Brainstorming with your colleagues.

Feel comfortable with sharing ideas with your colleagues and encourage them to give you feedback. Be willing to challenge your team on their own concepts and bat ideas back and forth until you are all happy. Learning to collaborate will benefit the whole team and generate the best ideas.

Be bold.

Embrace your quirks and do not be afraid to fail. You will grow more as an individual if you are prepared to make mistakes and learn from them, so be courageous and take risks occasionally.

To move forward, it can be important to question your reasons for things being the way they are currently. Decide whether it is important to maintain the status quo, or if different can be better.

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Be more creative at home.

Give yourself opportunities for creativity at home, with hobbies and interests that allow you to learn and grow. Reading, meditating, yoga and even spending time in nature can be powerful ways of feeling more creative. Allow yourself to have downtime, to notice the simple pleasures in life and, importantly, to continue developing new skills. Hobbies such as needlework, knitting and crocheting can also be fun things to learn from home. Crochet kits, such as those seen at www.woolcouturecompany.com/collections/crochet-kits can allow you to pick up the requisite skills easily and with the satisfaction of having a beautiful, handmade item to show at the end.

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Embrace the benefits.

According to the BBC, creatives that get ‘in the zone’ or experience the ‘flow’ enjoy deeper breathing and slower heart rates, as well as a general feeling of well-being and overall contentment. This can make them more productive and potentially better employees and colleagues.

Become comfortable and confident within yourself.

Although collaborating with your team can be valuable, it is also important to know your own mind and to trust your judgement. Believe in yourself and your own capabilities. Learn to know when you genuinely need or would benefit from the input of others and when you are perfectly able to work alone.