Affective Processes Contributing to Creativity or Breaking Your Patterns
We all have our own patterns of thinking that allow us to process the barrage of details that demand our attention everyday. These same patterns that help us to make decisions and move forward through the usual can be our downfall when our typical modus operandi is upset – for example, in an economic recession.
The following processes were introduced to me at a recent workshop I attended on Fostering Creativity in Your Child by Shelia Glazer. The four processes jumped out at me in context of my business life and what I’m hearing from clients and colleagues so I had to share.
Willingness to Take Risks
To have the courage to:
be unconventional;
expose oneself to failure or criticism;
take a guess;
function under non-structured conditions.
Preference for Complexity
To seek the challenge to:
look for many alternatives;
see gaps between how things are and how they could be;
bring order out of chaos;
delve into intricate problems or ideas.
Curiosity
To want to:
be inquisitive;
toy with an idea;
look for new insights;
to be open to one’s own hunches;
follow a particular bent just to see what will happen.
Imagination
To have the power to:
visualize and build mental images;
dream in the world of fantasy;
feel intuitively;
reach beyond artificial or sensual boundaries.
Now, read those again and find the change you can bring to your day, your business, your industry…
