Boost Your Creativity with this One Simple Idea

Creativity is all about making connections between seemingly disparate ideas, and developing many possible solutions to a given problem. You may ask, why do we want to boost our creativity? For one, in the non-stop social media and saturating news cycle of the 21st century, employers are looking for people that bring creativity to their work and help cut through all the noise. In my view, a dedication to creativity makes us better at whatever it is we do.

Email marketing experts often recommend that when developing a subject line for an email, you should strive to create 10-20 different options. Composers often come up with far too many ideas than can be included in a piece of music. What’s the point? If you challenge yourself to create as many solutions to a given problem as possible, you go through the creative process of refining your ideas and making connections, which often results in a better end solution (as opposed to just accepting your first solution). Happy creating!