Creativity has a way of only finding us when we don’t need it, doesn’t it? When it comes down to the times we need creative thinking and perspective the most, the mind has a way of freezing shut – offering nothing but a painful headache or unwanted frustration in return for our best efforts. The following 3 approaches have proven themselves to be very effective when the creative chips are down. Try one, try them all on any given day when you need to think outside the box on an insurmountable problem that requires more abstract thinking than usual.





1.MEDITATION


I’ll be the first to admit that the idea of putting myself into a mental trance while assuming some legs crossed, palms-facing-up, seated posture while humming like a patient from an insane asylum is the last thing I think of doing when creativity eludes ..