You make bad decisions when too much info is available

We live in the information age where almost anything can be researched and learned from the massive information superhighway. But is too much information a bad thing? Psychology today has an interesting article that claims the more we learn, the harder it becomes to make a decision. Pushing the point just a little more: more information may encourage us to make a worse decision. The article is worth reading and one paragraph that stood out at me was this: "

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Creative Thinking Tip #8 - Be silly and draw something

If you haven't read my other articles in the series, read them before continuing:  Creative Thinking Tip #1 - Take The Day Off Creative Thinking Tip #2 - Make A Friend Creative Thinking Tip #3 - Small Is The New Big Creative Thinking Tip #4 - Learn To Mediate Creative Thinking Tip #5 - Daydreaming Your Way To Creativity Creative Thinking Tip #6 - But What If You Could Creative Thinking Tip #7 - Disprove The Assumptions  TIP #8 BE SILLY AND DRAW SOMETHING Creativity encourages creativity.

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Creative Thinking Tip #7 - Disprove the assumptions

If you haven't read my other articles in the series, read them before continuing:  Creative Thinking Tip #1 - Take The Day Off Creative Thinking Tip #2 - Make A Friend Creative Thinking Tip #3 - Small Is The New Big Creative Thinking Tip #4 - Learn To Mediate Creative Thinking Tip #5 - Daydreaming Your Way To Creativity Creative Thinking Tip #6 - But What If You Could TIP #7 DISPROVE THE ASSUMPTIONS When using creativity to solve a problem, this tip may come in handy.

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Creative Thinking Tip #6 - But What If You Could

If you haven't read my other articles in the series, read them before continuing:  Creative Thinking Tip #1 - Take The Day Off Creative Thinking Tip #2 - Make A Friend Creative Thinking Tip #3 - Small Is The New Big Creative Thinking Tip #4 - Learn To Mediate Creative Thinking Tip #5 - Daydreaming Your Way To Creativity TIP #6 BUT WHAT IF YOU COULD?  Usually when I talk to someone who is stuck, I get some type of response like “I can’t think of…” or “I can’t find a way to…” or something else similar to that chain of thought.

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Creative Thinking Tip #5 - daydreaming your way to creativity

If you haven't read my other articles in the series, read them before continuing:  Creative Thinking Tip #1 - Take The Day Off Creative Thinking Tip #2 - Make A Friend Creative Thinking Tip #3 - Small Is The New Big Creative Thinking Tip #4 - Learn To Mediate TIP #5 DAYDREAMING YOUR WAY TO CREATIVITY Even as children, most of us were told daydreaming was a useless activity and we were normally told to “snap out of it and concentrate on the task at hand”.

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Creative Thinking Tip #4 - Learn to mediate

If you haven't read my other articles in the series, read them before continuing:  Creative Thinking Tip #1 - Take The Day Off Creative Thinking Tip #2 - Make A Friend Creative Thinking Tip #3 - Small Is The New Big TIP #4 LEARN TO MEDITATE An interesting study was released by psychologist Lorenza Colzato & al from Leiden University in the April 19th issue of Frontiers in Cognition. You probably haven’t read the article but it explains how certain meditation techniques can help the creative thinking process.

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Creative Thinking Tip #3 - Small is the new big

If you haven't read my other articles in the series, read them before continuing:  Creative Thinking Tip #1 - Take The Day Off Creative Thinking Tip #2 - Make A Friend TIP #3 START SMALL  A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)  I love the writings of Lao tzu so it is only fitting that he provides my third tip to break the creative deadlock.

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Creative Thinking Tip #2 - Make a friend

If you havent't read tip #1 (take a Day Off), go and read it now. TIP #2 Make a friend.  Some problems are seem much more challenging to solve and sometimes may even seem impossible. If tip #1 hasn't solved your mental block then its time to move to tip #2, make a friend. This is a simple exercise where you pair up with someone you know and trust. You explain to them the exact situation (being as brief and concise as possible) and then you ask them to explain the situation back to you.

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Creative thinking tip #1 - take the day off

As a business leader, you are paid for your creative thinking and not your ability to follow process. But there are times when you are stuck. You find yourself unable to make a breakthrough. I will write a series of very short snippets to help get you out of your rut and encourage the creative juices to flow. Tip #1 STOP THINKING ABOUT THE PROBLEM There comes a time when you have to take a step back and stop thinking about the problem at hand.

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