How To Stimulate the Creative Process

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Scientists say we all have the potential for greatness if we learn to tap into our inner genius. Get your artistic juices flowing with these strategies.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Sleep
Exercise
Daydreams
Continuing education
Challenges
A notebook or PDA
Pen and paper (optional)

Step 1: Sleep on it. Over the years, researchers have found that the REM sleep cycle boosts our creativity and problem-solving abilities, providing us with innovative ideas or the answers to vexing dilemmas when we awaken.

Tip: Keep a pen and paper by the bed so you can write down your nocturnal insights if they wake you up.

Step 2: Go for a run or hit the gym. Studies indicate exercise stimulates creative thinking, and the brainpower boost lasts for a few hours.

Step 3: Allow your mind to wander a few times every day. Far from being a waste of time, daydreaming has been found to be an essential part of coming up with new ideas.

Tip: If you're stuck on a problem or creatively blocked, think about something else for a while.

Step 4: Keep learning. Studying something far removed from your area of expertise is especially effective in helping you think in new ways.

Step 5: Put yourself in nerve-racking situations once in a while to fire up your brain. Fear and frustration trigger innovative thinking.

Step 6: Keep a notebook or PDA with you so you always have a way to record fleeting thoughts. They're sometimes the best ideas of all.

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[trapper101]

You will need: Weed.. nuff said

[MasonsTurtle]

She's cute.

[maritasteffe]

vision and words. Good content, anything that's comfortable and routine is a killer to creativity.

[rievans57]

"Fear and anxiety trigger creative thought". Interesting!

[Austenh96]

You will need: A whole bunch of things you don't like.

[CIDAFILMS]

Check out CIDA's youtbe channel for vidoe footage of creative events, conferences and products

[JackieEco]

she's in coney island - men in black 3

[nzk13]

so, hanging yourself will boost your creativity. that makes sense!

[markdykeman]

good tips

[ste1nunn]

@niketotal90lazer or

Pupic Display Asosiation ^-^

[mohitl1985]

Art of Living workshop teaches a simple 20 mins exercise , which when practised regularly can make you amazingly creative !