Want To Be A Creative Genius?

You Can Learn Creativity

Have you watched Robin Williams do a stand-up routine? Could such creativity and spontaneity result from a highly organized approach? Yes. Wild and funny thoughts don't come from nowhere. Comedians have certain habits of mind, and even the most spontaneous ones get better with practice, because they're training their brains to find the humor in situations.



You can do this also. Creativity in any area can be improved by cultivating the right habits in your mind. You can start training your brain today, with some simple techniques.

Train Your Brain To Be Creative

If you want the mind of a creative inventor, start redesigning everything in your mind. Imagine a better light bulb, a faster way to serve food, or a better desk. Do this for several weeks, and it will become a habit. It's also a good way to pass time while driving or waiting for an appointment.

How about systematic creativity in poetry? Write a word on each of 40 cards; 10 verbs, 10 adjectives, 10 nouns and 10 words of any sort. Shuffle, then deal out four cards. Now write a 4-line poem using one of the words in each line. My wife has had poems published that were created using this technique. Your mind will find a poetic use for any word if you use this method often.

Would you like to be the one who has something unique to say about any topic? Train your mind to look at things from other perpectives. What would Ghandi say about this? How would a martian view our habits? If a dog (or a cat) could think, would he say about humans?

The point isn't to ask silly questions, but to ask yourself, just to see what new ideas they suggest. If you consciously do this for a few weeks, you will do it out of habit thereafter, and you'll always have something interesting to add to a conversation.

Become A Master Problem Solver

You've probably heard of problem solving techniques such as "attributes listing," "assuming the absurd," and using "what if" word lists. The point isn't to know them, however, but to use them until they become a part of your habitual thinking process.

Imagine you want a new seating design for restaurants. If you've trained your mind to challenge assumptions (a great creative problem solving technique), you automatically begin to ask things like, "Are chair legs necessary?" If the seats were extended from the wall, table, or ceiling, it would be easier to clean under them. Are chairs really necessary? Has a stand-up cafe been tried?

You won't automaticaly have great ideas, but you'll have enough creative ideas that it's more likely you'll find useful ones. This new "spontaneous" creativity will be the result of your brain training exercise. So why not start developing those creative habits of mind today?

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Steve Gillman has been studying brain improvement, concentration, creative problem solving, and related topics for years. You can visit his website, and subscribe for free to his Brain Power Newsletter at: http://www.IncreaseBrainPower.com/newsletter.html
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