Learn on how to improve Creativity and Lateral thinking with your habitual practices. 13 tips on how to improve creativity were explained along with a video.

1. Creativity & Lateral Thinking
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How to improve
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2. Lets see
Habitual Practices
Part - I

3. 1. Work on patterns and Puzzles
 Brainstorming helps
 Puzzles, math games & patterns
 Mathematical aptitude helps
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 Observe the pattern
Solving puzzles and patterns are some best
habits

4. 2. Do multiple activities
 Single work reduces thinking
 Do simultaneous things
 Keep your mind busy
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 Think for ideas while free
An empty mind is always dangerous

5. 3. Supportive environment
 Surroundings influence thoughts
 Make it comfortable, some being
 Avoid TV – A big distracter !
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• Calm & noiseless envi.
• Free from negative people
• Active
• Free from stress/tension
• Access to nature – fresh air, greenery

6. 4. Productive
 A time waster – Loser
 Wasting time is worst thing
• Puzzles
• Gaming
• Reading
• Browsing
• Visiting places
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 Analyze – think internally or do

7. 5. Gaming
 Mind, Action and puzzling video games
 Children spend more time - creative
 But don’t get addicted
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 No age restriction
Think like a child but act like an adult
 Online website – Lumosity.com

8. 6. Crafts, art and DIY
 Sketches, paints, art works demonstrates
creativity
 They help explore thoughts
 Go through others works
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 Practice creative sketching – even if you
don’t know !
 Observe with care
 Connect with creative people
 Analyze multiple ideas

9.  Reduce the fear of being different
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 Pinterest
 Behance
 Devianart
 Flickr
 Coroflot
 Do it yourself - DIY
 Develop DIY thoughts at leisure
 Best websites

10. 7. Spend alone
 Spare time to develop ideas
 Cater a part of a day to yourself
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 Research suggest to be alone
 Never fear for mistaking
 Mistake – process of learning
 Don’t repeat it
8. Do mistake
 When you don’t try - you won’t be knowing

11. 9. Learn new things
 The more you learn – the more ideas you get
 Unrelated topics – requires your presence
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 Only when you know – you get ideas
 Learn new topics
 Expose to many things, products – working
principle etc.
Example – making chapatis with Iron box

12. 10. Music rocks !
 Boost your mood
 Slow melodies – calm mind
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 Rock, pop – build confidence
11. Open up
 Some tries to pull you down
 Some criticizes you
 Be open – keep sharing, don’t mind
others talk

13. 12. Photography
 Observing pictures – mind exercises
 Capture images in Different or unique views
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 Possibility of creative thoughts
 Pinterest
 Flickr
 Instagram
 Google +
 Tumblr

14. 13. Interesting work
 Productivity proportional to Interest
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My 80 – 20 rule
Interesting work – complete 80% in just 20% time
No interest ? – complete only 20% in 80% time
 Focus on interested areas
 Work with satisfaction !

15. More habitual practices to be
discussed in next slide !

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