Three Exercises For A Creativity Boost

Creativity is one of the key topics we discuss here at You, Improved. So, we decided to develop this post that focuses on ways to boost your creativity.

Creativity Boost 1: The Mindtrip

A mind trip is a way to find a solution to a problem by looking at it from a different perspective. For instance, you take specific mind trips, by examining the problem from the perspective of someone from history. Let’s say you want to generate plus wealth and you look at the problem through the eyes of Andrew Carnegie.

Or, you can make it more fanciful, just letting your mind wander and grabbing the first image that comes to mind and following it.

Here’s an example: Sally needed a better place to study for her exams. Her roommates distracted her and she did not want to go to the library. She needed a new way to think about it so she went on an excursion. The image of a mushroom popped up in her mind. She pretended she was inside a mushroom. It was cool and damp as though in a cave. The walls were nubbly and moist. There was a faint pulse as though the mushroom was breathing — it was a little like a heartbeat…

Sally thought, “Heartbeat… it would be comforting, as though I am in a womb. It would block out other distracting noise. That is what I will do. I will record my…