When you feel like screaming, "I'll never come up with anything concrete that can move me ahead!" it's time to turn up your Creative Skills. Ironically, when we most need creativity, we tend to be in an emotional state where creativity is least accessible. Fear and stress shut off the part of the brain where creativity and problem solving live. Maintaining a clear, confident, goal-setting frame of mind is the antidote to fear and the wellspring of creativity. Here are the top five ways creativity can help foster goal setting:

• It helps you take risks.
• It pushes you out of old, familiar grooves.
• It helps you make mistakes freely.
• It helps you stay organized.
• It helps you speak “as if” it had already happened. This will you attract those who can help get the job done!