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Lecture 5

The document discusses several common barriers to creativity: focusing only on a single "right" answer, being overly logical too early in the creative process, blindly following rules without questioning them, avoiding ambiguity or mistakes, believing creativity is an innate trait only for certain people, and becoming too specialized in one area. It argues that exploring multiple solutions, using logic at the appropriate stages, questioning assumptions, embracing ambiguity and failure, and drawing from diverse experiences and domains can help overcome these barriers.

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Lecture 5

The document discusses several common barriers to creativity: focusing only on a single "right" answer, being overly logical too early in the creative process, blindly following rules without questioning them, avoiding ambiguity or mistakes, believing creativity is an innate trait only for certain people, and becoming too specialized in one area. It argues that exploring multiple solutions, using logic at the appropriate stages, questioning assumptions, embracing ambiguity and failure, and drawing from diverse experiences and domains can help overcome these barriers.

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Barriers To Creativity

 Searching For one “right” answer


 Deeply ingrained in most educational systems is the assumption that is one right
answer to the problem.
 One correct answer syndrome should become the part of our thinking process
 There may be more than one solution to the problem so mind should be exercised in
a way to think in more than one dimension
 Focusing in being logical
 Logical is a valuable part of the creative process, especially when evaluating ideas
and implementing them.
 In the early imaginative phases getting more logical can be a restriction to the
creativity.
 It is the crucial part of the creative process because using it often requires one to tear
down long standing assumptions that limit creativty and innovation
Barriers To Creativity
 Blindly following the rules
 Creativity some times depends on our ability to break the existing rules so
that we can see new ways of doing things.
 Constantly Being Practical
 Imagining impractical answers to “what if” question can e powerful
stepping stones to creative ideas.
 Viewing play as frivolous
 A playful attitude is fundamental to creative thinking.
 Play gives opportunity to reinvent reality and reformulate established ways
of doing things.
 Children learn when they play and so can entrepreneur.
Barriers To Creativity

 Becoming Over Specialized


 May be one area of specialty can reduce the ability to think over other things.
 Creative thinkers tend to be the explorers searching for new ideas outside the area of
speciality.

 Avoiding Ambiguity
 Ambiguity can be a powerful creative stimulus it encourages us to think something
different.

 Fearing Mistakes And Failure


 Creative people realize that trying something new often leads to failure
 It represents the learning experience on the way to success
 Failure is an important part of the creative process, it signals entrepreneur when to
change their course of action
 When you fail find out why you failed and each time it will bring you nearer to goal.
Barriers To Creativity
 Believing that “I'm not creative”
 Some people limit themselves because they believe creativity
belongs only to Einstein in the world.
 Unfortunately this belief often becomes a self fulfilling
prophecy.
 Successful entrepreneur find a way to un leash their creative
power on problems and opportunity

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