Your Creative Power (eBook)

Introduction and foreword written by Robert W. Galvin. He was Chairman of Motorola, which his father founded, from 1959 to 1990 and was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors from 1990 to 2001. This book served as an inspiration to Robert Galvin and his hope is that it will continue to inspire creativity.

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 1. Creativity Examined Chapter 3 The lamp that lit the world can light your life Chapter 4 Creative effort pays in more coins than cash Chapter 5 All of us possess this talent Chapter 6 Educated or self-educated; old or young Chapter 7 Creative power needs no ivory tower Chapter 8 Imagination takes many forms, including non-creative Chapter 9 Creative imagination is manifold and interacting Chapter 10 The creative fuel we store; is it rich or thin? Chapter 11 The power of association joins memory with imagination Chapter 12 Emotional drive as a source of creative power Chapter 13 Where there's a will there are ways to think up Chapter 14 Judgment may choke ideas; let's keep it in its place Chapter 15 Let's try not to undermine our own creative power Chapter 16 2. Preparation for Creativity Chapter 17 Others can help make or mar our creativity Chapter 18 Even exercise can be fun, especially in creative thinking Chapter 19 To attack a creative task we first get set Chapter 20 Let's now pick our target and set our aim Chapter 21 Break down the problem; fill in the facts Chapter 22 Let's send forth our imagination in search of alternatives Chapter 23 To what other uses could this be put? Chapter 24 What can we borrow and adapt to our need? Chapter 25 Let's look for a new twist; let's modify Chapter 26 What if we add, or multiply; or magnify? Chapter 27 Let's subtract and divide; let's minify Chapter 28 Let's seek that instead of this; let's substitute Chapter 29 Let's change the pattern; let's re-arrange Chapter 30 There's lots of good hunting in vice versa Chapter 31 3. Imagination Guides Chapter 32 Your creative key may be a combination Chapter 33 Ideas will fly in our windows, if we've opened them Chapter 34 Lady luck smiles upon those who are 'A-hunting' Chapter 35 Most ideas are step-by-step children of other ideas Chapter 36 Two heads are better than one; but not always Chapter 37 How to organize to create ideas Chapter 38 Idea-thinking on a larger scale; suggestion systems Chapter 39 Creative power needs more help from education Chapter 40 Creative power's place in leadership