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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.

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