Enhancing your creative thinking is a lifelong journey. However, here's a few habits and behaviours that might help you along the way.

1. The Morning Pages
Get and A4 notebook and each morning, as soon as you get up, fill 3 pages. Typically you will capture fragments of your dreams, ideas and rambling thoughts. For more details read Julia Cameron's ‘The Artist's Way'.

2. Keep and Ideas Book
Ideas come to you in odd places and at unusual times. Always carry an ‘Ideas Book' with you. Use it to record your ideas, thoughts and observations throughout the day (and night).

3. Get Regular Fresh Input
The mind needs fresh stimulation to get new ideas and to change your perceptions. Therefore, aim to do something different everyday. Listen to different radio stations, read different magazines, taste, look and smell new things

4. Learn to Draw

Using the visual side of your brain more actively can open up a whole new world of seeing the world and expressing yourself
Attend an evening class, read a book on drawing techniques. Start drawing!

5. Learn From the Greats
Reflect upon the lives, ideas and actions of your favourite creative genius. Read a biography. Immerse yourself in their work.

6. Relax!
When you relax, your subconscious mind gets to work and ideas pop into your head. Listen to music on your headphones, lie in the sunshine, swim, ride your bike

7. Learn Improvisation Skills
Attending drama or improvisation classes helps you to stop blocking ideas and learn how to run with an idea instead.

8. Learn Creative Techniques
There are a wealth of creativity techniques that can be used individually and in smaller groups. Start with mind mapping one of the simplest and most powerful techniques.

9. Play Games
Toys and games can help keep your mind stimulated and playful as well as putting you in a good mood. Play your favourite board games, play cards, do a crossword, kick a football

10. Get Fit
Exercise can contribute to creative output as: it increases oxygen to the blood which is delivered to the brain, it releases endorphins (the runners' high) it's an unrestrained form of play, it can creative meditative rhythms

11. Take Up a Hobby

Find an outlet for your creativity: learn to write, paint, play the piano, get cooking, create a garden. You will also develop supplementary skills such as hand-eye co-ordination, spatial dexterity, concentration

12. Find a Creative Place

Find a room, environment where you feel comfortable in undertaking your creative thinking

13. Find Some Creative Space

Put aside some regular time time in your life so that you can focus on creative activity. Julia Cameron calls these ‘the artist's dates'

14. Join a Creative Community
Creative communities often develop in specific locations eg the Paris Left Bank, Fitzrovia in London. Draw inspiration from creative friends who can help, support and inspire you