Creative thinking - a world without limits

Creative Thinking-A World without Limits

The first time the idea of wireless communication surfaced, it was as if minds needed to be occupied with fantasies for the fun of it. A great number of people felt it was more than impossible to communicate across continents without any physical link between phones. Today, wireless devices are a part of the modern society and wireless electricity is the new goal. Simply put, anything is possible as long as the fundamental task of clearly defining the problem or challenge has been done.

Creative thinking is the application of the mind or brain to getting new ideas, improvements and revolutionary concepts. Creative thinking plugs the mind into an endless source of possibilities, permutations and productivity. Creative thinking unleashes the potential to literally kill the word “impossible” and all that it stands for. A completely new concept can be formed, improvements can be made on existing ideas and existing ideas can be applied in a completely different way from what was originally intended. Funny enough, creative thinking can be deliberate or accidental. The mind can be intentionally applied to getting ideas through brainstorming and discipline. The mind can also mistakenly stumble upon new ideas and concepts in the process of carrying out other tasks. Deliberately or accidentally, creative thinking improves the quality of life and paves way for outstanding innovations.

Everyone is capable of thinking creatively. The degree to which the mind gets involved in creative thinking differentiates geniuses from paupers. Creative thinking requires discipline, perseverance and patience. Creative thinking demands that the one, who is involved in it, be curious, hardworking and open-minded. Asking questions, brainstorming and the willingness to change is very fundamental to the individuals’ ability to think creatively. In thinking creatively, the individual is trying to get a hold of a train of answers that would make the goal for which creative thinking is done achievable. The individual refuses to follow the crowd and does something unique.

Failure is an integral part of creative thinking. In fact, most of the ideas generated while thinking creatively are not perfect. Creative thinking gives the opportunity to explore hidden worlds of treasure but at the cost of possible errors and failures. Creative thinking places the thinker in a position where a lot of room for imperfection is left for the points generated.  The many possibilities also demands complete mind flexibility. Creative thinking has no hard cut rule and thus its wave can toss the thinker to very unusual and weird terrain. Statements like “but that is what it was meant for”, “there is no other way” and “it is all over” are not part of the creative thinking lexicon. The creative thinker loves challenges and can spot good things even when the result of a trial goes bad. Creative thinking is very possible when the thinker believes that the capability to solve problems and create solutions is innate.

Creative thinking is a world without limit to the thinker. Lots of courses abound to teach in details the process called creative thinking. The bottom-line is never to give up even when answers are not forthcoming. Keep thinking, allow others to chip in one or two ideas, think as a contributing part of a team and never write off any possibility no matter how weird.