Sunday, March 30, 2008

10 Ways to be creative

Do you want to be creative??...Now you can...
Here's some tips:

  • To redefine problem: To attempt to see them in a different way to other people.
  • To learn to analyze and criticize your own ideas, since nobody has only good ideas.
  • To sell your ideas: it is naive to assume that good creative ideas sell themselves.
  • To recognize that knowledge is a double edged sword: it is not possible to be creative with insufficient knowledge, but too much knowledge can hinder creativity.
  • To have the courage to overcome obstacles, face opposition, since truly creative ideas are always likely to be opposed.
  • To take risks, and not be tempted to offer standard, safe solutions.
  • To be willing to grow, and not rest on their one good creative idea.
  • To believe in yourself, because there will often be times when nobody else believes in you.
  • To learn to tolerate ambiguity, because new ideas are not always initially successful.
  • Finally, since research has shown that people are at their most creative when they are doing something they love... you should find out what then love to do, and do it.

(daisy. From: Sternberg, 2000)

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