Creativity, 63 short exercises to a Happier Life

Ever felt like you wanted to be more creative? Ever felt blocked day to day in what you were doing? Ever felt that you just needed to take a short break and reload or refresh yourself? We all tend to feel like this at times. This short volume contains 63 short energy packed exercises that you can do in pretty much any setting, in five to ten minutes each. They will help you and me become more creative and happier in our day to day life; help reduce or eliminate the 'blocked' feelings we all get from time to time; create a short refresh and reload time for us as needed during our lives. They will help lift you into the realm of true creativity, a place of power from which all of us are capable of much more than we can conceive of in day to day life. Here are a few ideas from the start of the book to give you a feel. To see more, be sure to exercise the 'look inside' option to have a look at the content of the book. Best Wishes!...

Creativity Exercises

If we stop and think about it, creativity, which can in very simple terms be looked at as taking an original approach to a task that would not be considered in the normal procedures, is both one of the least understood and most important, or vital, skills for all of us to have. It is misunderstood because many of us feel, incorrectly, that it is something possessed only by brilliant scientists, technologists or businesspersons, and is not something we can make use of in our daily life. It is vital because, with the pace of change in business and working life today, with whole industries coming and going in the space of a few years or even months, creativity is a versatile skill that companies and organizations are willing and able to pay for, and they pay. A lot.

The good news for you and I is that this is a skill that we can develop, with just a little motivation and some knowledge of the processes involved. In these short exercises (of about five to ten minutes each, in most cases, from reading through to execution) we will be developing our creativity in the best way possible: by using the skills on real world problems in our own life.

For each exercise, please do three things.

One, get yourself into an environment where you can concentrate one hundred percent on the exercise with no distractions. Shut the cell off, lock the door of your office, put a cartoon on to keep your kids occupied, tell your boss you are with a vital client, do whatever you need. No interruptions. Period.

Two, no matter how crazy the exercise may seem, engage in it totally and without judgment for the five or ten minutes. Criticize it afterward if you want, but while you are doing it go full on, no holds barred, full speed ahead, as though you were in a sprint with your life depending on the outcome.

Three, even if you don't feel you are creative, suspend your lack of belief for the five to ten minutes and act as if you are the most creative person you know. If you have trouble doing this as yourself, then play a little make believe, be like a kid again and imagine yourself as being reincarnated or reborn as a person you feel is very creative, and that you truly admire, and do the exercise as if you were that person. So if you feel Walt Disney or Oprah or Bill Gates or Martha Stewart or your next door neighbor is creative, pretend you are them, and then do the exercise as them.

If you will do these three things and go full on doing one of these exercises for five or ten minutes five days of the week, taking the weekends off, for even a couple of weeks, ten exercises total, you will be amazed at your progress. Complete the series, and you may not even recognize yourself, in some ways, by about halfway through! The change is that dramatic!