Solving Problems Creatively

A concept from the reading I found interesting that we have not discussed this week is solving problems creatively which is on page 174 in our text. This topic discusses five suggestions when we are unable to think of a creative idea. The five suggestions are: trigger your unconscious which means to take a break from what we are currently thinking about on trying to solve a problem. What can help during that break is taking a walk, or some form of exercise, something that will help clear our head. The second suggestion is to loosen your mind which means to let our mind wander a little, that way we will be able to come back to the task at hand and feel more refreshed. The third is break down the problem into a series of doable tasks which means the problem can be broken down into sections such as questions or a series of problems broken down so we can solve them one at a time. The fourth is to do some research which can help show us some examples in the same type of problem that is occurring somewhere else. The fifth one is ask yourself questions such as what are the different parts to the problems? Can I apply knowledge from other situations to this one? (Harris & Sherblom, 2011, 174). I found these five suggestions to be interesting and helpful because I never really thought of being able to solve problems creatively by these five different suggestions that I read in the text.