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Ten exercises that make you more creative than 96% of people

3 min readMay 16, 2025

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Creativity, which is one’s ability to make connections between ideas and bits of information, is becoming THE skill of the modern world.

Many will find themselves part of the burgeoning ‘knowledge economy,’ which greatly rewards creativity and productivity.

Setting ourselves apart from automated and robotic entities will also be vital; this is where creative skills will again set you apart.

But how can we hone our creative muscles and get great at creativity?

Here are some ideas for exercises you can do:

Mind mapping.

Visually laying out your ideas and how they connect to one another works so well because it aligns with how the brain makes connections via our neurons.

So by mind-mapping, you are tapping into our innate creativity and emphasising its power.

Word association.

This is where you identify a topic or theme and list out all the words you can think of that are associated with this topic.

You’re working out the part of your brain that scours and collects relevant information.

You can take this further and bring two random words or ideas together (or businesses…

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Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

Written by Alex Mathers

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