When I face a new problem, I think creatively.

When I face a new problem, I think creatively.

(cheezburger)

Today's cat was inspired by this very useful article in the Harvard Business Review: How to Spark Creativity When You’re in a Rut by Priscilla Claman.

The same things the article says about "newness" at work can apply to school too!

Remember your first day at work? You were excited. There were new people to meet, new skills to be learned, new processes or products to understand. If you are like most people, something else was different then — you. When you weren’t sure or didn’t understand, you asked questions, persistently. You compared what you were supposed to do on this job with what you had done in the past, and you made suggestions. You observed what your new colleagues were doing and evaluated what you saw. As a new person, you felt entitled to look at things differently and ask questions — that was a sign of your creativity.

After a while, though, you can get stuck in a rut and lose that sense of newness and freshness, and thus lose the creative energy that goes with it. Read the article for some specific suggestions about how to bring that sense of "newness" back into your school experience.