Clever Brain

In any field of work, it is important to be creative. Being creative means that you have a lot of ideas which can help improve, innovate and develop a better form and function out of a particular object assigned to you. It is sometimes difficult to be creative, as you don’t have the ideas in your head all the time. However, there are instances in which you have to squeeze out all your creative juices for the sake of work, school projects or a particular goal, and because of these, you always have to be prepared.

If you are having trouble coming up with new, original ideas, then here are some helpful tips which can be of great help in building your brain power and increasing your creative juices:

1. Relax. The brain, when pressured to produce results faster, sometimes fails to work at its best, thus you are left with a mental block or a brain cloud. To enable your creativity, take time to breathe and relax. Allowing your brain boosts its potential to work better and faster, and also provide you with new ideas which you can use on your project.

2. Begin with the basics. It can be difficult to be creative when your brain is exposed to a lot of influences-these existing ideas can mingle in your brain and cause confusion, and in turn make it hard for you to think straight. Start with the basic object by taking away its current embellishments, then try to view it from your own angles. From there you can find new concepts and ideas which are from your own head, and not just a mere modification of others’ work.

3. Look for problems. If you are given a particular assignment with an already existing set of ideas, what you can do is to find issues on how to make the assignment better. See what is lacking, what you can add for improvement or even form an image out of your own visions, regardless of the present ideas at hand. Your creative muscle is then stretched and used, and becomes more useful.

4. Change your schedule. The brain becomes complacent whenever it gets used to a particular routine. Like any other muscle, the brain becomes immune to the various things that it encounters while following the routine course it has adjusted to, thus it would be hard to come up with new insights in the long run. You can however prevent this from happening by changing routines, following new schedules, and giving yourself some cheap thrills. When your brain gets excited, it unleashes new ideas and innovations for you to do in order to enjoy that particular moment of excitement, as compared with usual events you follow on a regular day.

5. Expose yourself to new heights. Exercising your creative muscle can also be done by exposing yourself to various influences. Take time to enjoy life by watching a movie, attending concerts, going out and visiting places you have never been to before. By gathering information, you will be able to see new ideas and develop concepts that can help achieve your goal.

6. Socialize. Talking to people also helps a lot in unleashing your creativity. You get to hear to other people’s ideas, see how they voice out their own insights and find areas for better appreciation. This way your ideas won’t only rely on one point of view, but of a multitude of opinions as well.

7. Think about the future. When unleashing your creativity, you not only have to think of the present, but more importantly, the future. Answer the “why” questions involving your simmering concept, and try to come up with other approaches which haven’t been used yet. Besides, if you haven’t thought about that assumption today, somebody else would come up with the same idea sooner or later.

8. Do the locomotion. Your muscles become more functional when they are exposed to moving objects, so try to play with a rubber ball while brainstorming, or write doodles while thinking of new ideas for a particular project.

9. Write down all your bad ideas. If you’re thinking only of the good ideas, you’re actually not being creative, since you have set these concepts in accordance with already existing tastes. Take note of your bad thoughts-given that you have thought of them to be bad or negative, this just means that these concepts haven’t been tested yet to challenge mainstream innovations. The “good” and the “bad” are both subjective-you can actually take advantage of this and make new trends using your bad ideas in the future.

10. Stretch your right brain. The right side of the brain is where your creative muscle is located, and you can help improve its function by using your left body parts. Try to write using your left hand, or reach for things with your left grip. If you can do these things, you may try a much easier activity-breathe out through the left nostril.

Remember that unleashing your creative juices not only develops your brain, but your overall capabilities at your chosen field. Just try to be inspired with a famous quote from Karl Marx: “the philosophers have merely interpreted the world; the point is, however, is to change it.”