Creation as a Vital Personal Value

The rewards of creation are substantial. Creation is a person's most important value; it is not merely an attribute of an individual, but also an attribute of our God. Genesis Chapter 1 speaks of God creating all things and creating us in His image, and we possess the capacity for creation. This ability is inseparable from God's attributes. If you are not a creative person, life can be arduous. In all aspects, big and small, we must cultivate the fundamental requirement of being creators. In essence, this is a crucial key to manifesting the attributes of our God.

When faced with a chaotic situation, you may be inclined to criticize or complain. However, recognize that this is an opportunity for creation. For example, my office is highly mobile. When individuals are away on extended business trips to other locations, and their office space is needed by others, what is to be done with their belongings? We need to solve such problems, and resolving this chaos requires creative thinking. Many things come from nothing. If you are not a creative person, you may find that the environment you are in becomes increasingly chaotic.

My office used to be filled with tools, which created a mess on the floor. I devised a large cabinet on wheels that could be rolled around, and everything was neatly organized inside. Any chaos needs to be addressed. A minor rearrangement is a small solution, but a creative solution is even better. Creation is an indispensable skill in a person's life.

Solving Problems with Creative Thinking

If you are a Christian and you are not solving problems with creativity, you are robbing God of glory. I often encounter people under work pressure. Why does pressure arise? It is due to the mismatch between the speed of addressing problems and the speed at which they arise. The key is efficiency. Creativity can potentially increase the efficiency of something tenfold. The CEO of Intel wrote a book called Doing 10x Growth, where time is an innovative increase. Once, I played a game where a ball was passed through each person's hands in a large circle. If a mistake was made, we started over. The first time took five minutes, the second time, with practice, took two minutes, and the fastest time was 50 seconds. In reality, the fastest record was 15 seconds. Later, a method was invented where each person extended their hand, forming a channel for the ball to slide down, completing the task in ten seconds.

We must understand that improving efficiency involves gradual improvement through continuous practice with the same method, as well as innovative improvement that completely changes the approach. Being busy is not the problem; efficiency is the problem. Complex problems must be transformed into simple problems through creative thinking, because a single design can significantly reduce the complexity of the process. For the majority of my career, my work has been closely related to computer software development.

Starting with Small Innovations

We must begin to cultivate an innovative mindset, starting with small innovations. Some time ago, I visited our office and noticed that the corridor between the offices was cluttered with shoes placed outside. After some adjustments, the entire corridor looked very clean. Today, even small things can be innovated, and it can become our habit. Innovation begins with observation. When you see something that is not right, something that is messy, here comes a opportunity. Whether it is a chaotic process, space, time, or mindset, these are all excellent opportunities to exercise our creativity.

Innovation is most often used in the home, and cleaning requires innovation. Using a new method to solve an old problem. When cleaning, I dislike objects with legs on the floor. How do I eliminate them? There is a small space skill called cabinets on the wall. We had an electric piano at home placed on the floor, which looked messy. I thought, I will integrate the piano with the TV wall, improving cleaning efficiency several times over. So, brothers and sisters, we must begin to understand that it is not about having more work, it is that people need creation.

A Change in Mindset is Innovation

Entering a stage of changing one's thoughts and intentions, being released from bad habits, and being molded into a creative person, whether a scholar or farmer, one does not need to do many things. Just doing one thing well can generate income. For example, small items on Taobao can be very useful. If you sell ten thousand, is that not ten thousand dollars? If you sell a hundred thousand, is that not a hundred thousand dollars? In fact, escaping poverty is not difficult; the difficulty lies in personal transformation.

Creation is an essential quality for Christians, which is to be constantly renewed, constantly improved, constantly adjusted, and never-ending. Especially in today's era, those who are slow will be eliminated. Giving money is not the solution; changing people's minds is the solution, and that is education. Education can shape a person. Starting today, cultivate the habit of creation, and that is very powerful.

Cultivate the Habit of Innovation in Everything You Do

Let me give you an example: If one day I become a car washer, I will definitely wash cars quickly and cleanly. I like driving white cars, and after driving mine for a while, the dirt on it could not be removed no matter how much I scrubbed, as if the paint had faded. I drove it back to the service center, and a staff member took a small white bottle without a label and gently wiped it, and it was clean. He said it was wax, but I did not believe it; how could there be such wax? I surmised a milky wax. He charged me 80 Singapore dollars for each car wash, and I had to come every so often, which was a waste of time. Later, I found it for 1.5 dollars, enough for 40 washes. One and a half dollars solved the 80-dollar problem. If I were a car washer, I would build a robot where I could press a button, and it would be done. Can this be done? Intellectuals and ordinary laborers alike like to think of new tricks when doing things.

For example, in decoration to space design. I really grasp the essence of things such as, how to improve the quality of life and storage, all these can be solved through design, which is innovation. Within the same area, I can improve my quality of life, making the entire environment organized. Having given so many examples, you must be a creative person, creation can create wealth. Brothers and sisters, begin to to remove the laziness and filth from within, and you can remove the filth from the outside; remove the chaos from within us, and we can remove the chaos from the outside.

Conclusion

The entire world economy has entered an innovative economy. Each Economic transition brings a social change and shock, but if you stands still, you will be screened out. Many people complain about e-commerce, businesses go bankrupt because of e-commerce, but in fact, it is because they do not know how to innovate. If you are tired at work today, you need to innovate. If your work environment is messy, you need to innovate. If your life is messy and busy, you need to innovate! Today, I want to tell everyone: No matter what, be an innovator!

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