Someone once said that creativity is taking tow opposing ideas and making them work together in a clever way–sounds easy, doesn’t it?

If you look at many creative ideas you can see that there is a twist on the norm–the inventor of the idea or art or piece of work was able to take a different mental pathway than what most others would. Is this a learned skill or are some people just born with creative aptitude?

This is the question the Global Shift Blog addresses in this post.

What do you think? Is creativity born or bred?

It happens to everyone…a point where you’re suddenly stuck, unable to go futher on a project or idea because your mind is tapped out or your perspective is lost. We want to know what do YOU do to break the creativity/productivity block?

Some of our faves:

Take a walk (or a nap)

Meditate

Brainstorm with others

Google

Do something completely different

Go to lunch

Read magazines/journals

Work out

Ask for opinions

Come back to it the next day