Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. And today's episode is for anyone striving to dial

up their creativity, but struggling to make it happen. Today, we're talking about the power of

constraints and how they can trigger your creativity. I'm in the business of facilitating

interactive leadership experiences, workshops,

group coaching programs, that sort of thing. Pre-pandemic, if you had asked me to deliver a

program remotely, I would have looked at you side-eyed. Impact without interaction, couldn't be done.

But when the pandemic hit, I was forced to figure it out, and the only

way to do it was through massive creativity. I'm proud of, but not alone, in my craftiness. So many of

us had no choice but to bring the impossible to life in 2020. Whether homeschooling your kids,

working from a closet, or selling to clients

you've never met in person, every one of us has achieved something previously unimaginable.

So what's the magic that unlocked our untapped stores of creativity? It's the constraints that the

pandemic forced upon us. A constraint, a limitation or restriction,

generally sounds like a bad thing. But sometimes when you're struggling to get something figured out

or over the finish line, a forced constraint is just the thing you need. We all have traditional

patterns of thinking, but constraints force us to reimagine, challenging us to make

new connections, to look at old things in new ways, and generally to be scrappy in our approach

to solving problems. So if you're struggling to get something over the finish line and into the

market, let's talk about the different types of constraints you might use to help you get over the hump.

First, let's talk about time constraints.

Let's say you've got an idea you want to pitch your boss.

Maybe it's a new product or a new customer service strategy.

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