Staying creative is hard, isn’t it? But it is not a passive process that you can sit back and wait for inspiration to motivate you and help you focus. An American psychologist Robert J. Sternberg has defined creativity as “the process of producing something that is both original and worthwhile.” Creativity is nothing but looking for new and better ways to approach situations and solve problems.

2. Staying creative is
hard, isn’t it?
But it is not a
passive process
that you can sit
back and wait for
inspiration to
motivate you and
help you focus.

3. What is
Creativity?
An American psychologist
Robert J. Sternberg has
defined creativity as “the
process of producing
something that is both
original and worthwhile.”
Creativity is nothing but
looking for new and better
ways to approach situations
and solve problems.

5. Driving a car requires practice, so does surfing, painting, coding,
and juggling. Creativity falls in the same category. The more you
practice, the more it will grow. It is more like a body muscle that
needs to be stretched and challenged to push it out of its comfort
zone.
Here, we have 5 ways that can help you nurture and enhance your
creative abilities.

6. Learn Through Collaboration
 Brainstorming and learning from
others makes you curious and
enhances your creativity.
 The best way to boost that creative
side of yours is either by reading or
talking to experts that can help you
generate relevant information and
new ideas.
 Thus, collaborating with others will
indeed help you improve your
creative side.

7. Indulge In Something You Love
 Indulge in an activity that makes
you feel happy and lose yourself in
the creative process.
 When you are involved in some
activity you enjoy the most, you
don’t realize how time passes by
which is the best way to learn.
 Pick up a musical instrument or
focus on painting or play a game
of chess – a hobby can eliminate
stress while improving your
creative ability.

8. Use the Six Thinking Hats Technique
 Explore the situation from different
perspectives using a powerful decision-
making technique called “Six Thinking
Hats”.
 Analyze things through these six
different hats such as focusing on the
available data (white hat), analyzing
negative outcomes (black hat),
developing new creative solutions
(green hat) and others.

9. Go For A Walk Or Exercise
 Sitting for longer hours not only affects
your health but also ruins your mood
which in turn can kill your creativity.
 Research has confirmed that walking
boosts creative ability.
 Exercising for a while can do wonders
for you in helping those creative juice
flowing and generating new ideas.

10. Do Nothing At All
 Best-selling author Alan Cohen once wrote,
“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in
rest. Use both and overlook neither.”
 Unplug and not wrack your brain for the
next idea as too much information can put
a stop to your creativity.
 You never know you might get an amazing
idea while shopping, exercising, watching a
sunset or driving.
 So, just relax and let your mind wander.

11. Stuck for ideas? Facing a writer’s
block? Not sure how to make some
progress?
Get your creative juices flowing
today by implementing these 5
effective ways and make creativity a
crucial part of your daily life.

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