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Is being able to think creatively of any use at all in your ‘real’ life? Or is it all a bit ‘Airy Fairy’?
Good question!
Being able to bring creative thinking into your problem solving really does have tangible and positive benefits – and I am pleased to say that these are a few of the advantages I’ve discovered popping up in my own life 
Just look at the list below:
- Problems can be solved faster as you become skilled in seeing the different solutions that can be applied;
- Your anticipation of potential difficulties becomes sharper as your apporach to any given circumstances begins to veer away from ‘tramline’ thinking patterns Thus you can avoid having to face difficult situations before they arise;
- The fear and dread that often accompanies sticky situations disappears and the challenge of succecssfully applying creative thinking to find workarounds replaces these negative emotions with the positive ones of fulfillment and personal achievement;
- Your self confidence grows in leaps and bounds;
- You gain the rightly-deserved reputation of being a creative genius, a swift and enviable problem-solver and thoroughly able person in all walks of life!
- And last but not least, it just makes your life a little smoother and easier when you know that you have the skills to sort out just about anything that comes your way.
Leave a comment below and let me know what other bonuses being able to use your creative thinking skills brings your way.
Positive Thinking Vs Creative Thinking – which is best?
I’ve been chatting to a few friends about their ‘Thinking Creative‘ and the chat turned into a rather heated discussion.
The thrust of the debate centered around whether creative thinking is an art or a skill?
On the one hand, if it is a skill, then skills can be taught and mastered…….but if it is an art then the consensus of opinion was that an art is an inborn talent and cannot be learned or acquired.
Hmmm. It’s a tough one to call……
Personally, I believe that being able to think creatively is a skill – a science if you like – and can be mastered by following certain rules, exercises and course work. Like any other skill, practice makes perfect and creative thinking or problem solving will eventually become as easy as breathing. And in a relatively short time it will become second nature to you .
But, I also think that ‘Thinking Creative‘ falls under the heading of being an art too.
(Nothing like sitting on the fence here….)
This is because creativity, by definition, is an art!
Just think, (excuse the pun there…), creative thinking requires the thinking of the unthinkable, off the wall ideas, lateral thinking techniques, childlike expression, thinking outside the box, pushing the envelope and any other wild and ridiculous phrases that convey unfettered thinking, ideas and solutions.
Surely that’s art in action?!
In the end, my friends concluded that their ‘Thinking Creative‘ fell equally into both camps and that they deserved another high-priced espresso from the well-known High Street coffee provider – and who am I to disagree?
What’s your opinion? Art or science? Leave a comment & let the world know what you think.
Thinking Creative comes naturally to a child, therefore does that suggest it cannot be a skill?