Most creative geniuses rely on specific activities to tap into the creative zone. This article, featuring numerous real-world examples, explores the leading-edge research on this topic. Additionally, it offers a simple three-step process to help you easily enter your creative zone and unlock your most brilliant ideas. 1
Ideas Spark When We Are Not Focused
Let’s explore Jeff Bezos’s morning routine. Here’s how the visionary founder of Amazon describes it: “I like to putter in the morning. I get up early. I go to bed early. I like to read the newspaper. I like to have coffee. I like to have breakfast with my kids before they go to school. So, my puttering time is very important to me. That’s why I set my first meeting for ten o’clock.” 2
Key Takeaways:
- Open attention, boredom, daydreaming, and mind-wandering fuel creativity.
- The activities that encourage mind-wandering are diverse and individualized.
- We can identify our creativity triggers by observing ourselves and taking notes.
- Once we uncover our creativity triggers, we must schedule them into our routines.