We think of a creative genius as a mysterious person who creates ideas instantly. This is actually not so. That's not how a creative genius arrives at ideas. It takes hard work and a combination of precision thinking practices to come up with ideas.
Creative geniuses think fluently and flexibly. Fluent thinking means generating a large number of ideas, and flexible thinking objects mean thinking beyond the mundane and conventional nature. Geniuses are fluent thinkers and enjoy this practice: Delaying judgments while trying to come up with ideas. Generating as many ideas as possible. List ideas as they come to mind and keep a written record. Constantly working on ideas and improving them. To allow the subconscious mind to produce ideas by handling the issues during the incubation period.
Geniuses are flexible thinkers, because they extend their thinking periods by reconsidering random chance and irrelevant factors in their thinking processes.
Michael Michalko (2008) “Secrets of Creative Genius” (Trans. Zübeyde Abat), Koridor Publishing, Istanbul.
