You can be creative

All of us are creative; we vary only in the extent to which we have developed our creativity potential.
Don't kill your creativity by receiving negative messages.
Release your mind from its non-creativity prison.

What is creativity?

There are probably hundreds of definitions of creativity.


- Creativity is about innovation.
- Creativity is about value Addition.
- Creativity is about trying new things.
- Creativity is about doing old things differently.
- Creativity is about finding new ways.
- Creativity is about applying new thinking.
- Creativity is about seeing things differently.
- Creativity is about finding Solutions.
- Creativity is about making connections where none existed before.

Steps to creativity

- Knowledge : Acquire diverse knowledge utilizing all the five senses. Knowledge is the raw material that you can use to make connections.

- Thinking : Think deeply. According to famous creativity expert, Edward de Bono, there are two types of thinking processes.

1- Vertical thinking, according to him, vertical thinking is compared to digging a hole deeper. The problem with vertical thinking is that you are digging the wrong hole, you will not find the solution no matter how deep you dig.
2- Lateral thinking, according to him, lateral thinking is compared to digging many different holes (looking for many solutions). Lateral thinking is essential for generating creative ideas.


- Incubation : Relax and do something unrelated to the problem. Archimedes got his inspiration in discovering the Archimedes Principle while taking his bath.

- Eureka : Movement of inspiration.
It is a Greek word that means " I found it!"It was made famous when Archimedes ran out in the street upon discovering a method. Einstein said that, it the most fundamental and beautiful experience that a person can have.

- Development : Developing ideas into useful and practical applications.

- Mapping your mind with Mind-Maps : Connect your main branches to the central image.


Expanding your creativity


- Seeing things from different viewpoints. Ted Hughes was one of the great poets of nature, in his poems he entered the minds of animals.
- Making creative combinations. The great creators were able to link things in ways that no one had ever thought of before.
- Reversing things. In reversal, you can simply take whatever exists, and consider the opposite. Everybody said you should always hold your hands up when you box – Mohammed Ali held them down!