10 Steps for Boosting Creativity

This site has an interesting list of things to do in order to boost creativity.

1) Listen to music by Johann Sebastian Bach
2) Brainstorm
3) Always carry a small notebook and a pen or pencil around with you.
4) If you're stuck for an idea, open a dictionary, randomly select a word and then try to formulate ideas incorporating this word.
5) Define your problem
6) If you can't think, go for a walk.
7) Don't watch TV
8) Don't do drugs.
9) Read as much as you can about everything possible
10) Exercise your brain.

http://jpb.com/creative/creative.php

I thought that some of these things were very intriguing. For example, I thing one could make a good argument about whether watching TV increases creativity. I think this greatly depends on what you are watching. There are some TV shows out there where I think the writers are very creative and people can learn a lot from watching them. I also thought the idea about finding a word in the dictionary was very interesting. I have never heard of this before but its sounds like it could really increase your creative thinking. I know going for walks is a great way for me to let my mind wander and come up with ideas. I think this is a good list of ideas to try when in need of creative thinking. Although some ideas on the list are very obvious, we do not always resort to them when trying to be creative.

By George Vauter