9 steps to be creative

Many people thinks they are not creative. Einstein once said, "Every child is born a genius." But the reason why most people do not function at genius levels is because they are not aware of how creative and smart they really are.

Here are 9 steps to be creative.It's certainly not the only way, but this basic outline of the process may be helpful.

1. Knowledge -- Study, read, learn, ask questions, try to know as much as possible.

2. Preparation -- Decide on a small area or problem, focus, gather all the physical elements you may need.

3. Relaxation -- Give yourself space, set aside time, clear your mind of other concerns,eliminate distractions.

4. Play -- Be silly, stupid, have fun, approach the problem in every way you can think of,even the dumb ones, especially the dumb ones, just let your mind wander, act like a child, no one is watching.

5. Awareness -- Pay attention to your inner dialogue, ask yourself why you keep going about things the same way, force yourself to break the rules.

6. Acceptance -- Embrace the stupid, weird, ugly, nonsense, pointless, just let it happen without feeling that anything is wrong.

7. Record -- Write or draw or video everything, doodle, jot, make notebooks, carry a pad or recorder with you.

8. Judge -- After you have all the ideas generated then you can begin to edit to try to make sense of your foolishness, analyze, test.

9. Apply -- If something works even a little bit see if you can develop it further, put the workable ideas in and play some more.

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