Do you have the dreaded Writer's Block, or designer ? Can't develop a idea ingenious for your business project? What if I told you that there are some ways to boost your creativity every time you're short of it? Contrary to popular belief, your mind can be pushed to think more creatively anytime you need it.
These tips are considered quick fixes rather than permanent fixes for lasting improvements to your creativity level. My intention here is to ensure that there are always things you can try to make yourself more innovative, more creative, and full of ideas. Today I bring you 7 good ideas to increase your creativity.
This small tutorial aims to facilitate the needs of momentary push that our creativity may have in a moment of jam, and generally they are things that we all know or should know, since our creativity is a muscle that can be exercised , and these are some of those ways to exercise it. In a previous post, in 2 free task managers that will make your day easier, we show you a couple of tools that will increase your productivity, and now a guide to increase your creativity ... Does anyone give more?
1. Get out of your daily routine often
When we are faced with a problem that cannot be solved, on which we are using brute force, and on which we get stubborn for hours or even days, about which finally, we know that we are not going to achieve anything constructive, that is a sign that requires a change of perspective.
It is then that we have to create a psychological distance, letting our imagination and we adopt an abstract level of thought. Scientific American suggests that we can try to change the way we think about a problem by assuming someone else's perspective.
We can do this by thinking about the problem from various angles, such as questioning how different the problem will be if it occurs in the future rather than now, getting opinions and perspectives from someone else, or traveling to some unknown place to think about the problem. Essentially speaking, you have to get out of your daily routine, get out of day to day.
2. Scribble on paper
In a sense, scribbling is a way to carry out a new perspective, from the visual-spatial aspect. When we couldn't get anywhere ideas fresh, letting our mind wander through random draws, which allow us to tap into that subconscious part of our mind that we usually do not have direct access to.
Studies have also shown that drawing and scribbling helps us understand things better. Better understanding the problem allows us to approach with more and better creative solutions. In this regard, scribbling can be used to improve concentration and memory by cognitive psychologists.
3. Meditate to Empty Your Mind
How you gonna come with ideas innovative if your mind is full of thoughts about everything else besides the task at hand? These thoughts eat up your creativity as they occupy your mental stamina, rendering you distracted and tired. That is why you need to clutter your mind first before starting any task, especially when it involves some abstract level of thinking.
4. All Work And No Play
As adults, often associated with playing child-like and unproductive time, we forget that when we play, we are actually opening ourselves to a world of possibilities and honing our creativity as we explore the realms of fantasy. There is a growing number of studies that imply that video games improve creativity, decision making and perception.
But of course gaming is not limited to console games. We can participate in our favorite sports and sweat, play a musical instrument, play ball with the dog, hang out at the beach, etc. We just have to do something fun momentarily before take our job again.
5. A Positive Attitude Will Prevail
It is well established in the field of positive psychology that positive emotions encourages one to be more adventurous, and enhances one's creative thinking. Psychologists base this effect on the theory of enlargement and construction, which suggests that when we feel happy, joyful o interested, we become more willing to explore and try new things. Feeling good makes us more flexible in our way of thinking, which translates into creativity.
After spending hours on a project without a single innovative idea, it will be difficult to keep a good mood. This is where you enter a vicious cycle. Being unhappy when we can't come up with something creative puts us in a negative frame of mind that makes it even more difficult for us to be creative. The best way out is to take all of our negativity and transform it to positivity.
6. 1, 2, 3 And Exercise!
Exercise enhances creativity whether we are in a good mood or not. The exact reasons are not sure, but here is a theory that can help us understand why. Physical exercise, be it running, swimming or any sport, forces us to focus on the activity itself. We do not have the ability to think of something else at hand, whether it is our project, daily tasks or some personal problems.
Once we reach that level of vigor, we separate ourselves from our usual thought patterns. Now, our mind has the availability to accept new ideas that come from our mysterious subconscious. Exercise also gets your blood pumping throughout your body, including your brain. Half an hour of exercise would be enough for a quick boost, but in the long run, you benefit from better sleep, a stronger immune system, and reduced stress.
7. Have a few beers or something like that ...
Alcohol and physical exercise have more similarities than one might suppose. Like exercise, alcohol also makes us forget current worries and worries that we have, although it leaves us a bit drunk. Mild intoxication makes us a little more creative, as it allows us to adopt a more "divergent style of thinking" - although we suffer when it comes to memory and analytical problem solving.
Even if the problems are primarily creative in nature (for example, writing a blog post in a personal meeting), we still have to think about the essay outline and what type of writing style to adopt. All of this requires some kind of complex thought process that only a sober writer could perform. So the trick is to find the optimal amount of alcohol to consume to be creative enough - and still sober enough - to get the job done.
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hahahahaha drink a beer or something like that