Creativity often avoids you because we get used to the same situations. \u201cWe tend to be extremely comfortable and to have fixed solutions to the problems we face,\u201d says Barry Staw, specialist in organizational behavior at University of California. According to Staw, we have to try to envision another world.<\/p>\n
Break the rules!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTo learn how to think creative, you have to break the rules\u201d, Staw says. This practice can pave the way for new things that we do not feel familiar with and often place us outside our comfort zone.\u00a0 How about changing the way you make presentations or brainstorming sessions? The goal is to reach options that most people would immediately exclude. Staw calls these \u201clessons in chutzpah\u201d because they help us get the courage to take risks.<\/p>\n Learn through Information<\/strong><\/p>\n Curiosity will lead you to creativity. Andrew NG, Founder & Formerly Lead of Google Brain Project, doesn\u2019t believe innovation is due to unpredictable flashes of genius. \u201cIn my whole life, I found that whenever I wasn\u2019t sure what to do next, I would read very much and talk to specialists. I don\u2019t know how the human brain works but it\u2019s absolutely magic. When you read enough or talk to experts, new ideas start appearing.\u201d Therefore, learning from others can give creativity a boost.<\/p>\n Do Things you Love<\/strong><\/p>\n Stuck for ideas? Not sure what to do further? Your life needs some balance to ensure your creativity doesn’t suffer. In a letter to his son, Einstein provided a great bit of fatherly insight about his son\u2019s interest in playing piano that is applicable to losing yourself in the creative process: do something that makes you happy!<\/p>\n “That is the way to learn the most, when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice the time passes,” Einstein wrote. He said that sometimes was so wrapped up in his work that he forget about the noon meal.<\/p>\n Interest and creativity are intertwined. A hobby, such as playing an instrument, sport or collecting things, can help you relax and fight stress while giving your creativity a boost.<\/p>\n Unplug (Or Just Do Nothing)<\/strong><\/p>\n Alan Cohen, American businessman says: \u201cThere is a virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Don\u2019t overlook neither.” Sometimes your best ideas will come when you’re not at all concentrated. Maybe while you\u2019re walking. Or when you wake up. A good night of rest will help you be more creative and have better ideas. Maybe your next idea will come while you\u2019re driving, shopping or when you simply watch the sunset. If your creativity is lacking, unplug. Relax. And let your brain do the rest.<\/p>\n Use the Six Hats Technique<\/strong><\/p>\n Sometimes you just need to start over. Forget everything you did before and use the \u201csix different hats”. The process involves tackling things from multiple perspectives. The white hat is the way things would happen if you do not get involved at all, the black one is the worst scenario and the other, possibilities, alternatives.<\/p>\n By looking at a problem from several unique perspectives may be just what you need to find a solution.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Creativity often avoids you because we get used to the same situations. \u201cWe tend to be extremely comfortable and to have fixed solutions to the problems we face,\u201d says Barry Staw, specialist in organizational behavior at University of California. According to Staw, we have to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17048"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17052,"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17048\/revisions\/17052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellington.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}