We are all products of our environment and our backgrounds usually prevent us from viewing situations with unique eyes of our personal experience.

However, leaders who think "out-of-the-proverbial-box" do so by incorporating what I like to see as a, Strategically Wise Synergistic Process of Creation.

These creative thinkers apply their own kinds of action-oriented logic to problems to help them find new wisdom, discover opportunities or see facts in different ways.

In a word, truly creative types act differently, in ways that we'll call "Logical Action-Steps".

Logical Action-Step One: Achieve Understanding not Mere Reasoning

You want to find basic or underlying meanings of problems facing your group.

You could reason-out what is happening, by using your linear thinking skills to negotiate, analyze or plan your response.

For instance, you could notice that it is more chilly, by 15 degrees, this evening than it was yesterday at this same time which is certainly a reasonable observation.

Your could use your reasoning prowess to remember cooling trend of last month's temperatures and conclude that it was windier and skies much clearer [of clouds] for most of last night and today - therefore you would assume that it was those factors which contributed to a colder night tonight than it was last night.

Creative thinkers would aggressively investigate weather by:

- intensely searching for answers,

- through disillusioning or transforming their pre-conceptions,

- looking within, around and beneath conditions,

- recognizing and deeply understanding their core assumptions about weather

Logical Action-Step Two: Seek The Strategist's Viewpoint

If you're like most knowledge-workers, you probably have a fairly extensive network of friends, colleagues, and associates. Your social network has been built over time through your individual experiences, efforts and encounters.

Strategists release latent energies of their social networks through collaborative inquiries into finding new solutions, handling challenges and exploiting opportunities for transformation.

Thus by being strategist you actively look for ways to create, leverage and extend synergy throughout your group.

You would want to set-up an environment or atmosphere of synergism where your team interacts and has processes or policies which encourage interactions in such a way so that total impact of group's efforts adds up to be more than mere sum of their individual contributions.

Logical Action-Step Three: Engage in First-Person Research

Creative leaders make it a point to evaluate progress of their own personal development - such as, stages of growth and legitimacy of each stage, they also assess their behavior and preferences.

Do you regularly or completely write down or record your thoughts, feelings and ideas? How much effort do you devote to keeping a journal, a diary or notes on your inner self?

Are you type of person who looks for and analyzes contradictory desires inside yourself or do you tend to notice a distinction between your desires and intentions?

What do you use to practice consciousness development or strengthening activities? In what ways do you structure your time to engage in meditation, martial arts, crafts or improvisational theater kinds of activities?

Logical Action-Step Four: Empower Their Shifts To Change

*The material presented in this article is provided for information purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prevent any illness.

This article will explore some very basic methods that can be used to relieve tension, stress, and depression, as well as sharpen intuition, clear mind, & increase energy. These methods can be used by anyone to help restore a general sense of well-being.

All beings require equality. There must be a balance between spiritual, emotional, and physical being. When balance is off, we feel repercussions through symptoms such as physical pain, discomfort, anxiety, anger, and depression. When we go to doctor to seek pills for physical ailments, typically we are focusing treatment on symptoms and not underlying problem. Again, I am not discouraging anyone from going to doctor, however most doctors would agree that a well-balanced person tends to be a healthier person. Nothing that improves outlook and helps reduce stress can hurt you.

There are various natural methods that can be used by anyone in even busiest lifestyles, to help restore a sense of balance. Through this article, we will touch on basics of:

*Light Meditation *Visualization *Affirmations *Journaling

Meditation:

There are many misconceptions about meditation. Many feel it takes a lot of time or that it is a serious religious practice. It definitely does not have to be and is one of most powerful tools anyone can integrate into their lifestyles. It takes a little effort, but rewards are immeasurable. The truth is even a moment or two a couple of times a day will allow mind a chance to regroup. This is particularly helpful for those who suffer from anxiety or problems with short-term memory.

Meditation is practice of stilling mind, and controlling where ones thoughts flow. Through doing this you can gain a better perspective on situations in your life, as well as become clearer and more focused throughout your daily activities. There are dozens of other benefits to this practice as well, which I cover more in some of my classes.

For beginning meditations I recommend sitting in a comfortable position in a location as free from outside noise as possible. Close eyes and simply focus on clearing your mind of all conscious thought. If this is difficult you can repeat a word that makes you feel comfortable and at ease. My word is "repose”. If you catch your mind starting to wander gently pull it back to your word or to stillness. When you first start try doing this for only a minute or two, and then as you do it more you can increase time. This helps to avoid frustration and will help you stick with it. If you are patient and persistent, you will find that benefits are well worth effort. Your mind will thank you for break.

Visualizations:

All of us know how to daydream. The truth is when you daydream you are doing a visualization of sorts. You are removing conscious mind from all hustle and bustle of its thoughts and placing it somewhere else. In visualization exercises purpose is to control where you put your thoughts. It can be used to aid in pain relief, depression, (I am seasonally depressed and use visualization therapy a lot to help me get through winter) and in anxiety reduction.

Bring into vision in your minds eye a place that relaxes you, a place that is all your own. It can be an actual place you have been to, or a place you create. This will be your sanctuary.