creative thinking both in our personal and our professional lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Some