“Imagination is the eye of the soul.” — Joseph Joubert
According to the popular demand of society, a problem is mostly defined as follows:
1. A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome: E.g., you may have financial problems, or some actors are concerned about the problem of ageism in Hollywood.
2. A thing that is difficult to achieve or accomplish: E.g., motivating your staff to increase profit by 1000% can be a problem.
3. As a modifier — denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others: E.g., practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens or let’s say a problem family.
As you can tell each situation requires that we find a way to get to the bottom of it all or find the cause of the problem. Once we understand the cause then we can begin to find the best way to solve the problem, or eradicate the roadblock. Most experts insist that creative thinking requires people to challenge their preconceptions and assumptions about the way the world works. This might help if people understand how they got to the point of those preconceptions and assumptions in the first place.
To create a (new) solution to solve a problem, you may have to improvise or innovate. But a practical question is — how can you innovate if your thinking is anchored in past experiences? Well, occasionally some past experience may sometimes add value to the process of problem-solving. However, we do not need to be completely anchored in past experiences. Like Einstein said “You can’t solve a problem with the same frame of mind that created it in the first place.” Therefore, new ideas and solutions require new ways of thinking.
It is highly advisable to put your new ways of thinking to the test. In other words it is reasonable to think through the new several ways of doing things in order to arrive at the best possible solution. This way you have the opportunity to question all your assumptions and biases from previous experiences that might have any impact on your solution. Sometimes it may be appropriate to rely on your intuition after a thorough examination of your decision making process has taken place. Warren Buffett, one of the best investors and richest man of our century, said that whenever he's making any important decision, he would first do his homework thoroughly, considering all the options that are available at his disposal before relying on his intuition for final confirmation of the decision to be made. Some people prefer to say — “sleep on it” and that also works sometimes!
Creativity is often associated with imagination, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, and resourcefulness.
Everyone can be creative. You can truly practice daily to have an active, exploratory mind like that possessed by artists, writers, and inventors. Just relax and let your imagination run wild without any resistance. This could lead to a creative approach to problem-solving. Zig Ziglar said that imagination is the greatest nation on earth, and I totally agree! Out of the imaginative mind, airplanes, X-Ray devices, radio, smartphones and other necessities were born. Having an active and creative imagination, which often means that a person visualizes things quite differently than the way they appear in the real world can break any barriers. The practical side of imaginative is inventive; the inventive person figures out how to make things work. But where an inventive mind tends to come up with successful solutions to problems, a resourceful mind deals successfully with externally imposed problems or limitations. Someone who is ingenious is both inventive and resourceful, with a dose of cleverness thrown in (e.g., the ingenious idea of using recycled plastic to create a warm, fleece-like fabric). Wow!
“The imagination is man's power over nature.” — Wallace Stevens
If you have any question, need any help in achieving your goal(s), or working strategically to grow your business, then do not hesitate to follow/connect with me @ www.google.com/+EllAWilson, www.linkedin.com/in/ellawilson, or www.twitter.com/#!/Ell_Wilson
It is highly advisable to put your new ways of thinking to the test. In other words it is reasonable to think through the new several ways of doing things in order to arrive at the best possible solution. This way you have the opportunity to question all your assumptions and biases from previous experiences that might have any impact on your solution. Sometimes it may be appropriate to rely on your intuition after a thorough examination of your decision making process has taken place. Warren Buffett, one of the best investors and richest man of our century, said that whenever he's making any important decision, he would first do his homework thoroughly, considering all the options that are available at his disposal before relying on his intuition for final confirmation of the decision to be made. Some people prefer to say — “sleep on it” and that also works sometimes!
Creativity is often associated with imagination, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, and resourcefulness.
Everyone can be creative. You can truly practice daily to have an active, exploratory mind like that possessed by artists, writers, and inventors. Just relax and let your imagination run wild without any resistance. This could lead to a creative approach to problem-solving. Zig Ziglar said that imagination is the greatest nation on earth, and I totally agree! Out of the imaginative mind, airplanes, X-Ray devices, radio, smartphones and other necessities were born. Having an active and creative imagination, which often means that a person visualizes things quite differently than the way they appear in the real world can break any barriers. The practical side of imaginative is inventive; the inventive person figures out how to make things work. But where an inventive mind tends to come up with successful solutions to problems, a resourceful mind deals successfully with externally imposed problems or limitations. Someone who is ingenious is both inventive and resourceful, with a dose of cleverness thrown in (e.g., the ingenious idea of using recycled plastic to create a warm, fleece-like fabric). Wow!
“The imagination is man's power over nature.” — Wallace Stevens
If you have any question, need any help in achieving your goal(s), or working strategically to grow your business, then do not hesitate to follow/connect with me @ www.google.com/+EllAWilson, www.linkedin.com/in/ellawilson, or www.twitter.com/#!/Ell_Wilson
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