Who Are Creative Change Makers?

Creative Change Makers are a particular group of people, yet they exist in all walks of life; they’re committed to personal and planetary change, yet they work, love & play like everyone else; they are intensely individual, yet understand the power of working as a subjective group to create positive change.

How Can You Identify A Creative Change Maker?

They often display but are not limited to the following characteristics:

1. a high need to achieve – but not for money or status. It’s to understand themselves and how to contribute positively and creatively to society. To find meaning and joy in the everyday, and to know they are living their unique life’s purpose.

2. a high need to be independent – financially, philosophically, physically/sexually, politically and geographically

3. a low need to conform – Creative Change Makers don’t identify with any paradigm or box. They wear whatever, associate with whomever, and do however and wherever, without conforming to a tribe, group or fashion. They may include but are not limited to, Cultural Creatives, the Creative Class, Innerpreneurs or Indigo people.

4. a high level of internal control – they obey inner rules, relating and comparing outer rules to their inner lawmaker. Without breaking the laws of the land, they march to the drum of their internal sense of justice which is based on spiritual (not religious) laws and principles.

5. a love of ambiguity – they thrive on paradox and shades of grey, recognising them as part of the duality spectrum; the consequence of the interaction of black and white. They see ambiguity and paradox as the rainbow colours that underly all reality and consciousness. Creative Change Makers can function, flourish and create positive change by knowing how to use these strands of energy to weave something better and more beautiful.

6. taking risks – when seen from the mainstream perspective, who strive to maintain the status quo, Creative Change Makers are risk takers. But it’s not in extreme sports, although they may do; and it’s not in ways that are abusive to the self, the planet or others. Their risk taking is in saying, ‘there’s more to life than this drive for security, comfort, position and status’. As have other pioneers, they say, ‘I want to climb to the top of the mountain and see the other side. Then I’ll bring back and share what I’ve discovered.’

7. enjoying new opportunities – they relish change, variety and challenge, because they know that a closed mind is a dead consciousness. They constantly test themselves and their values, beliefs and attitudes, to check that they are doing and being the best they can at any time. Creative Change Makers love to prove their mettle, but it’s a very private matter because the way of the spiritual warrior is steeped in silence.

8. the drive to be authentic – a parking ticket or walk along a long secluded beach; a moment to relax, or make a deadline – all are recognised by Creative Change Makers as opportunities to be in a sacred moment. At this place – the now – lies the chance to make choices to learn, to grow and to become more authentically ‘me’.

Sources:

1. Cultural Creatives is a term coined by Paul Ray in his book, Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing The World (2000).

2. The Creative Class is a term used by Richard Florida in his book, The Rise of the Creative Class (2002).

3. Innerpreneurs is used by Ron Rentel in his book Karma Queens, Geek Gods and Innerpreneurs (2007)

4. Indigo People, retrieved 17.3.10 www.findingsource.com