Have you ever thought of generating income from the item
that is not useful to you anymore? If not, this is the right time for to start
thinking about it.
Imagine yourself earning thousand of Ringgit just by selling
recyclable item.
BUT, the most important is,we need to have a creativity thinking and idea to be able to achieve that.
Chandelier light that made by plastic hanger
Dress that made by paper ( magazines)
By just making this chandelier light, and the dress we can roughly earn few thousand Ringgit.Moreover, we no need to burden our self to figure out where to get money to produce these gorgeous ' trash '.
It had opened up my mind that an item that look like not useful to us also can generate money for us as long as we are willing to utilize them and turn it into a pieces that worth thousand Ringgit or millions Ringgit maybe..
Dr Robert Schuller once said that the poor man is not the one who lacks money but the one who lacks ideas. Creativity is not something that are offered in book, which we can learn from it. Creative idea is something that happened around us in our daily life, creativity always come across our mind anytime. The idea usually popped into our head when we least expected it, whether in the middle of the night, early in the morning or sometimes annoying us when we’re driving or even during the breakfast,
making a world map using apple
or when we are boring,we also can become creative,
making a hand print using kite string
From the pictures shown above we can see that, creativity thinking and idea generation is not a thing or subject that we can inherit from their from our parents or we learn from it. It is a give from God to every individual and everyone has a different level of creativity.
Here are 5 steps to creative Idea Johannes :
5 Steps to Creative Ideas (influences from Young)
Step 1. Gather Material
As with all professions without understanding the key facts you have nothing. If you sit and wait for a revolutionary idea to strike you, think again! Johannes has worked as mentor and Associate Tutor for many years and have helped new teachers who sometimes would start planning their lessons without having done any research into the topic. His advice was always to ensure that subject knowledge was sound before planning begins. Teaching a lesson without understanding the subject content is impossible. Lack of understanding leads to poor teaching (see Musings on Creativity in Teaching Part 1: Knowing Your Knowledge). That said, outstanding teachers not only have specific knowledge of their topic but also a general understanding of their subject which enable them to understand the ‘bigger picture’. We also suggest a third element, namely to have a wider perspective in other subject areas. Outstanding teachers gather anecdotes, information and stories from a range of areas for example architecture, music, business, nature and film etc. The latter is essential in the creation of ideas. It is the new combination of specific knowledge about a topic coupled with a general understanding and wider perspective about the subject and other areas that will make ideas occur. The task of gathering material is a life-long one , be it an interesting quote, enigmatic photo or recent news story, find ways of cataloguing/storing these snippets of data.
Step 2. Oblique Strategies
This part is less concrete as it involves thinking more abstractly about the facts you have, looking at each one individually, bringing two facts together to see if they fit, as well as beginning to synthesize and spot relationships. For this process to work you should try not to think too directly at each element but do what Young refers to as ‘listening’ for their meaning without ‘looking’ for it (Young 2003, p30). What tends to happen here is that you will get initial, sometimes rather odd, ideas but don’t disregard these as they will help to shape your future ideas. Whilst engaged in this process you’ll also feel like you’ve ran into a wall, but don’t give up just yet. It’s the same feeling you have when you’re engaging in a long brainstorming-session with a team and it feels like you’re getting nowhere – but you are! It is crucial to continue just a little bit longer before stopping, not giving up, but stopping as you have exhausted you mind for the time being. Cue: Step 3.
Step 3. No Efforts – Stop Thinking
This is the time for your unconscious mind to do some work. Like you say to your students, remember not too cram everything the night before… Well, the reason you say that is also because the mind needs to rest to synthesize the information properly – to take it all in. However, sleeping will not be the only solution to your ideas. The best way of letting your mind rest whilst topping up the creative juices is to undertake another creative, yet relaxing, activity for example go for a nice run or long walk, watch a decent film, listen to music and so on. You are not only giving your mind time to reflect but also providing additional material which has nothing to do with the topic at hand but will serve to keep your mind working without you having to think about it.
Step 4. It Just Came to Me
Just like that, the idea popped into your head when you least expected it, in the middle of the night, early in the morning or sometimes annoyingly when you’re driving or in a situation where frantically writing down things may not be regarded as something positive. So, when you stop pushing for ideas and gone through a period of rest, they’ll show up.
Step 5. The Bleak Reality
When you take out your new idea to the harsh reality you might realise that it’s not as wonderful as you once thought. This is the hardest part; moulding your idea into the structures and conditions so it can work. It is during this period when most people give up and put their idea in the half-baked drawer together with hundreds of its counterparts. Solution: don’t protect your new idea, throw it to the Devil Advocates! You will then see that your idea carry self-generating qualities as it stimulate those who examine it and consequently will help develop into the final masterpiece.
After reading all the steps that had been mention above, i had been inspired to think out of the box and to be creative. the outcome might look silly for other people, but as long as i like it, do i give a damn. Creativity is something that is very subjective where no one can judge us on our creativity, because every one have different opinion and point of view.
So, moral of the story is, do not stop your self being creative because of the people criticism. keep on imagining on something that not logical maybe. Who knows, me might invent something in to the society by carry on our imagining..:)
Does magic really exists in this world? the answer can be both yes and no,depending on the individual believe.But there is something that came across my mind,are they(magician) really can make an elephant disappear from a stage, or even 'sawing' a woman into a part without hurting her? how are able to do such thing, are they practicing black magic or it is just a gimmick set by the them.
Finally I found the a couple of video that reveal the answer for all of my doubts, click on the video below to see how they do all those 'stunting' show.
So people,after watching these video,what do you fee?are you amazed by their capability to do such thing,and started to think are magic really exists in this world?
Well, it's up to you how to determine that.
From this situation, I had learn that creativity had play major role in accomplish 'those' show,because without these people creative thinking,these great 'trick' will not happened. It had inspired me to always come out with something which is creative and different from other to make us stand a head in front of other people.
We as a human, always give our self an excuse when we fail to fulfill our task. but do we really figure what really fail us to do our task? WELL, people!! Stop giving excuses to yourself.
Learn from the mistakes and improve it.
The best example for us to look up to is - Mr Sirivat Voravetvuthikam - A person who try his very best to get back what he had lost. The doesn't feel ashamed with his failure, but he put his effort to be success, and now he is a successful businessman. Even though he had faced a failure in his previous business back in 1997, he does not give up easily, he tried many different 'field' to climb back to the top. At the end, he ended becoming 'sandwich man' to earn money to earn a living and to pay salaries to his staff. It's not easy to be done and it need a lot of hard work.
So, people our there, start working out from now, forget about your past and look forward for a brighter future, try up something new today don't ever limit your self, because by trying something new, you can learn a lot thing and which not only increases you intelligence,but also you can gain a lot of experience.
