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Anurag Patel
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Boost your creativity with these 10 psychological tricks (Part 3)... 5. Create restrictions When you are trying to solve a problem, people often rely on the obvious, building on existing ideas in order to come up with the easiest solution. • This often leads to a good outcome, but it can also lead to mental sets and functional fixedness that makes it challenging to think of creative solutions. One way to overcome this is to place some restrictions or resistance on your thinking can actually lead to more creative solutions. 6. Daydream In today's high-tech, connected, distraction is just a click away. Instead of filling every single idle moment with apps, games, email, website visits, try letting yourself actually be bored for a spell. • In one study, bored participants performed better on creativity tests than those who were elated, relaxed or distressed. In another study, researchers found that boredom gives people time to daydream, which then leads to greater creativity.
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