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Book SynopsisA manual of new and helpful ways to best express your creativity, break through creative blocks, and improve your flow.
Table of Contents ForewordWhom Is this Book for? 8
What is Creativity? A Brief Introduction 10
Questionnaire about Creative Types 14
Which Creative and Working Type Are You? 16
How to Start 22
1. Status Quo 24
2. The Place 25
3. Workplace 26
4. The Battle Plan 26
5. Distractions 27
6. Get Started 27
40 Prescriptions 28
No. 1 Just Get Started 30
No. 2 Or Do You Prefer to Plan? 32
No. 3 Finding the Right Theme 34
No. 4 Stash of Materials: Treasure Hoards 38
No. 5 Ask Your Way through Your Future Project 40
No. 6 Act Like a Child 42
No. 7 Think in the Opposite Way 44
No. 8 Sources of Inspiration 46
No. 9 Rendezvous with Yourself 48
No. 10 Chaos! 50
No. 11 Recombine Things 52
No. 12 Riches of Variation 54
No. 13 Use Your Subconscious 56
No. 14 Try It Out Mathematically 58
No. 15 Provoke, Rebel: Time for Wild Ideas! 60
No. 16 Change Your Perspective 62
No. 17 Hermit or Team Player? 64
No. 18 Things Do Happen by Chance 66
No. 19 Hang in There, Keep Going! 68
No. 20 And Now: Take a Break! 70
No. 21 Sparring Partner 72
No. 22 Be Interdisciplinary 74
No. 23 Take the Elevator 76
No. 24 Practice, Practice, Practice 78
No. 25 Tell Stories 80
No. 26 No Dogmatism, Please! 82
No. 27 Experiment 84
No. 28 Broadening your Horizons 86
No. 29 Improvise 88
No. 30 Keep It Simple 90
No. 31 Intuition or: the First Idea 92
No. 32 Selective Perception 94
No. 33 Visualize Ideas 96
No. 34 Role Models & Guiding Figures 98
No. 35 Research Spirit & Inventive Spirit 100
No. 36 Humor 102
No. 37 Get Yourself Moving 104
No. 38 Surrealism 106
No. 39 Find Analogies 108
No. 40 Thinking Outside the Box 110
First Aid for Blocking 112
Recognizing & Analyzing Blocks 114
No. 1 Be Brave, Jump In 116
No. 2 Get Out of Your Comfort Zone 118
No. 3 The Right Timing
No. 4 There's No Such Thing as Perfection! 122
No. 5 Find Rituals 124
No. 6 Turn Negative into Positive 126
No. 7 Willpower, Perseverance & Continuity 128
No. 8 Support 130
No. 9 Set Boundaries 132
No. 10 Time Out for Body and Spirit 134
No. 11 Overcome Obstacles 138
No. 12 A Restart 140
No. 13 Appreciate Your Worth 142
No. 14 Classify Criticism Objectively 144
No. 15 Stop! Pull the Emergency Brake 146
Appendix 148
Thanks! 150
Recommended Reading 151
List of Sources and List of Images 152
Index of Key Words 157
