10 Ways to Unleash Your Creativity

Features of creativity

• Imaginative.
• Purposeful.
• Original.
• Of value.

23 Ways to Spark Your Creativity

• Put away your digital devices, even for an hour. Instead of filling your head with more information, give your mind a rest and allow your ideas to flow from the inside out.
• Be inspired by Nature.
• Change your Routine.
• Try Mind Mapping.
• Journal.
• Take a Shower.
• Get Outside.
• Sleep on it.

1. Try a New Medium. If you’re used to writing on your computer, try picking up a stack of paper and a pen.
2. Look at a Picture. Many people find images more inspiring than words.
3. Choose a Theme.
4. Set a Schedule.
5. Break Your Schedule.
6. Don’t Be Afraid to Be Wrong.
7. Make Creative Friends.
8. Consume Creative Things.

A new book argues that creativity is hardly a fixed trait. Rather, like any other skill, creativity is something you can train yourself to cultivate with the right kind of practice. In fact, it’s more of a science than an art.

Here are 6 ways you can stimulate and tone your creativity from my book, Wise Mind, Open Mind.

1. Mindfulness Meditation Practice.
2. Dabbling in the Arts.
3. Immersing Yourself in Nature.
4. Entering Sacred Space.
5. Seeking Out Creative Stimulation.
6. Mindful Movement.

It’s important because it helps you look at problems and situations from a fresh perspective. Creating thinking is a way to develop novel or unorthodox solutions that do not depend wholly on past or current solutions. Creative thinking is a way of moving beyond barriers.