Tony Buzan - The Power of Creative Intelligence - 10 ways to tap into your creative genius

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How creative do you think you are? To get some (probably surprising) idea of your own creativity, consider the following questions, and ask yourself:

1. Do you daydream? YES/NO

2. Do you plan menus and cook meals for yourself, your family or friends? YES/NO

3. Do you mix and match colours, fabrics and accessories when buying clothes to create your own unique style? YES/NO

4. Do you like many different kinds of music? YES/NO

5. Do you remember with pleasure, highlights of your life, including special times spent with friends, great sporting moments, outstanding holidays, any significant ‘disasters’ or triumphs in your life? YES/NO

6. Did you ask lots of questions when you were a child? YES/NO

7. Do you still ask lots of questions? YES/NO

8. Do you sometimes wonder at the complexity or beauty of things, and wish you could figure out how it works/was made/came about/came into your life? YES/NO

9. Do you have sexual fantasies? YES/NO

10. Do you have newspapers, magazines or books in your home that you have promised yourself you would read, but for which you have not yet managed to find the time? YES/NO

11. Are there other things in your life you have promised yourself you would do or accomplish, to which you have not yet got around? YES/NO

12. Are you moved or excited by superlative performances in the fields of music, sports, acting or the arts? YES/NO

13. Would you say ‘yes’, if I could wave a magic wand and suddenly:

make you a fit, flexible and superb dancer, able to ‘wow ’em’ at any dance function? YES/NO

gave you a voice equal to your favourite singer, able to sing virtually any song to your own satisfaction and to the pleasure and amazement of others? YES/NO

make you a competent artist, able to rattle off cartoons and sketches, landscapes and portraits, and able to sculpt so well that Michelangelo himself might consider you a worthy student? YES/NO

make you a great story and joke-teller, able to mesmerize and enchant people with your tales, and able to reduce them all to helpless laughter with your brilliant jokes? YES/NO

14 Are you alive?!! YES/NO

If you answered ‘YES’ to more than half these questions, then you are, by definition, Creative.

Just how creative will be revealed as you continue your journey through The Power of Creative Intelligence . But to give you some indication, let’s look at a couple of the questions that may have seemed a bit strange:

Do you have newspapers, magazines or books in your home that you have promised yourself you would read, but for which you have not yet managed to find the time?Over 95 per cent of people answer ‘YES’ to this question, thinking that it means that they are merely very good at procrastinating! They are – but they are also very creative! Think about it. Every day, for weeks, months or years, their brains have been creating the most fantastic excuses for not getting down to reading. It is irrelevant that their creativity is directed towards not doing something – it is still exceptional creativity, and is such a limitless power-source that it can sometimes go on for a lifetime!

Which brings us to the question:

Are you alive?This may seem somewhat obvious, but the question conceals a deep and meaningful truth. Every day of your life, if you are to survive that day, your amazing brain has to create tens of thousands of thoughts, actions and solutions to problems that, if it did not, would end your time on this earth. The mere fact that you are alive proves that you are abundantly creative.

Increasing and releasing the gigantic Creative Intelligence you possess is simply a matter of understanding how it works and how to develop it. This little book will show you how.

Your Creative Intelligence is your ability to come up with new ideas, to solve problems in original ways, and to stand head and shoulders above the crowd in terms of your imagination, your behaviour, and in your productivity.

Your Creative Intelligence includes a number of factors, all of which can be taught and developed so that you can increase your creativity. The Power of Creative Intelligence will introduce you to each one of these factors in turn, and will show you how to develop and enhance them. These factors include: