We've all heard it said that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Resourcefulness is the mother of invention. These adages are common but nonetheless true. We are a resourceful bunch making do with what we have. In life we don't always have what we want, but we can almost always get access to or we almost always have what we need. Then if we spend our time and our other resources wisely, we can be successful.
This can be said and proven true in any endeavor. We can use it in the classroom, in the workplace, or in the home. If we use our creativity and imagination now like we did when we were young, we might be able to do some amazing things. Have you ever wondered what happens as we grow older to our imagination? Does it go away or diminish? It actually does not. We just don't use it as much as we did when we were younger. You will find that some of the most successful entrepreneurs do use their imaginations and their creativity to brainstorm and develop new ideas.
This is something that we develop and use in Game Design when we create games, when we search for ideas for new games that are both educational and fun. We put our imaginations to work. We use our critical thinking skills, our collaboration skills, and our problem solving skills.
Can you imagine what life would be like if all of us used these skills every day of our lives? If we consciously developed our imaginations and our skills of creativity so that they would be honed and ready to take on the tasks that we encounter each day of our lives. We could change the world. That's worth thinking about. That's worth doing something about. Let's just do it.
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