Creativity is not Enough in Modern World

In modern world, success is everyone’s fantasy because it defines richness and famousness. Many successful people, such as Steve Job of Apple, have been very creative. However, creativity doesn’t guarantee you to reach your goals if you lack of hard work, opportunities and leadership character.

First of all, being creative without hard work makes your path to succeed, becomes a dead end. Back to Steve Jobs’ story, he is considerate a very creative person. But he was also a very hard worker. According to one of his 30s interview, he pointed out he had only four hours to sleep and he spent the rest to work and do research. So beside his creativity, working hard also did helped him formed his well-known career.

Secondly, creativity stands alone without opportunities would not make you more successful. There are many artists who created great arts, are still looking for opportunities. If you have a chance to visit Clarion Alley Street Art in San Francisco, you will see there are many arts were painted by very creative street artists. Related to the street art, on the NBC Bay Area interview, one of the local artist said he has been working so hard to show his work on the street but his goal was actually finding the way to display his art world-widely. In this case, he could start making money and make his life gets better. This happens to most of the very creative artists, they want to be successful, they do need opportunities. If you are a big fan of paintings, Van Gogh should be one of your favorite artists. He was spending all of his life painting and struggling to find the way to sell them. His career didn’t start up until his works had been displayed in exhibitions in Paris and Brussels.

Lastly, many of big successful figures are known by their leadership ability more than their creativity. One of them is a billionaire, Warren Buffet. He is known as one of the best company leader, beside his success. There were many times he ran his firm away from crises and made those as their advantage to have profit. From the article on Business Insider, there is a story about his investment on American Express in the early 60s. He was fighting so hard against other candidates and landed his precise decision to buy 5% of the credit card company. That helped his group had gained $60 million in a short time, which is worth approximately half a billion in 2016. His bold leadership plays an important role in his overall success.

In conclusion, creativity would be a very useful tool to help you walk faster on your trip to achieve your dream. But if you are not working hard to clear the obstacles, having some lucks for the shortcuts and driving your career mindfully, your road to success won’t be easy!