From the article: How to Boost Your Creativity
Do you have a favorite technique to boost creativity? Share your tips, strategies and techniques for becoming more creative. Share Your Tips
Take care of the small things
- Take care of small things; big things will take care of themselves.
- —Guest tenzin Ngodup
Channel in Creativity
- The solitude of a quiet evening alone opens up the channel for creativity. I close my eyes, freeing my mind of all thoughts and stresses of the day, allowing my imagination to take over. This works for both my writing and artwork.
- —Guest sunset707
Video Response
- Here is a small video response. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qULiMev7Hug
- —Guest Andro
Not Hindering Creativity
- The moment one is negative about the outcome of his efforts, he becomes jittery and nervous, and that mars the whole process of getting things done to achieve success. It completely hinders ability to take initiatives and therefore no positive results.
- —Guest Ebreso Bassey
Creativity Booster
- If you suffer with insomnia because you can't turn OFF the creative process, keep a notebook by your bed to jot down ideas in the middle of the night, thus releasing them from your brain.
- —Guest Dawn Meredith
An idea for boosting creativity
- I have found that I get my best work done during those extra 15 minutes I am trying to sleep in the morning. Usually, I have a major project coming up and need to find away to make everything fit within the requirements and time frame. Therefore, I feel guilty about trying to sleep a few more minutes and start reviewing everything in my head. During this time I throw out all of the complicated ideas that do nothing except make the project more difficult and determine the best way to get something done. If I need a more general form of inspiration for everyday life, I have found that reading, watching TV, and thinking about a variety of concepts in my head usually lead to the inspiration and insight of what I am truly worried, curios, or inspired about. This usually provides the kick I need to get started.
- —Guest Idea
Cognition
- A first step for Boosting Creativity, is to avoid doing things that stop you thinking. Like watching TV, being brainwashed by advertising, becoming hypnotized and even feel how others plan for you. Take control from your own thoughts. Analyze your real needs. Think of any combinations. Don't stick in pre-explained professional matters, be like a kitty; meaning, look around you like you are seeing for the first time with curiosity, trust yourself, do not let others fool you, they are just selling their products. Last but not least, take good care of your body. Having a creative mind needs to be feed by a healthy strong body. Do not put trash (fast food, sugar... food, sugar...) into your precious body. Control all your inputs...it contains of even people you are talking to, do not let people's superstitious mind misleads you. Give yourself sometime to think, yes...it may seem odd, aren't we thinking all the time? I would say "NO".We are not even close to that.
- —Guest Catherine
Determination
- If we are doing any project or any work each time our mind and each and every nerve should think about that work, so by that time I will get new ideas about that work.
- —Guest kavya
Creativity is part of our Contentment
- I work on cars. I do both auto body repair and mechanical repair. There is nothing more satisfying then to stand back and look at the car you painted or listen to the engine run or having the idiot lights go out. Everyone should have a project or a hobby to work with.
- —Guest Terry
What is your Favorite Technique
- Reading, and allowing myself to move from one topic to another. I am amazed at what ideas I can discover, especially when I am not looking. I do not see any area or possible connection off limits. I keep my mind as free and open as possible.
- —Guest JHS2
A Narrow Focus
- I read this in a book somewhere and it's amazing because it takes your mind from the broad to the concrete (which is where creativity will ultimately express itself): Take a walk around the block and select something like the color Red. As you walk, seek out this color and just notice it. It can be any color that inspires you - or any 'thing' that you want to see. Signs of Money, Signs of Love, Signs of Intellectual Brilliance...whatever you want to bring into your focus.
- —Guest Jennifer
Creativity
- Suggestions were good ones, but quiet time also works: time alone w/nature. If connecting w/great outdoors isn't possible, a quiet room also works. For me, only way to efficiently recharge brain's, "battery" for creative function.
- —Guest Deb
Writing is magical
- Writing writing writing about whatever comes to mind clears my thoughts and voila, I get such inspiration for a particular creative project be it a collage, a short story or a drawing. It always works.
- —Guest Beth
With reading paper
- I always use a white paper for boosting my students creativity in my class.
- —Guest abdolrezakordi
POSITIVE APPROACH
- A person with positive thoughts, will always be capable of creativity. Positive thoughts leads to peace of mind. A peaceful mind will have more space to new ideas to creativity.
- —Guest F A BAIG
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