The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Learn and Use Creative Habits to Unlock Your Potential

Twyla Tharp

2003

8 Key Insights

About This Book

Creativity isn’t a hit-or-miss gift reserved for the chosen few—it’s a muscle you can strengthen. In these pages, award-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp invites you behind the scenes of her decades-long career to show exactly how she turns empty rooms into stages of possibility. You’ll learn the surprising power of daily routines, tailored rituals, and unconventional memory-mining exercises that spark new ideas on demand. Whether you’re dreaming of a breakthrough at work or simply looking for more creative flow in everyday life, this guide arms you with step-by-step methods to make creativity your habit—from first spark to final masterpiece.

About the Author

Twyla Tharp is one of America’s most celebrated choreographers, whose fusion of classical and modern dance has reshaped the landscape of performance art. She has created over 150 dances, won Tony Awards on Broadway, and worked with legends from Billy Joel to Milos Forman. A pioneer of the creative process, she now shares her insider routines and hard-earned wisdom so others can stop waiting for inspiration—and start making it a habit.

Biggest Takeaway

By adopting these proven systems, you will: • Transform blank slates into reliable sources of inspiration with simple but powerful daily rituals. • Break free from creative blocks by harnessing diverse memory techniques and improvisation exercises. • Build unwavering confidence through disciplined practice of fundamental skills. • Recognize, refine, and recapture momentary ’grooves’ of effortless flow. • Convert setbacks into springboards for growth with smart failure-management strategies. • Design a self-sustaining ’creative bubble’ so every insight, everywhere, becomes raw material for your next project.