25 Actions That Boost Your Creativity
Increasing your creativity can bring you a whole new world of options to brighten your life.
Try these strategies to amplify your creative powers:
- Remember the reasons why you want to be creative
- Make the decision to be more creative
- Brainstorm new ideas
- Ask “what if?”
- Think outside the box. There’s always more than one way of doing things.
- Think like a child. How would a child see the situation differently?
- Be confident in your abilities
- Explore your artistic side. Draw, write, sculpt, or sing.
- Change your environment. Try a different setting to reflect on a project.
- Stay curious. Ask questions about everything.
- Study your subject and then study other people who are successful in that realm
- Take small steps and notice the details
- Explore. Try new things. Step out of your comfort zone. Experiment.
- Steer clear of judging yourself or your ideas
- Keep a journal. Some great ideas may come to you as you reflect on your day.
- Listen to music
- Stay away from distractions
- Make new definitions, erase stereotypes, and choose to see things differently
- Relax. Once you’re refreshed, new ideas will come more easily.
- See a project or task from a different perspective
- Create a mind map to visually represent the relationships between various ideas
- Ask for help
- Give yourself enough time to be creative on a project
- Visualize yourself succeeding
- Believe in yourself