While some people are born creative, it is possible to acquire this skill. The right conditions and the right training can make everyone creative, in their own unique way.

For creative achievement to be realized, there are three broad cognitive abilities that are required:

Creativity can be learned as a cognitive skill using the following steps:

One way to continuously be in a state of mind that is prepared for a stroke of genius is to be happy-go-lucky, staying in a positive mood, with a relaxed, flexible state of attention.

• In various studies, it is found that creative people tend to be more driven, impulsive, and self-confident.

• They are less conventional and unorthodox in many aspects of life.

• Openness to new ideas, curiosity and disagreeableness comes as common traits of...

The neural pathways in our brain, that drive creativity is where incubation happens; this process involves the entire brain, not just the right-brain side, as assumed by most.