Creativity is thought of as a gift to only selected few and these are the people whoa re thought to be creative and no one else. However this is not the case. Creativity is a process and yes it can be learned. It needs consistency to learn it and although learning it is no doubt a difficult thing but once done, you will be able to soon master this process.
To be creative, first of all, you should develop a habit of looking at the things in a logical way and try to create links between the events and facts surrounding you. By events and facts we don't mean that you have to look into your area of interest only but you have to work on the general knowledge of yours and get yourself familiarized with new fields. After all what is creativity? It is the mix and match of old ideas. so if you have a broader knowledge base it is going to help you in your creative thinking process.
When you become good at collecting the knowledge and creating links between these facts, the very same facts which seemed a hurdle become the building blocks of creativity. In one of my earlier blogs i mentioned that if you want to be creative never think that the first solution to a problem is the best one but try to find alternatives. Same is the case with creativity.
When you start learning this process, you will learn a lot of ideas. Try to collect as many ideas as you can but do not try to judge one of them as the best one. When you will have a bunch of ideas, you will realize that your ideas are almost same in terms of potential and there is no single best.
At this time, take sometime off, enjoy a drink and get in touch with your social circle. Your head will get cleared out and you will unconsciously match the pool of ideas and bring yourself the most amazing idea standing apart from the previous ideas.
Since this process can be learned so it can get better with the passage of time and with the practice of this process.
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