To Increase Brain Power

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Training For Creativity

To dramatically increase creativity, develop creative habits of mind. Watch any good comedian and you'll notice that she has trained her mind to look for the "different angle" on everyday things. You can train your mind in a similar way.

Start to challenge assumptions, for example, until it becomes habit. Want ways to get customers into your store? Ask, "Do I really need more customers?" An assumption-challenging question like this suggests other creative solutions, like finding ways to make more money off existing customers, or ways to cut expenses. Maybe these will lead to more profitable ideas. Challenging assumptions increases the creativity of your solutions.

While driving to work, randomly choose anything around you and ask how it may be connected to whatever problem you're working on. A helicopter might make you think about a way to track where the car goes when you loan it to your kids. Palm trees may lead to a new design for patio umbrellas.

The "Assumption Challenging" and "Random Presentation" techniques are two classic creative problem solving tools among dozens more. Training your brain to habitually use these, and providing it with a little encouragement, can really increase your creativity.

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How to imporve memory

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Make Pencil Holder




Materials Required:


Suitable food container
Bundle of paper to go around the tube
Glue, scissors, ruler, pencil
Rubber stamps and inks
Paint, glitter glue and other embellishments as required.



How to make it:

Measure the paper so that it fits around the tube. If the tube has a removable base, cut the paper so that it is a little longer than the base. The paper can therefore be tucked inside as the base is replaced and this will give a neat edge.



Cut the paper to size as required, ensuring that you have enough paper for a small overlap when it is wrapped around the tube. Rubber stamp the paper as required.
An all over design works well, however other options include stamping a design around the top of the paper or stamping a single feature image in the center.
Add glue to the edges of the paper and carefully wrap the paper around the tube. Leave to dry.



Finish the pencil holder as required. Stamp the rubber in a piece of complementary colored paper and added this to the inside of the tube to give the pencil holder a neat finish.



Add a row of glitter glue dots around the top and base of the pencil holder. To finish the it stamp the rubber with some flowers and cut these out to add to the pencil holder as embellishments.