10 Ways To Boost Your Creativity
By Julie Plenty
Creativity is your birthright – but can often be hidden
in the everyday. To facilitate your personal development and self
growth, here are some creativity tips you can use to resurrect, refresh
and enhance your creative faculties.
1. Look after yourself.
Sleep well/Eat well/meditate/do what you enjoy and
do it more often (if it is life enhancing!). Creativity is reduced
when your senses are dulled.
2. Do something different.
We do so much on auto - the route we take to work,
newspaper we read, TV programmes we routinely watch. Vary one element
of your regular routine for a while.
If feasible, take a different route to work, read
a different newspaper (especially one you would never read!).
3. Be curious about your world around you.
It always amazes me when people don't see what's around
them. See the area you live/work in as a tourist would. How would
you explore it if you were a tourist?
4. Read a book on something you previously
had no interest in.
...and see if you can create interest whilst reading
it. It is my belief that no topic is boring or uninteresting if it
is enthusiastically and creatively presented. You know what you like
- or you like what you know?
5. Do something childlike once in a while.
...and you don't have to have the children there as
an 'excuse' to do it. Sit and play on swings/draw/paint 'silly' pictures
- have fun. Children are incredibly creative and as adults we could
learn a lot about how they view the world.
6. Create/prepare quiet time for yourself
every day.
Not to do anything (unless it relaxes you), but just
to clear and refresh your mind. We are human beings, not doings. There
are times when our crowded schedule and minds don't allow space and
time for the creative to be welcomed in. Einstein liked to go sailing
in the afternoons after working in the morning. Okay, most of us don't
have this opportunity, but you get the point.
7. Ask 'what if' questions.
Just for fun and see where the answers take you. What
if that building could talk, what would it say, what stories would
it tell?
8. We often make assumptions.
...about the people we work with (especially if we
don't like them!) Try treating someone you don't particularly like
at work as if you liked them (yeah I know...) What would you say,
how would you act towards them?
9. Write and storyboard your life.
...as if it were a script you had to sell to a film
company.
10. Talk to people you routinely ignore or
dismiss.
Imagine their lives from their point of view, they
often have viewpoints which you may never have considered before and
... carry a small notebook with you to jot down new ideas / sensations
/ feelings as they come to mind.
Do one, some or all of these and you’ll soon notice
a rise in your creativity, personal development and self growth.
About The Author: Julie Plenty is a Personal and
Business Coach, who helps writers, artists and photographers prosper
in their business by helping them build a strong personal foundation,
because they ARE their business. For more self growth and personal
development articles, and to sign up for her Life Design newsletter,
visit:
http://www.self-help-personal-development.com.
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