Preparing the mind for Creativity Enhancement
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©2014 Charlene Brown
Evangelia
Chrysikou, our Psychology of Creativity instructor, reminded us frequently of
Louis Pasteur’s declaration that ‘chance favours the prepared mind,’ and encouraged
us to keep this in mind while considering the myriad ways of enhancing creative
thinking and creative ways of doing things.
Group brainstorming, for example, is only likely to be productive after participants have done some preparation in the form of individual study and solution-finding. Similarly, the observation, presented earlier, of benefit being derived from an incubation period only after an initial period of concentration on a problem or project, illustrates the importance of preparedness.
Other ways to ‘prepare the mind’ are:
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Challenge yourself.
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Seek activities outside your
field of expertise.
· Travel to a foreign country.
·
Take a class. Like Psychology
of Creativity.UAPs in Ancient
Egypt
