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In this blog post I will present 6 methods to Supercharge Your Creative Power. Creative power is linked to how well a person is able to express and experiences their inner potential - and this post will provide 6 methods to dig into the mind to begin discovering that potential.

Unlimited creative power exists within each one of us - it is just a matter of tapping into it to unblock the limitations of the mind.

1. Contradict Your Goal

If you are aiming to achieve a particular goal - ask yourself what you would have to do to make sure that you do not reach that goal. If you write down a list of things that will definitely stop you from achieving a particular goal, then doing the opposite will sure enough guarantee reaching the goal.

For example, if you are selling a product, ask yourself what would cause customers to not want to purchase the product (e.g. poor presentation, overpriced, no cash-back guarantees etc.) and then do the opposite.

2. Proper Evaluation

Often we evaluate our ideas at the same time that we brainstorm or create new conceptual possible ideas. It is better to split up the brainstorming, evaluation, and implementation processes into 3 separate parts. This allows the ideas from the brainstorming process to be used for future goals and projects.

Evaluating the brainstorm itself during the brainstorming process can be a major block to creative power.

3. Close Matches

Ask yourself - what could be like this or similar to this? Letting your mind run free allows it to generate new ideas. Like looking to a thesaurus to find similar words, by changing 1 attribute in a project or goal design an entire new idea sometimes comes to light.

4. Let Go of Expectations

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

Carl Sagan

During brainstorming or planning, do not constrict your project or goal to particular boundaries. Imagine there are no limits to what you can and cannot do. This will allow your mind to venture into new possibilities that might later prove to be more than possible to put into action.

The point of increasing your creative power is to improve the number of possible methods of doing certain things, as well as increasing possible actions to take. The best method to do this is to allow your mind to think freely and then when it comes to evaluation and implementation stages new and innovative approaches will become a matter of natural instinct.

5. Try out a Random Variable

If you are having trouble finding new ideas pick a random word and write it down. Draw a brainstorm that stems outward from that word based on the first words that come to you.

For example, you might choose the word tree. Thinking of this causes you to write apple, and thinking of an apple causes … and so forth. Eventually your subconscious mind will bring up a word that is both applicable and desirable for your current project.

6. Dual Meanings

The final method works by snapping out of the limitations of a particular idea or goal by using the dual-meanings in language.

For example, take a particular idea and move it into a different context altogether. Consider the kind of reaction it might provoke in different cultures or in different social and language contexts. Breaking an idea out of the original context it was intended for not only generates ways to improve that idea but also makes it more accessible to a wider audience.

To summarize

• Consider a complete contradiction of what you are currently thinking.
  How can identifying the disadvantages of an idea illuminate the potential advantages?

• Separate planning from evaluation.
  Free your creative potential during brainstorming and leave evaluations for later.

• Change 1 small attribute to cause an avalanche of ideas.

• Do not limit the potential of your creative ideas to restricted categories.

• Throw a random variable into the equation.
  Let the subconscious mind do the creative work instead.

• Ask yourself how the idea would look in other contexts.
  How else can I look at this?