Comments on: 7 Ideas For Expanding Your Creativity and Comfort Zone

By: Embracing Your Lazy Side | On Simplicity

Embracing Your Lazy Side | On Simplicity — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:01:32 +0000

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By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:45:37 +0000

Jeff, great stuff as usual! I can hardly draw a letter much less a picture. I’m seriously considering a drawing course and spending time working on my right brain. Did I say I love your posting schedule?

Read Stephen – Rat Race Trap´s latest article – Are You Challenged or Disabled?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:56:07 +0000

YES! Whenever I am trying to get "creative," I take a page out of improv class - build on idea after idea with a simple phrase... "Yes, and...." and keep building on it, don't shoot it down, but you will see many times, you will end up with some amazing ideas at the end of roads you might not have went down normally. Read Christopher´s latest article - Introducing....The YouTube Symphony Orchestra

By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills

Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:12:14 +0000

What I really like here is that these 7 ideas for expanding our creativity and comfort zone are themselves “outside the box.” They give us ways to get input that we would otherwise not be exposed to. I am reminded of the phrase, “if you want different answers ask different questions.” Way to think outside the box Jeff. Read Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills´s latest article - Has your Analytical Mind Taken Over Your Life?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:54:29 +0000

Great post! the more of these tips you can compile the better! Especially as a lone home working designer sometimes it is very hard to keep your mind on the job! And coming up with furhter creative thoughts is even harder!

I will definitely utilise some of these techniques!

I also find that if you spend a little while on some other creative endeavour this can inspire and help you get your brain going for the other. I tend to like to have a quick jam on my saxophone and then getting back onto my other work flows easier.

Using mindmapping can also help which is something i love to use in everything i do!

Paul Telling
Creative Communications Creator and Graphic Facilitator
Pauls Site
Visualise and Monetise!

By: Shamelle- TheEnhanceLife

Shamelle- TheEnhanceLife — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:24:47 +0000

Creative picture ;-0) I use #2 and #6, when I write blog posts. Asking questions is also a way to spark creativity. Read Shamelle- TheEnhanceLife´s latest article - 8 Common Mistakes Made, After A Mistake Was Made

By: Servant

Servant — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:53:06 +0000

Really interesting thoughts. I think I can apply some of them. I esp like the idea of not labeling yourself--very limiting. Reminds me of the verse from the Bible...as a man thinks in his heart, so he is. Read Servant´s latest article - Did you get your ears lowered?

By: Diasdiem

Diasdiem — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:05:06 +0000

I find it kind of ironic that using the phrase “think outside the box” to describe creative and innovative thinking has become so trite and cliche that anyone who uses the phrase “think outside the box” isn’t “thinking outside the box.”