Creative Thinking Techniques: What's Funny About This?

Jokes, humor, wisecracks, gags -- these are all expressions of the creative mind because inevitably they leap from one pattern of thought to another through an unexpected creative leap.

You can use humor and BEING FUNNY as a crowbar to your genius vault. Having a laugh will prise open the big old door that traps your creative spark and you can then freely apply your creative thinking to more "serious" tasks.

Here's your primary 'mindset' for finding humor in all situations:

>>>>> WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT THIS? <<<<<<

This question can help set up your mind's search and find capability so that it can see the funny side in any situation. Somehow focussing on laughter and having fun, spotting what is funny, bypasses the serious requirements and demands of being creative.

Creative thinking should be fun. Have fun with your creative thinking. Be playful -- playfulness is a state of being open and flexible -- it let's a lot more new ideas in.

Hang out with funny people. Brainstorm with others who have a good sense of humor and encourgae them to express that humor and use it freely in the brainstorm session. If you are rolling with laughter in your chair, you are going to come up with some great ideas -- as well as the ones that make you giggle to your bones.

Many of the best ideas are born with tears of mirth streaming down the faces of the those doing the brainstorming.

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