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Creativity Enhancement Tips 
How To Avoid Rotting And Rusting Brains
With Creativity Enhancement
Pour Out Your Creative Juices

Creativity Enhancement Tips
Certainly, there are times when you just feel like you’re “stuck in a
rut.” Your mind’s run out of creative juice, and you’re short on ideas.
Aside
from preventing you to finish your work on time, creativity
lulls can always put a damper on your mood. It’s always best to
develop
some creative enhancement techniques; because as much as you want to
avoid lack
of inspiration in your creative endeavors, it’s something that
just naturally
occurs. Overtime lack of creativity in choosing and
determining our own life path can have a very negative effect on
us. They can be called dreamstealers¹. It’s up to you whether you allow them to get in your way.
Here are a few tips:
This may
sound weird, but when you start feeling like you’ve out of
good ideas, may it be for a work project, an article, a book, a
painting or a song
that you’re trying to make, drawing out inspiration from your
life experiences
can actually be a big help. Many people usually turn to their
experience
treasure chest to help them find a new topic for their projects. It
doesn’t
matter whether you live an ordinary life or not, just pick out
something that
you’re very fond of, and use it in the most creative way that you
can think of.
Some stories usually start on just simple drafts; but the more the
story progresses,
the better it gets.
Another great thing to draw inspiration from are your “insights.” This
is just a way to help you rack your brains in trying to come up with little
ideas that can help you generate inspiration. For
starters, you might actually want to try coming up with a list to help the
insights flowing. Think of a topic, and then just start listing down things
that you think are relevant to it. Whenever you’re feeling pressured to start
coming up with something, the best that you can actually do is to just list
things down. It’ll definitely help you get more organized. Before you know it,
you’d have something solid to work on.
Apart from trying to draw inspiration and ideas from your personal
experiences, why not try asking around. You might also gain from other people’s insights. Always remember
that whenever you’re trying to draw some inspiration for something or trying to
enhance your creativity, never ever pressure yourself in accomplishing it in a
snap; because the more you pressure yourself, the less likely you’ll be able to
come up with something genuine and worthy of your talents.

How To Avoid Rotting And Rusting Brains
With Creativity Enhancement
From time to time, we say things like “I'm a bit rusty”
or “My creative juices aren't flowing.” While it's true that we human beings are
equipped with the most efficient and powerful tool in the form of our
brains, it's also very true that at some point in life, we get worn out.
Fortunately, that point in time when we feel out of form or out of practice
can be easily surpassed and avoided with the use of creativity enhancement
methods.
What is Creativity Enhancement?
When we feel burned out or used up, we might feel like we're at a
dead end. People do lots of things to get out of that dead end, such as taking
vacations, going to spas, or enrolling in refresher courses. However, these
methods, while possibly effective, do not target the problem directly, but
rather just help people cope up with the other effects of their exhausted
situation. Creativity enhancement programs are methods that directly target the
problem by looking at its source to get specific solutions that will get a
person back up and running. There are several techniques in creativity
enhancement, all of them aimed at helping people get their creative juices
flowing or preventing them from running out.
Starting Early
The
usual recipients of creativity enhancement are children. Parents
are told to nurture and cultivate their child’s creativity
and skills as early as they can to ensure their bright future.
Child development
programs have continued to grow, activating the minds of the new
generations,
which are observed to be more articulate and active than children in
the past.
It's important to foster children’s creativity; however,
children are not the only ones who need creativity boosters. The usual scenario
is when we grow up; we are left in the belief that we are already equipped with all we need. As grown-ups however, we also
face situations when we need to refill our creativity tanks. In such cases,
creativity enhancement methods play a crucial role to help people get back on
track.
Popular Methods of Creativity Enhancement
Today we are lucky to have access to several creativity enhancement
techniques. One way of enhancing creativity is
by undertaking activities that utilize our ingenuity. These activities can come in the
form of hobbies that involve creating something such as art,
woodworking and the like. These activities are seen to activate
areas of people’s minds that are not being used, making them explore their
brains more.
Other creativity enhancement methods include workshops that explore
different ways of expressing creativity. These workshops may even stimulate
people’s sense of healthy competition by involving group activities such as
games and contests. There are also creativity enhancement programs that involve
exploring the subconscious through meditation and other psychological
techniques. These help people examine their higher levels of thinking to
unleash their powers.
Some other creativity enhancement methods include computere software which involve the use of creative thinking.
Where to Look for Creativity Enhancement
There are many companies that have creativity enhancement as their primary service
or product. A lot of these firms have websites that can easily be searched
online.

Pour Out Your Creative Juices
Creativity is one characteristic that is very helpful in life. It
includes the invention of something new or the re-invention of something old to
make it more useful or interesting.
For some, creativity is innate or inborn. However, for those who are
not born with a creative mind, don't fret because creativity can be
extracted from your personality. The following are tips to squeeze out the
creativity from inside you:
1. Consider redefining, substituting,
rearranging, reversing, and combining.
Remember to consider all factors that are affected by your problem or
your concern. The problem can be broken down into several elements and then
reshuffled. Think of what would happen if an idea is replaced. This is
important in enhancing creativity because it helps you remove possible
fixations that may hinder your creativity.
2. Think on how other objects or people
might adapt to your problem.
Imagine how another person would react if subjected in the same
situation. Picture how different situations would continue when dealing with
the same problem. Application in different settings can be also be done; and
then from there, adapt a solution to the current setting.
3. Let your imagination run wild.
Try to change the things that could be changed. Modification can
trigger creativity because you see things in a different light. You can also
try to exaggerate or think of the extremes, be it magnification or minimization
of something. Thinking of the possible differences between these two situations
could produce ideas.
4. Work in a place in which you ar comfortable.
Make sure that your environment is conducive to thinking. Most of the
time, people tend to be more creative when they are with people who are doing
the same thing. Minimise distractions, create an atmosphere conducive to creatvity.
5. Give yourself enough time.
Hurrying doesn't help in the generation of ideas. Forcing it may only
lead you to be fixated on just trying to finish. Studies have shown that the
majority do not work well under pressure. Best results are produced from
activities which have been given ample time.
6. Ask other people; or better yet,
engage in brainstorming.
Never be shy to ask. Diversity is very helpful in relation with
creativity. New ideas could help in triggering a new perspective. Furthermore,
the spontaneous generation of new ideas helps in formulation of more ideas. The
products of brainstorming can be the raw material in the construction of the
idea.
Remember that in brainstorming, 4 rules are followed for it to be
successful:
- There should be no
criticisms. Criticism hinders the free flow of ideas. This can be postponed
until the session has ended.
- Combining and/or modifying
ideas are encouraged.
- Quantity is preferred over
quality in brainstorming.
- Weird or strange ideas are
encouraged.
All these tips are just suggestions. These tips can be tailored to
your personality. Remember that creativity greatly depend on the person’s
personality - the ability to think, invent, and dream.

¹ To learn more about dreamstealer and how to eliminate them, check out the Rich Right Now! Affirmations for an Abundant Life ebook.
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