How Improving Your Creativity Improves Your Problem-Solving Skills

By Amry Deen

Many a time we are stuck and lost when facing a hard to solve problem. We had finished trying every possible option there is and yet we failed. And we thought that there are no more solutions to it as if the world has come to an end!

But don't worry because there are ways to solve such a problem provided you are ready to look at it from a different angle and be more creative in dealing with it..

How to be more creative in solving the hard to solve problems? Here's how.

1. Look deeper into the problem. Try to understand it better so that you know how it works. Try to find the connection among the elements composing the problem. Identify what you are gaining and losing as the impact of the problem. Then only you'll be able to solve it because you have got the foundation of what the problem really is.

2. Identify all valid constraints and assumptions that prevent you from seeing possible solutions. If you cannot view the problem, definitely you won't be able to solve it.

3. Break the problem into parts so that it is much easier to solve. Start by solving the overall view part first and then the more detailed part. Do this by jotting down the simplest question and then the possible solution to it. Move to the next question - a harder one - and do the same until all questions are answered.

4. Apart from having a critical thinking in solving the problem, you must also be creative and analytical as well. Try and make any suggested solutions work by being creative.

5. Remember that there are many possible solutions to the problem. So study them carefully and find the one that suits you most. This way, the problem can be solved much easier.

6. Consult other people. Get their advice on how to solve the problem. As we all know, two heads are better than one. So confide to your spouse or friend or office mate. Who knows maybe they can come up with possible solutions that you did not even think of it. Remember that they too may have had the same problem you're having.

7. Persevere. If you're patient, eventually there is always a chance of finding a solution. Don't expect a miracle on your first attempt.

8. Think positive. By thinking positively you'll be able to accept the problem as something that is not as big and unsolved as it seems to be.

Finally, next time you are burdened with a problem you think you can't solve, think again.

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