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Unleashing Your Creativity

One way of looking at the world is to divide people into two groups — those who are creative and those who are not. To those who put themselves into the latter category, creativity appears shrouded in mystery. Yet, everyone has the ability to develop his or her creative talent. Here are six tips designed to foster this wonderful, innate trait

Give Yourself an Attitude Tune-Up
The first step is to come to the realization that creativity is part of your very nature. It may be a hidden talent at this point, but it’s there somewhere inside you. As with so much else in life, your attitude plays a vital role in determining how successful you will be in unleashing your creativity.

Find Time to Exercise (Your Mind, That Is)
In many ways, strengthening your powers of imagination is similar to developing any other skill. It’s hard to be good at something without regular practice. Forcing yourself to try and find creative solutions is a good habit to get into. To this end, even doing crossword puzzles and other types of brain teasers is helpful.

Don’t Let Habits Box You In 
Part of the problem for many people who believe they are unimaginative is that they let their thought patterns and habits control them. In other words, they are unable to break free of their traditional approaches to problem-solving. Such people need to force themselves to think outside the box.


創意養成6撇步

一種看待世界的方法就是把人劃分為兩類：一類富有創意，另一類缺乏創意。對於那些把自己歸類於後者的人，創意似乎蓋著一層神秘面紗。然而，每個人都有能力去開發自己的創意天賦。以下這六項訣竅的目的就在於培養這種與生俱來的美妙特質。

調整自己的態度
第一步是去了解創意就是你特有天性的一部分。這種天賦在當前也許隱而不顯，但還是存在於你身上。如同人生中的其他許多事物，你能夠成功解放多少創意，主要關鍵就取決於你的態度。

找時間鍛鍊（你的腦袋）
就許多方面而言，強化你的想像力和發展其他技能雷同。沒有經常的練習，自然很難精通一件事。強迫自己嘗試並找出富有創意的解決方案是一種值得培養的習慣。為達此目標，即便做填字遊戲和其他類型的益智遊戲也都有幫助。

別受限於習慣
許多人之所以認為自己缺乏想像力，部分問題就在於他們讓自己的思考模式與習慣控制自己。換句話說，他們無法擺脫解決問題的傳統方式。這種人必須強迫自己跳出框架去思考。

資料來源：biz 互動英語電子報