17 Principles of creativity.
Choose to be creative
Look for many solutions
Write your ideas down
Fully analyze your ideas
Define your goal(s)
See problems as opportunities
Look for the obvious
Take risks
Dare to be different
Be unreasonable
Have fun and be foolish
Be spontaneous
Be in the now
Practice divergent thinking
Challenge rules and assumptions
Delay your decision
Be persistent.

Whether you want to be more creative at writing, painting, dancing, finding a new route home, or meeting a new person, you don't require special talent. What is necessary is your willingness to be imaginative.

by Ernie J. Zelsinki
author of The Joy Of Not Working