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What separates the average person from Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare isn"t 1 capacity. It"s the ability to use that capacity by 2 creative impulses and then acting upon them. Most of us seldom achieve our creative 3 but the reservoir of ideas hiding within every one of us can be 4
The following 5 suggest concrete ways of increasing creativity.
6 the fleeting. A good idea is like a rabbit. It runs by so fast, sometimes you see only its ears or tail. Creative people are always ready to 7 —possibly the only difference between us and them.
8 . Everyone experiences this strange state and can take 9 of it. Often, the "three bs"—bed, bath and bus—are 10 . Anywhere you can he with your thoughts undisturbed, you"ll find ideas 11 freely.
Seek 12 . Try inviting friends and business associates from different 13 of your life to a party. 14 people of different ages and social status together may help you think in new ways.
15 your world. This principle works elsewhere as well. To 16 your creativity, learn something new. If you" re a banker, take up tap dancing; if you"re a nurse, try a course in vitamin therapy. Read a book on a new 17 Change your daily newspaper. The new will 18 with the old in novel and potentially 19 ways. Becoming more creative means paying 20 to that endless flow of ideas you produce, and learning to capture and act upon the new that"s within you.