One of the barriers to change is overcoming internal resistance to ideas – and sometimes it is challenging to even identify from where that resistance will come.
A technique recommended in Creative Confidence suggests that you imagine yourself as owning an “invincibility cloak” that allows you to overcome challenging processes or people – and before your change efforts begin to consider where or when you would use this special garment. By framing the question through this hypothetical lens, it will often unlock keys to where you should expect to encounter resistance and give you preparation time to address it.
Harry Potter’s cloak may have made him invisible, but allowing your “cloak” to inform your strategies gives you much more power.
Source: Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley, 2013
