The mind generally does not compulsively continue to on earth additional options it’s sacrifices concepts in order to reach a speedy decision
Habits often destroyed creative ideas before they see the light of day
The natural response to the problem seems to be to try to get rid of it by finding an answer often taking the first answer that occurs and pursuing it because of one’s reluctance to spend the time in mental effort needed to conjure up a richer storehouse of alternatives from which to choose
Creativity is the combining of seemingly disparate parts into a functioning and useful whole
The memory cannot retain all of the rhyme for Maisch and that comes in through the senses
The mind there for processes it by filtering out what is judge to be less useful and categorizing the rest to be as consistent as possible the information already stored in the memory
After information is reduced to a more conceptual form it goes into the short term memory here we hold information for several seconds if you don’t rapidly use it or do something such as write it down and repeated yourself it disappears
Contacts is a key element in mini memory techniques
Information is also wild in the memory in a structured way it is arranged in categories according to likely associations
If the problem is not properly isolated it will not properly be salt
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Emotional blocks: 1. fear to make a mistake, to fail, to risk 2. inability to tolerate ambiguity; overriding desires for security, order; "no appetite for chaos" 3. preference for judging ideas, rather than generating them 4. inability to relax, incubate, and "sleep on it" 5. lack of challenge (problem fails to engage interest) versus excessive zeal (over-motivation to succeed quickly) 6. inability to distinguish reality from fantasy
Ideas lead to other ideas
If a problem is not properly isolated, it will not be properly solved
People tend to work on getting rid of symptoms, rather than solving the real problems
See a problem from various view-points of all of the interests and parties involved. It will lead to a better solution that pleases more interests and individuals, but it is also helpful in conceptualizing
Vertical thinking begins with a single concept and then proceeds with that concept until a solution is reached. Lateral thinking refers to thinking that generates alternative ways of seeing a problem, before seeking a solution
Utilize all of your senses while problem solving
Emotions lead, they do not follow
People create in order to grow and to fulfill themselves, as well as to sole conflicts and to answer the cravings of themselves
We all have a directional trend to expand, extend, develop and mature
Part of creativity occurs in a part of the mind which is below the conscious level
Creativity tends to flow best in the absence of neuroses
The conscious mind, or ego, is a control valve on creativity
Creativity can provoke anxieties
The fears that inhibit conceptualization are often not based upon a realistic assumption of consequences
Problem solving is bringing order to chaos. A desire for order is therefore necessary. However, the ability to tolerate chaos is amust
In conceptualization one should not judge too quickly
The creative person needs the ability to fantazize freely and vividly, yet must be able to distinguish reality from fantasy
Creative people are at their most creative state when they are in flow. In such a state, they are completely consumed by their task. Time passes seemingly without notice and they are in a positive, perhaps even joyous emotional state
We are more likely to be creative if we love the things we are doing and we are more likely to spend time n the flow state
Cultural blocks within the us: 1. taboos 2. fantasy and reflection are a waste of time, lazy, even crazy 3. playfulness is for children only 4. problem-solving is a serious business and humor is out of place 5. reason, logic, numbers, utility, practicality are good; feeling, intuition, qualitative judgments, pleasure are bad 6. any problem can be solved by scientific thinking and lots of money 7. everyone should be like me 8. cyber is better 9. tradition is preferable to change
Environmental blocks: 1. distractions 2. lack of cooperation and trust among colleagues 3. autocratic boss who values only his/her own ideas; does not reward others 4. lack of support to bring ideas into action
People can fantasize much more easily in a supportive environment
Creative acts as the combination of previously unrelated structures in such a way that you get more out of the emergent whole than you have put in
Humor is an essential ingredient of healthy conceptualization
Motivation is essential to creativity
Develop an ability to accept and incorporate criticism
We have to convert the office into a friendly, non-competitive, interactive situation in which people will take the risk of exposing their most impractical ideas to each other. Competition and lack of trust destroys such a supportive environment
Types of problem solving: verbal-expressive, visual-design, mathematical
Perhaps the greatest inhibition to personal creativity is lack of time
Expressive blocks inhibit your vital ability to communicate ideas
Intellectual blocks result in an inefficent choice of mental tactics or a shortage of intellectual ammunition
Our habitual choice of problem-solving languages can be consciously overcome, with resulting increase in creative ability
Strategies: build up, eliminate, work forward, work backward, associate, classify, generalize, exemplify, compare, relate, commit, defer, leap in, hold back, focus, release, force, relax, dream, imagine, purge, incubate, display, organize, list, check, diagram, chart, verbalize, visualize, memorize, recall, record, retrieve, search, select, plan, predict, assume, question, hypothesize, guess, define, symbolize, simulate, test, play, manipulate, copy, interpret, transform, translate, expand, reduce, exaggerate, understate, adapt, substitute, combine, separate, change, vary, cycle, repeat, systemize, randomize
The creative act consists in combining previously unrelated structures in such a way that you get more out of the emergent whole than you have put it
The optimal solution in problem-solving is to be able to use a clean-minded approach to a problem, even though your mind is stuffed with information
Efforts must be made to ensure that communications are two way and that adequate time and effort are taken to convey the information
Analysis refers to the separation of the whole into its parts so as to discover the characteristics of these parts and their relationship to each other and to the whole
Convergent thinking focuses on an answer
Divergent thinking refers to the process of generation of ideas, concepts, and approaches
More alternatives result in a greater probability of a better solution
Initial concepts tend to be closely related to tradition
Deduction: reasoning from the general to the specific
Induction: reasoning from the specific to general
Man and His Symbolds
Carl Jung
Introvert-extrovert refers to whether one would rather create and optimize solutions within one's own mind as an intellectual challenge or whether one would rather solve problems and implement the solutions in the world
Sensory people prefer to rely upon their senses to gather data--to observe, measure, read, ask experts. Intuitive people tend to rely upon information that is already in memory
The thinking person is likely to distrust feelings, and the feeling person tends to distrust facts and logic
The judgemental person is sure of his or her stand. The perceptive person adapts to the situation
One of the most important capabilities in a creative person is a questioning attitude
A creative person should have a healthy skepticism about existing answers techniques and approaches
Faukt finders disturb the status quo
Discontent is a prerequisite to problem solving
You have nothing to lose and a great deal to gain by questioning
The listing of attributes is a powerful way to rapidly get more insight into the possible usefulness of an object
If you are trying to encourage people to bond, you need a common stressful experience not a conference room
One of the most powerful techniques of enhancing your conceptual ability is the postponement of judgement
A judgemental attitude will cause the people in the group to be more concerned with defending ideas than with generating them, no evaluation is permitted
Combinations or modifications of previously suggested ideas often lead to new ideas that are superior to those that sparked them
Respect and appreciate the thoughts and disciplines of others have a good sense of humor have a good sense of their own competence add to ideas of others as well as submit their own have a sense of humor