This document lists 37 ways to boost creativity, including brainstorming, mind mapping, keeping scrapbooks, being around creative people, going for walks, sketching ideas, taking naps, practicing meditation, traveling, changing your work schedule, and visiting blogs with creative exercises. Drinking coffee and doing sports are suggested to heighten mental sharpness and blood circulation. Taking breaks, cooking, and changing one's environment are also recommended for generating new ideas.

1. 37 WAYS
TO BOOST CREATIVITY
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2. NEED TO FIND CREATIVE SOLUTION?
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3. TRY THESE 37 WAYS TO BOOST
YOUR CREATIVITY
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4. №1 BRAINSTORM
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5. №2 MIND MAP
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6. №3 MAKE LISTS
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7. №4 KEEP SCRAPBOOKS
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8. №5 CREATE MOOD-BOARDS
Collect inspirational images, textures,
fabrics, paint chips and pin them on
your mood-board
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9. №6 BE AMONG CREATIVE PEOPLE
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10. Text
This will help to distract from
your problem and stimulate
abstract thinking.
№7 GO TO CROWDED PLACES
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11. №8 ASK FOR ADVICE
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12. №9 CHAT WITH A FRIEND
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13. №10 DRINK COFFEE
The caffeine targets
the adenosine
receptors which
result in heightened
mental sharpness.
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14. №11 READ FASHION AND DESIGN MAGAZINES
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15. №12 LOOK IN THE INTERNET
Reading posts on social
media and blogs might
inspire you for your own
creative ideas.
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16. №13 OR GET AWAY FROM COMPUTER
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17. №14 GO FOR A WALK
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18. №15 TAKE A NOTEBOOK EVERYWHERE YOU GO
• Write down your
observations, thoughts,
ideas, anything that
caught your attention.
Don’t neglect even
“crazy” ideas.
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19. №16 DO SPORTS
Sport helps to increase
blood circulation and
makes the brain cells
work faster.
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20. №17 LISTEN TO MUSIC
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21. №18 WATCH A MOVIE
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22. Sketching ideas helps
to visualize them, it is
a proven fact that
thinking with our
hands helps thinking
with our brain.
№19 SKETCH
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23. №20 MAKE A DIY PROJECT
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24. №21 MAKE YOUR OWN PHOTO-SHOOT
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25. “It is a common
experience that a
problem difficult at night
is resolved in the
morning after the
committee of sleep has
worked on it.”
John Steinbeck
№22 TAKE A NAP
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26. №23 PRACTICE MEDITATION
“Clean out a corner of your mind
and creativity will instantly fill it.”
Dee Hock
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27. №24 READ BOOKS
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28. №25 TRAVEL
“People who don't travel cannot
have a global view, all they
see is what's in front of them.
Those people cannot accept
new things because all they
know is where they live.”
Martin Yan
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29. №26 GO TO FLEA MARKETS
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30. №27 VISIT ART GALLERIES
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31. №28 POP IN ANTIQUE SHOPS
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32. №29 VISIT HOME DECOR BOUTIQUES
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33. №30 RAMBLE IN BLOOMING GARDENS
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34. №31 IRON YOUR CLOTHES
or make any other routine task during
which your thoughts will fly freely. You
might come up with some interesting
ideas at the end.
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35. №32 TAKE A BREAK
Little breaks might help
you to distract from
your problem and give
strength to think over
solution.
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36. №33 PREPARE GOURMET DINNER
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Cooking is a very
creative process and
you might generate
very interesting ideas
during it.
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37. №34 HAVE A GLASS OF GOOD WINE
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38. №35 CHANGE YOUR WORKPLACE
• Try to work in a different
environment (if possible).
Change of scenery
boosts creativity.
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39. №36 CHANGE YOUR WORK SCHEDULE
Sometimes we don’t
really know what is
the most productive
time of the day for us.
Try to change working
hours to find it out.
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40. #37 VISIT OUR BLOG
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You might find these posts useful:
1) How to unlock your creativity and start thinking like a designer: Exercise #1
2) How to unlock your creativity and start thinking like a designer: Exercise #3
3) Creativity exercise for interior designers #3
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41. Photo credits
• Slide #1 - dezeen.com,
• Slide #2 - dezeen.com
• Slide #10 - http://pinterest.com/pin/161355599122180497/
• Slide #16 - www.inc.com
• Slide #17 - www.mirror.co.uk
• Slide #21 - science.opposingviews.com
• Slide #23 - www.defuturedesign.com
• Slide #29 - http://www.cntraveller.ru/articles/directions/
10_samyh_koloritnyh_bazarov_mira_66350/?PAGEN_1=3
• Slide #31 - gouk.about.com
• Slide #35 - www.liveandlovework.com
• Slide #37 - www.trekearth.com
• Slide #38 - www.home-designing.com
• Slide#39 - www.sheknows.com
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