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Baseof
LATERAL
THINKING
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CHANGE YOUR SPACE
It's important to get away
from all the typical
routines in order to foster
creativity.
The idea of changing it up is
a common one amongst
successful and creative
thinkers.
create a specific ritual
around creativity

Take a shower. There is something weirdly conducive about
showering, as anyone who's had that amazing idea while
stuck in the shower
Go for a walk. Like showering, something about walking
fosters creativity. Whether it's taking a walk as a prelude to
getting started with your creative project, or as part of the
project itself, taking a walk will help get those creative
juices flowing. Steve Jobs used to hold walking meetings to
brainstorm ideas. Tchaikovsky took several walks around
his village before working on his latest creation.
Create psychological distance between your normal routine
and the time for creativity. Writer Toni Morrison always
watched the sun come up in the morning before she would
begin writing. She felt that this enabled her to access her
creativity.

GREAT IDEAS STRUCK BY
MORNING

BRAINSTORMING
Throwing out tons of different ideas,
especially ideas that might seem
slightly off-the-wall can be a great
idea to pick out a few really good
ideas. Brainstorming helps to open
up your thinking so that you aren't
stuck in the same old thought
patterns ARISE TRAINING & RESEARCH CENTER

– The brainstorming stage isn't about what is or isn't feasible. Avoid
limiting yourself when you're brainstorming. This is the time when all
ideas are welcome, no matter how silly or unworkable they sound. If
you start limiting yourself during this stage of the thinking game, you
aren't going to progress very far.
– Avoid saying things to yourself during this phase that will shut down
creativity rather than encourage it. Catch yourself anytime you say:
"That won't work," "We haven't done it that way before," "We can't
solve this problem," "We don't have enough time.“
– For example: say you get stuck while writing your new story. Instead
of obsessing over the next stage of the story, start thinking throwing
out ideas for what might happen next, or how the story might
progress if there were no boundaries on what you could write (even if
you needed to change the ending to make the story possible).

DON’T TAKE NOTES INVARIABLY

RE-
CONCEPTAULI
ZE
PROBLEM

PROTAGONIST
Turn the problem upside
down. This can be done
literally or figuratively;
turning a picture upside
down can actually make it
easier to draw, because
your brain has to look at it
in terms of it's makings
rather than what it thinks
should be there. This works
for more conceptual
problems.
For example, if you're
writing a book and you
can't figure out how to get
the protagonist to a certain
spot in the story, ask
yourself "does this
character actually need to
be the protagonist? how
would the story work with
a different character as
protagonist? or more than
one character?").ARISE TRAINING & RESEARCH CENTER

THINK FOR THE SOLUTION
Work backwards. Sometimes what you need is to focus
on the solution first, and build backwards from that
solution. For example: say you work in the
advertising position at a newspaper. The paper is
losing money because it hasn't been getting enough
ads. Start from the final, best outcome (having lots of
the right kind of ads). Work backwards by contacting
the types of businesses and groups that can provide
the best, most cost-effective ads.

DAY DREAMING – GOOD

Daydreaminghelps you to make
connections and form patterns and recall
information. This is key when you're thinking
outside the box, because daydreaming can help you
make connections that you might not otherwise have
considered. So often your best ideas seem to come
out of nowhere while you're daydreaming.
– Give yourself time to daydream. Turn off the computer,
t.v., and your phone. If you're constantly plugged into
distractions it will be much harder for your brain to rest
and make connections.
– You can daydream while on that walk, or in the shower
(this is one reason taking time to go for a walk or shower
can be so conducive to creative thinking). Daydream in
the morning before you have to get up, or at night before
you fall asleep.

DON’T SET TOO MUCH
WIDE
PARAMETERS

CONSIDER WORST
SCENARIO
Fearis what holds back creativity. Fear is
what makes you stick the paths that you know
the best. When you consider the worst case
scenario not only can you plan for it, but you
can also convince yourself that the worst case
scenario isn't bad enough that you shouldn't
try.

ELIMINATE
NEGATIVITY
The thing that will hold you back from thinking
outside the box more than anything else is
negativity. Consistently telling yourself that
you can't think creatively or vetoing every idea
as too "out there" is going to severely limit
what you come up with

KEEP CREATIVITY SHARP
Like any skill, creativity
needs to be exercised to
keep it going. Even when
you don't have a
particular problem that
needs your creative
solution, keep working on
your creativity. It will help
you when you are
suddenly confronted with
something that needs
thinking outside the box

– Alphabetize words. Take a word from a magazine or a
billboard and alphabetize its letters. For example: the
word NUMBER would be spelled B-E-M-N-R-U. The
reason that this exercise boosts your brain functions is
that it forces you to use all the information you're
given (all the letters) and do something unusual with
them. It trains your brain to come up with surprising
connections and solutions and look at problems
differently.
– Make a game out of coming up with new or different
uses for items in your house. This will teach you to
look at items and situations with an eye for the unusual
approach. For example: using an old boot as a planter,
or building a table out of books.

CHANGEROUTINE WORK

Creativitythrives when you don't stay stuck
in the same old routine. Even the littlest changes can
have good consequences for getting you out of a rut and
encouraging creative thinking.
– Get outside your comfort zone. Doing new things,
especially things you haven't planned for helps you to cope
more easily with new situations. It also helps to open your
mind and introduce you to new ideas and situations which
can help you come up with new or unusual ideas.
– Be spontaneous. Do things that you haven't planned for,
occasionally. This will force you to adapt to the moment
and overcome problems on the fly. You could even tie this in
with an ongoing project.
– Change little things. For example: walk home from work a
different way each day. Change up which coffee shop you
go to in the mornings.

STUDY ANOTHER INDUSTRY
This will help to show you how people outside your
chosen field operate and give you ideas you can
incorporate into your field. The industry could be
completely different from yours, or have some
overlap, but it should be different enough to give
you a fresh perspective on your own.
– For example: the ad person might take a look at
psychology topics or look into how the businesses
they're asking for ads from operate.
– The novelist might read outside their chosen field (YA)
looking at nonfiction, mysteries, and the classics for
inspiration.

LEARN NEW THINGS

CONNECTING WITH ANOTHER
PEOPLE CREATIVELY

PAY ATTENTION TO OTHERS IDEAS

• Ideas don't exist in a vacuum. Even creative thinkers like
Salvador Dali (as an example) started with ideas in his
painting that he'd gotten from earlier sources. Paying
attention to other people's ideas will help foster your own.
– You’ll see how other people think outside the box. Learning
other people's thought patterns and ways of thinking will help
you keep from stagnating in your own thinking. You could
even say to yourself "How might my creative painter friend
view this problem of ads?"
– You can also look at the ideas of famous innovators. Examine
what ideas they had that worked and what ideas didn't work.
Look at their practices for encouraging creative thinking (like
the examples of Steve Jobs, Tchaikovsky, and Toni Morrison
in the first part of the article) and try those practices out.
PAY ATTENTION TO OTHERS
IDEAS

LEARN TO LISTEN

• One way to encourage creative thinking is to stay
quiet and listen to what other people are saying.
Part of why this is such a good idea is that it
helps you really hear what other people are
saying so you don't present the same ideas that
have already been presented. It also helps you to
marshal your thoughts before you speak.
– For example: the ad person tried to sell ads to a
business that really hated the newspaper. If they hadn't
really listened to the concerns of the business (like they
felt their ads weren't given priority, and they didn't like
some of the content in the newspaper), they wouldn't
have gotten the business to place an ad. This business
then became part of their scheme to bring other
unsatisfied advertisers back into the fold.

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