Discover 5 best Creative Thinking Techniques to succeed in any business!

By Jerry J. Jansen On May 30, 2010 Under Uncategorized

What are the best creative thinking techniques to succeed in business? There is a simple answer but only if you realize what creativity really is.

Creativity is the driving force for all the changes happening around us. Complaining, not taking action, repeating the same things all the time – these are not examples of creativity. These are all different forms of the same things, which are well known by most of the people – routine and habits.

Creativity is basic to nature, and it is basic to humans.

It is interesting to observe the tremendous creativity of small children – the way they need to be in constant motion nearly all the time, the way they move, twist and bend. They talk to themselves, they draw things on objects and create surprising combination of colors. Afterwards, when influenced by their surrounding, they pick up some habits which nearly kill their creativity.

Some say, I’m not creative because I was not born with it…

But everyone possesses creative thinking skills. The fact is that we are all born with creativity and it is as natural to us as swimming. We all know how to from early childhood. Even if we somehow forget how to be creative, as a result of strong habitual surroundings or because of a trauma, we can always rediscover it thanks to creative thinking techniques. How about discovering now something more about creative problem solving techniques.

Why is this so essential to do?

There is unlimited number of examples… If you had a look at the billionaires who prosper in the times of crisis, they use their first impulses to make quick decisions and gain massive profits. There is no doubt that what drives them is called creativity. Creativity can be also associated with our personality. And what counts in business, arts, science and politics is personality.

How about your creative thinking skills?

Here are 5 of the best creative thinking techniques:

  1. Brainstorming – freely and without judging, exchanging ideas with at least one other person. Einstein was among those highly successful who used this technique.
  2. Introducing a new element – this technique is highly effective when you think of an association between your defined problem and any randomly chosen phrase from the dictionary.
  3. Using reverse brainstorming – change a positive statement into its negative image to say what the problem is not. {Here you simply subtract what the problem is not by leaving out what is important}.
  4. Technique used by Napoleon – imagine you are someone else and act if so. You face a problem from somebody else’s perspective, thinking outside the box and envisioning the solution being surrounded by the super characteristics of the hero you choose.
  5. Free writing – for a set period of time, say 20-30 minutes, write down every idea on paper, no matter how crazy and impossible it might seem. Just relax and write freely. The results of this creative thinking technique are used in psychology of achievement.

Now when you know 5 best creative thinking techniques, what stops you from living the life of your dreams. Is happiness and life fullfillment important to you?

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