IF YOU WANT TO BE MORE CREATIVE THINK LIKE A KID

Researchers at North Dakota State University wanted to see if tapping into a childlike mind-set would enhance an adult’s creative output. So they asked a group of college students to write about what they would do if they had a day off from school. The first group was asked to write about what they would do now, and the second group was asked to write about what they would do as their 7-year-old selves. The first group produced “boring” results, such as catching up on work or sleep, while the second group stated that they would go buy the biggest lollipops they could find or spend the day playing with friends. Afterward, both groups were given a creativity test and the second group performed significantly better on it than the first group did. Thinking like a kid helped introverts the most, because they are typically more inhibited and it is adult inhibitions that appear to do the most to block our maximum creativity.

IF YOU WANT TO BE MORE CREATIVE THINK LIKE A KID

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