如何创造性地工作？毕加索、爱因斯坦教给创业者的宝贵经验

    爱因斯坦：投入“组合游戏”

    爱因斯坦是史上最有名的物理学家，也是一位业余小提琴手和钢琴师。他经常将从音乐中得到的创意用于物理学研究，帮助自己解决棘手的问题。

    为了突破工作瓶颈，能够从不同角度思考问题，爱因斯坦脑子里会把不同的想法与理念“搅成一团”，然后随意地重新进行排列组合——他将这个过程称为“组合游戏”。

    爱因斯坦的方法听起来有点怪，但实际上非常简单：将你的创意抽丝剥茧，抓住最基本的内容——不需要文字。之后，就像拼图一样，测试不同的安排与方向，检验可以合在一起的创意。将表面上看起来毫不相干的元素结合在一起，寻找新的模式。你也可以这么玩。

    学会打破规则。

    如果你能拿出时间向世界上最伟大的思想家们学习，你会发现，许多人并没有遵守那些“理应”有效的传统智慧。

    每个人的创造过程千差万别。但如同上述三位天才一样，你肯定也能找到适合自己的方式。然后，你将所向披靡！（财富中文网）

    译者：刘进龙/汪皓

    审校：任文科

    Albert Einstein: Engage in “combinatory play.”

    Yes, yes. Einstein was history’s most famous physicist, but he was also an amateur violinist and pianist. He often incorporated ideas from his musical background into his physics work to help he deal with challenging problems.

    In order to break through plateaus in his work and see these problems from different angles, Einstein used his mind to “mash up” several different ideas and concepts and rearrange them at will — a process which he called “combinatory play”.

    While it may seem a little “out there” for some, Einstein’s approach is actually pretty simple: strip down your ideas to their most basic components — without words. Next, use those visualizations as puzzle pieces and test different arrangements and orientations to see which pieces fit together. Combine seemingly disparate elements and look for new patterns. Play.

    Learn to break the rules.

    If you take the time to study more of the world’s greatest thinkers, you’ll see over and over again that they don’t adhere to conventional wisdom about what’s “supposed” to work.

    Everybody’s creative process is different — but just like these three geniuses, you can find something that works for you. Then you’ll be unstoppable!