How to Coach Yourself and Others Techniques For Coaching

4. Draw your goal. Grab some crayons, markers or colored pencils. Imagine a goal that you'd like to meet, and draw a picture of what it will look like when you've reached this goal. 5. Go for a walk.Go on a nature walk and look at everything with wonder like a child would. Be curious and aware. Gather leaves, feathers, rocks, and flowers and take them home with you. 6. Make a cootie catcher. Did you forget how? Go here. 7. Read Dr. Seuss' books. Few things will help you reconnect with your inner child as much as sitting down and rhyming along with the magical Dr. Seuss. ("Little Artist", courtesy of bo_gazi). Creativity Tip Disrupt your habitual thought patterns. Take a different route to work, try food you've never eaten before, listen to a music genre you normally don't listen to, and so on. Important! Creativity Technique: Play "When we engage in what we are naturally suited to do, our work takes on the quality of play and it is play that stimulates creativity." -- Linda Naiman Tim Brown, CEO of Ideo Look at Some of the Things They Do at Google These are some of the things they do at Google--a company known for innovation--to stimulate their employee's creativity: Creative Workspaces How to Make Your Desk a More Creative Space 482

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