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Creative Thinking: A Key to Tapping Into Your Inner Genius
"Creativity is a fundamental principle of the Cosmos and what needed to be explained were the processes that were not creative.” – David Bohm
We are not taught to cultivate or are we encouraged to use our creative intelligence, and so we aren't real confident about using it. But everyone has the ability to think creatively.
Another part of the bargain about creative thinking is that when you do so, you are breaking free of the pack, because you will be thinking for yourself. Most people group think, meaning they think like the rest of the group. We are not much different than dogs in terms of having a pack mentality, and wanting to do the same thing that everyone else is doing, in order to be accepted by the group. So if you think for yourself and think different than the group you may have to weather a storm of criticism for having done so. Many visionary creative thinkers have had their ideas rejected by the so-called experts because it didn't fit into what the pack thought was normal. But because they believed in their ideas, they decided not to run with the dogs.
Read here to learn of some well-known ideas that were rejected.
One of the keys of creative thinking is to strive for quantity. The more creative thinking ideas you come up with, the better - because many of the ideas you come up with won't be very good. Creative thinkers have bigger garbage cans than the rest of us, because they are willing to come up with lots of ideas, and they know many of the ideas will have to be thrown away. Because they're not worried about being judged by the pack for thinking different than them, they're not afraid to come up with many ideas. They produce more and more ideas, knowing that sooner or later one or some of the ideas will be worth pursuing. It's just that easy - all you have to do is free the mind and let it flow. Here are some creative thinking exercises to help you free your mind and tap into your inner genius. Back to Genius Page
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