Things that keep you from being creative

Being creative is hard. And the person who makes it most difficult for you is you.

Copyblogger lists 8 Bad Habits that Crush Your Creativity, along with some ways of overcoming them:

1. Creating and evaluating at the same time
2. The Expert Syndrome (over-reliance on "gurus")
3. Fear of failure
4. Fear of ambiguity
5. Lack of confidence
6. Discouragement from other people
7. Being overwhelmed by information ("analysis paralysis")
8. Being trapped by false limits

If you need to be creative, check it out.