{"id":9946,"date":"2012-12-03T17:39:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T06:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creately.com\/blog\/?p=9946"},"modified":"2024-02-14T23:48:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:48:42","slug":"creativity-improving-tips-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creately.com\/blog\/experience\/creativity-improving-tips-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Tickle Creativity? 15 Simple \u2018Tried And Tested\u2019 Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is creativity? Is it some inborn characteristic or it can be developed? Are there certain conditions to let the creativity develop? All these questions are answered in few words; \u2018Creativity is inborn and it needs favorable environment to flourish.<\/strong>\u2019 A person usually gets frustrated when he\/she pursues for some creative work and fails to reach some good outcome. It means creativity needs some input, some food, some support from the environment, from the habits, and from routine work. What are those things that could help creative approaches? This writing is all about those creativity-friendly ingredients.<\/p>\n

1. Spare Time To Relax<\/h3>\n

In the tough job routines, it\u2019s hard to find spare time to relax. On-job people they have to do many tasks at a time and creativity is considered as just it comes. However, finding time for yourself is crucial whether it\u2019s about having sunbath at beach, staring at birds, looking at the clouds, or listening to sounds of nature. Every single thing that could find some free space in your brain can be adapted just to fresh up the brain for some creative ideas.<\/p>\n

2. Bring Changes To Routine Quite Often<\/h3>\n

Regardless of the work, people often get caught up in monotony. This routine is killing for creativity. So, bring a change to give room to creativity. If you change your routine quite often, you will observe how it will trigger ingenuity.<\/p>\n

3. Listening To Music Is Healing<\/h3>\n

Listening to music is a therapy to solve any problems whether these are social, emotional, physical, or spiritual. If you are stuck with something and want to come up at some creative ideas, then listening to music can be a better remedy.<\/p>\n

4. Walk With Thoughtless Mind<\/h3>\n

If you are facing some hard time in collecting thoughts, then walking alone, without music, would be the best remedy. The walk can be on the beach, in the park, down the street, or anywhere you want. Just let your mind ponder over what you see.<\/p>\n

5. Distract Yourself When It\u2019s Needed<\/h3>\n

If you feel that, you are going nowhere with a project, distract yourself and stop thinking. If you think you don\u2019t find it easy to distract, do it forcefully. Work on some other project while still being productive. Once you feel your creative grey cells are active once again, start working back on that project.<\/p>\n

6. Don\u2019t Go The Creative Path Intentionally<\/h3>\n

It happens quite often when you try to be creative; you fail in actual to deliver something creative. The best alternative is to stop thinking creatively. Creativity is about breaking rules, making mistakes, inventing or experimenting something new, and having fun even in risks. Don\u2019t force yourself to be creative when you aren\u2019t in mood of creating something.<\/p>\n

7. Write Journal<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s not like your personal diary, but an advanced form of that. Keep record of your random thoughts in the journal that will help you in getting inspired at some later stage, when you need that the most. Everyone gets ideas, but very few know how to manage those ideas and harness its power and keeping a journal and writing down ideas is a good start.<\/p>\n

8. Follow Six Hats Technique<\/h3>\n

The technique is given by Edward de Bono and revolves around looking at a certain situation through 6 different angles. You can have a cap carrying 6 different colors, each color is hinting at certain point of view. The hat colors and the things related to each color are as follows:<\/p>\n

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Six thinking hats technique is another good way to encourage creativity<\/p><\/div>\n

White: Focusing facts, data, information
\nRed: Focusing emotions, intuition, and instincts
\nBlack: Focusing negativity, weaknesses, and flaws
\nYellow: Focusing positive thinking and benefits of decisions taken
\nGreen: Focusing creativity
\nBlue: Controls the six hat technique<\/p>\n

9. Say Good Bye To Technology For One Day<\/h3>\n

Stay away from the latest gadgets and social media platforms for a day. With many social networks and smartphones that work seamlessly with these social networks it’s very easy to get distracted. Switch off the phones, shutdown the computer and take a look at what you could do with that time. Sunday is a good day to try this out. Check out the shore video below and realize what you might be missing because of your phone.<\/p>\n