Shut Off Your Laptop, Boost Creativity

Creativity doesn’t usually occur while you’re screen-sucking.

To boost your number of creative ideas, you might consider getting away from your computer and introducing your brain to some new stimuli every now and then.

7 ways that work for me:

  1. Enjoy coffee at a cafe (without iPhone, iPad, or laptop).
  2. Take a walk outside.
  3. Play ball with my dogs.
  4. Listen to music.
  5. Read fiction.
  6. Talk with another human about Stuff That Matters.
  7. Take a nap.

Those are some of my ways of boosting creativity. You will have your own. Just try to do something  that doesn't involve the Internet.

To quote John Cleese: “We don’t know where we get our ideas from. We do know that we do not get them from our laptops.”

Ray Edwards is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business including New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul) and Tony Robbins. Ray is a sought-after speaker and author, hosts a popular weekly podcast, and blogs at RayEdwards.com.