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2.1 Preparation We shall distinguish long term preparation and short term. 1 Long term preparation Just like for mental imagery and visioning we do not know the real cause of creativity but there are some basic preparations. We give you six advices: Health: A creative thought depends on a well nourished brain. Since the beginning of history, some drugs are supposed to enhance the brain power. In the old times, it was mainly tobacco. Today, someone recommend to use serotonin and so on. Beware about these drugs. They can produce secondary effects and diseases (such as tobacco !). Attention: Concentration and attention play a great role in long preparation: it means that you have to constantly think about your vision. You must think at it when you wake up. You must think at it in having lunch. You must think at it in playing tennis or golf. You must think at it before sleeping. To think constantly about the same thing is a good method for having innovative ideas about it. Readings: In this course, we give you a method to improve your creativity but it must apply on a content. Readings of basic knowledge's provide with this content. Therefore, you will have to read carefully the lessons about economy. Read everything and as much as you can. Reading constantly improves creativity because when you are reading a book, you always form a mental image of what is happening. As we shall see, mental imagery plays once again a great role in the creativity process. 90