10 Psychological Tricks That Will Boost Your Creativity

10 Psychological Tricks That Will Boost Your Creativity

1. Reward Yourself

   • Studing the the overjustification effect.
     • rewarding things that are already intrinsically rewarding
       • can be back fire
       • actually reduce motivation
     • offering some sort of reward for creative thinking might have the opposite effect
   • when rewards are offered explicitly for producing creative works, creativity actually increases

2. Meditate

   • certain types of meditation are linked to an increase in creative thinking
   • open-monitoring meditation opens your mind to new
     • thoughts
     • sensations

3. Re-Conceptualize the Problem

   • creative people tend to share is that they typically re-conceptualize problems more often than less creative people do
   • Instead to continue try to take a step back and think with a fresh point

4. Create Restrictions

   • try limiting the things you can use to come up with a solution
   • placing some restrictions or resistance on your thinking can actually lead to more creative solutions

5. Create Some Psychological Distance

   • placing some psychological distance between yourself and the problem might stimulate your creativity
   • try imagining that the issue is distant and disconnected from your current location

6. Surround Yourself With Inspiration

   • surroundings also play a role in the creative process
   • Stimulating environments can facilitate creativity
   • try to surround yourself with things that you find inspiring and motivating

7. Surround Yourself With Blue

   • the color blue tends to make people think more creatively
   • the color blue helps encourage people to think outside the box

8. Get Emotional

   • positive and negative emotions are strongly linked to creativity
   • When you find emotional
     • try applying some of that energy towards solving a problem or accomplishing a task

9. Go For a Walk

   • people tend to be more creative when they are walking
   • regular physical activity can play an important role
     • protecting cognitive abilities
     • boosting cognitive abilities

10. Daydream

    • boredom gives people time to daydream, which then leads to greater creativity.
    • try letting yourself actually be bored for a spell

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