How to get creative inspiration when creating?

Psychological phenomenon of cognitive leap in creative thinking. It is a new way of thinking that is suddenly connected after a long-term pursuit and meditation on a certain problem under the inspiration of an inducer. Normal people may be inspired, but at different levels, there is no difference in essence. Inspiration has the following characteristics: ① Based on abstract thinking and image thinking, it is closely related to other psychological activities. ② Sudden onset and rapid disappearance. ③ It is the result of creative thinking, novel and even unique. 4 emotional. When inspiration comes, people's mood is tense, highly excited and even crazy.

Inspiration is synonymous with flash or new idea.

Inspiration is a resource that needs to be protected.

Innovation mostly begins with inspiration in the human brain, which is the product of human imagination, or inspiration is the starting point and origin of innovation, and inspiration is the core and soul of innovation. Einstein, the greatest scientist in the 20th century, once said: "Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, and imagination sums up everything in the world, promotes progress and is the source of knowledge evolution. Strictly speaking, imagination is a real factor in scientific research. " Hawking, the greatest scientist in the contemporary world, said: "It is the individual's original ideas that push science forward." Thomson, Chairman of American Creative Consulting Group, said, "Inspiration has become the most decisive creative force".

What is inspiration? Inspiration is a psychological phenomenon that people jump in cognition and suddenly produce a new idea in the process of thinking. In short, inspiration is a new idea that enters people's minds. Inspiration has a series of characteristics. First, inspiration is random and accidental. If you plant flowers with your heart, you can't bloom. Inspiration is usually hard to find, so far people have not found a way to control the generation of inspiration at will. People can't generate inspiration according to subjective needs and hopes, nor can they divide the generation of inspiration according to occupational distribution. Secondly, inspiration is the fairest phenomenon in the world. Anyone who can think normally may have all kinds of inspiration at any time. Whether poor or powerful, whether knowledgeable scientists or illiterate people in poor areas will be inspired. Third, there is almost no economic cost to generate inspiration, but inspiration itself may be valuable. The value of inspiration is also random. There will be no noble inspiration just because you are noble, and there will be no lowly inspiration just because you are lowly. Once inspiration realizes its value, it may make its owner noble. In view of the characteristics of inspiration value, inspiration can be regarded as a valuable product, which can only be produced by smart animal people! Fourth, inspiration has the characteristics of "inexhaustible", which is the most special feature of inspiration. The more you develop, the more inspiration you will have. Fifth, inspiration is fleeting. If you can't grasp the random inspiration in time, you may never come again. Sixth, inspiration is the result of creative thinking, which is novel and unique. When people are inspired, they are often emotional. When inspiration comes, people will be nervous and excited, and may even fall into a crazy situation.

Although inspiration may be generated at any time, almost no investment is needed, but capturing, preserving, excavating, refining, developing, transforming and realizing value may require some investment, and often requires certain procedures and processes, necessary social division of labor, and even mobilization of resources of units, society and countries. When people's inspiration flashes, especially when ordinary people suddenly have inspiration unrelated to their work and life, most people can't develop and protect their inspiration alone, let alone ensure the implementation of innovation, and mobilizing other resources is not what ordinary people can count on. At all times and in all countries, only a few people grasped some inspiration, persisted in innovation, realized the value of innovation and became inventors and scientists. Most ordinary people have abandoned their inspiration in vain. I don't know how many opportunities for rapid development of science and technology have passed. Too many ordinary people who could have developed into great men through innovation ended up doing nothing.

With the development of modern science and technology, it is more and more difficult to implement many large-scale composite innovation projects, which often require more complicated procedures and processes. Calling the resources of the unit and even the society and the country often requires strict and complicated social division of labor. Under the current national system and social conditions, it is almost unimaginable for ordinary people to do this.

Understand the truth, individuals, units and countries must act. First of all, the whole society should establish the concept that inspiration is a valuable innovation resource. Individuals should regard inspiration as a potentially valuable product and always pay attention to protecting the inspiration generated in their brains. The study of the Good Life Project found that keeping an inspiration diary is a good way to record the protection and development inspiration, because anyone can operate it as long as they master the basic Chinese characters. When sparks and inspirations flash, they should be recorded at any time, preserved, screened and refined when necessary, and valuable inspirations, especially those with operability, should be revised and improved, clearly expounded and expressed, and their feasibility demonstrated. When necessary, relevant experts can be invited to help form an operable innovation scheme, and then organized or submitted to relevant units or countries for implementation according to the situation. For decision makers in units and countries, we should attach great importance to inspiration, a valuable resource from the minds of the masses. We should set up a guarantee mechanism for innovation suggestions as soon as possible, make a timely evaluation of anyone's innovation suggestions, organize and mobilize the necessary social resources to implement them, and give reasonable incentives to individuals and units who put forward innovation suggestions after realizing their value, so as to form a benign closed loop in which all citizens of the whole society actively participate in innovation.

In particular, children will be inspired and have innovative imagination when learning to speak. Childhood is the most imaginative and inspiring stage in a person's life. Because the current composition teaching is still stuck in the old-fashioned proposition composition, students are always asked to write topics that are not in their minds. Most children's imagination has not been developed and cultivated, but has been stifled a little. In view of this social reality, parents are advised to attach great importance to it and guide and help their children to record their inspiration at any time. It is suggested that children start to record and protect the first amazing words (the earliest inspiration) with an inspiration diary. At the beginning, parents should help or even do it for them. When children learn basic pinyin and Chinese characters, they should gradually remember them by themselves. Strive for a good idea (one good idea a day) for at least one day, and remember to start simple. As long as you can persist, this diary will definitely change from short to long, and at the same time, children's innovative thinking ability and written expression ability will also develop step by step. This is the most important innovation ability in life. In addition to the basic functions that ordinary diaries can cultivate writing ability, exercise independent thinking ability and temper will, the accumulation of inspiration itself is a huge wealth. First of all, by recording and accumulating inspiration, we can skillfully break through the biggest problem of knowing ourselves for thousands of years: the area where inspiration is concentrated is a person's potential and creativity, thus providing scientific basis for life positioning and choosing the right direction of life development. Then, choosing the most valuable inspiration may be a career that a person can fight for all his life. To achieve it is to achieve success through innovation, that is, the best self-realization and the greatest contribution to society and the country. The life orientation method of inspiration diary is suitable for all people who want to make accurate life orientation and innovative development.

Inspiration is a valuable innovation resource, and the right to innovation is a human right that needs to be protected. Everyone is equal before innovation. It is suggested that the state should formulate the Law on the Protection of Innovation and Creativity, establish a mechanism for the protection of innovation and creativity, protect citizens' basic innovation rights in the form of law, create a good environment and conditions for ordinary citizens to actively participate in innovation, and timely evaluate, implement and encourage citizens' innovative ideas. Protect and develop the beneficial inspiration generated in people's brains, realize its value as much as possible, and let more and more ordinary citizens become the creators of history.

Knowledge is the raw material of innovation, and it is impossible for people without any knowledge to generate inspiration, so learning knowledge is also very important for innovation. To build an innovative country, we must first form a learning society. According to the Good Life Project, combination is the essence of creation. The exchange of ideas and the collision of ideas are most likely to generate inspiration, and the innovation guarantee mechanism should also provide people with the most convenient platform and opportunity for the exchange and collision of ideas.

Maximize the development, protection and utilization of the inspiration resources generated in every citizen's brain, and give reasonable incentives and rewards to any innovation. The enthusiasm of the people to participate in innovation will be greatly stimulated, and the original innovation and independent innovation will be greatly increased. Most ordinary people may create wealth through innovation and become successful people. "People truly become the creators of history" and "building an innovative country" cannot be empty talk, and the speed of scientific and technological development can be improved and formed as never before. If all countries in the world do this, human evolution is expected to enter a new era of rapid, efficient and active consciousness evolution from the old era of slow, inefficient and passive natural evolution!

The essence of scientific and technological competition is the competition of scientific and technological talents. Therefore, it is imperative to cultivate innovative talents in science and technology.

Individual innovative talents is a system, which includes two subsystems: one is the dynamic system; The other is an intelligent system.

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1. The ideal of innovation. The ideal of innovation refers to the ideal that individuals become innovative talents.

"Flying in the sky like a bird ..." This is the innovative ideal of human beings flying in the sky since ancient times. In order to realize this ideal, some people with lofty ideals have tried. 1903, the Wright brothers in the United States successfully trial-produced the plane and flew into the sky. So the Wright brothers are two successful people with innovative ideals.

In this way, in the process of development, human beings constantly put forward innovative topics, and people with innovative ideals will explore them one after another. Therefore, to become an innovative talent, we must first establish an innovative ideal, which is the personal vision for the future growth goal of innovative talents.

The formation of innovation ideal is the organic combination of motivation, purpose and demand. Motivation is embodied in the process of pointing to the purpose to meet the demand, and demand and motivation are closely linked to arouse and maintain human activities. However, not all demands can generate motivation. Only when we are clearly aware of this demand and strive to realize it can demand become the driving force of people's activities. This kind of motivation is produced by people's desire to become innovative talents and realize the goal of becoming innovative talents, which forms an innovative ideal and is the basic internal motivation to become innovative talents. Only under the impetus of this kind of motivation and efforts can we give full play to our creative potential.

2. Innovative mood. The emotion of innovation refers to the emotion of loving innovation. Because the growth of talents and the success of career are closely linked.

Beveridge, author of The Art of Scientific Research, said: "The greatest reward of science is the excitement brought by new discoveries. As many scientists have proved, this is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It has produced great emotional motivation and great happiness and satisfaction. Not only the discovery of new facts, but also a sudden understanding of a universal law can cause the same ecstasy. "

People should have enthusiasm in all kinds of activities, and the enthusiasm for activities is based on their love, yearning and pursuit of the results of activities. Creative activities, in particular, cannot succeed without the support of strong love for the cause.

With this kind of emotion, you will have great enthusiasm for your career, which can mobilize people's whole body and mind, make people refreshed and energetic, break the routine and break through obstacles. The higher the enthusiasm, the greater the strength, the more arduous the work, and the higher the demand for enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is also a kind of motivation, which promotes people's hard work and infatuation with their careers, thus promoting the success of innovation.

3. Be interested in innovation. Interest in innovation refers to the interest in engaging in innovative industries.

Ding Zhaozhong, a Chinese Nobel Prize winner, said, "I can stay in the laboratory for two days and two nights, or even three days and three nights, leaning against instruments. I am eager to discover what I want to explore. Because I am interested. "

A person who is interested in what he is doing will make his senses active. Therefore, clear perception, accurate observation, quick thinking, rich imagination, strong memory and persistent concentration will help to give full play to one's wisdom and ability.

Interesting tendencies are the seeds of curiosity. The cultivation of curiosity and thirst for knowledge is very important to become innovative talents.

An important reason why many scientists and inventors have made great achievements is that they have strong curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

Interest in innovation is not only driven by curiosity and thirst for knowledge, but also the pursuit of innovation fun. Therefore, the interest in innovation has become the internal driving force to promote innovative talents and achieve innovative success.

4. Innovative will. Innovative will is a tenacious will to achieve the goal of becoming an innovative talent.

Madame Curie, the Nobel Prize winner, said: "My highest principle is that I will never give in to any difficulties!"

Will is a psychological process that consciously determines the purpose, dominates the action and is associated with overcoming difficulties. After the goal is determined, it is important to persevere, persevere, persevere and persevere to achieve it.

For the difficulty, we should see that it is a negative factor-a kind of resistance; We also see that it is a positive factor-a kind of motivation. By redoubling our efforts to overcome difficulties, we will also succeed and achieve the expected goals. The reason why this negative dilemma can be transformed into a positive dilemma lies in the regulatory role of will.

Positive psychological factors and negative psychological factors are mutually exclusive. Therefore, to achieve the goal of developing positive psychological factors, it is inseparable from self-regulation. Self-regulation is to promote the formation and development of positive psychological factors through self-regulation and self-control; Control the generation and growth of negative psychological factors, so as to promote their own understanding and actions in the right direction, so as to ensure the realization of innovative ideals.

Innovative ideal, innovative emotion, innovative interest and innovative will are interrelated and influence each other. If these factors are organically combined, it will form a strong internal motivation, thus promoting the continuous growth and development of people who are interested in becoming innovative talents.

Intelligent system

The elements of intelligent system are: knowledge, cognitive ability, predictive ability, practical ability and creative ability. This paper focuses on innovation ability.

Creative ability, that is, innovative ability. Creative ability is mainly manifested in two aspects: first, creative cognitive ability; The second is the ability to innovate and practice.

1. Creative cognitive ability

The so-called creative cognitive ability refers to the inspiration generated in the cognitive process.

What is inspiration? Inspiration is the reflection of the moment when creative knowledge is formed, which is breakthrough and novel. Inspiration is a comprehensive and sudden psychological phenomenon, which is the result of coordinated activities between thinking and other psychological factors. For example, Fleming discovered penicillin. When he was doing experiments, he cultivated bacteria in an experimental dish. But the experiment was not successful, because the bacteria in the experimental dish were invaded by other bacteria and grew into green mold. After careful observation, Fleming noticed that the green mold killed the original bacteria in the container. After noticing the lethality of this mold, Fleming was inspired by analysis and judgment: he thought that this green mold contained substances that could kill staphylococcus. So, he isolated penicillin mold.

Before Fleming, at least 28 scientists reported the fact that mold killed bacteria. However, because they have no inspiration, creative understanding and penicillin, they are always regarded as an unfortunate accident. The discovery of penicillin reduced the death rate by half.

The formation of inspiration, although in an instant, is directly related to a person's knowledge, experience, analysis, synthesis and judgment. Therefore, it is inseparable from personal long-term accumulation. Moreover, after an inspiration is formed, it must be verified, enriched and improved.

How to motivate?

The most commonly used general method of inspiration is to use the brain, know how to use the brain, and use the brain more, that is, to use the brain scientifically according to the objective law of inspiration. Let's not talk about the willingness to use our brains here. Let's talk about using the brain and using the brain separately.

You can use your brain. Anyone who is good at inspiring and forming creative knowledge is good at using his head. Most people think that what is obvious, they have doubts; Ordinary people solve problems in the usual way, but it is original. Their characteristic is that they like to think independently and ask "why?" Put forward a few more "what should I do?" Because the completion of any innovative project is the result of independent thinking and exploration. Therefore, we can't be superstitious, we can't blindly follow, and we can't just use customary methods to understand problems; Or just use conclusions to solve problems, and you can't be superstitious about experts and authorities. We should proceed from facts and needs to think and explore problems. Look for new methods, new answers and new conclusions.

Think more. To promote the generation of inspiration, we should use our brains more, because people's cognitive ability is constantly improved through exercise in the process of using their brains. The so-called multi-purpose brain does not mean to use the brain continuously without rest, but to give full play to the innovative potential of the human brain. Einstein said to Selich, the writer who wrote his biography, "I don't have any special talent, but I like to pursue problems by digging up the roots." In this process of digging roots, the most commonly used method is to think with your brain. He said with deep experience: "To learn knowledge, we should be good at thinking, thinking and rethinking. This is how I became a scientist. "

Negroponte, the godfather of digitalization, said: "I don't do specific research work, just think." Bill Gates of Microsoft has shown the characteristics of attendance and good thinking since he was a child.

It can be seen that scientific use of the brain is the most common and applicable method to develop the creative potential of the brain, stimulate inspiration and form creative understanding.

Basic methods commonly used for motivation:

① Observation and analysis. In the process of technological innovation, observation and analysis are indispensable from beginning to end. Observation is not a general observation, but a purposeful, planned, step-by-step and selective observation and investigation of what you want to know. Through in-depth observation, we can find unusual things from ordinary phenomena and similarities from seemingly unrelated things. At the same time, we must analyze it in time. Only by analyzing on the basis of observation can we inspire and form a creative understanding.

2 stimulate association. New knowledge is developed on the basis of existing knowledge. The relationship between the old and the new or between the known and the unknown is the key to produce new knowledge. Therefore, if we want to innovate, we need association, so that we can be inspired and inspired by association and form a creative understanding.

③ Practice stimulation. Practice is the position of creation and the source of inspiration. In practice encouragement, it includes not only the encouragement of real practice, but also the sublimation of past practical experience. The acquisition of various scientific and technological achievements can not be separated from the promotion of practical needs. In the process of practical activities, the urgent need to solve problems urges people to actively think about problems and study and explore them sleepless nights. The logical starting point of scientific exploration is the problem. Therefore, it is a good way to think, ask and solve problems in practice.

4 passion and impulse. Positive passion can mobilize the great potential of the whole body and solve problems creatively. In the case of passion, it can enhance attention, enrich imagination, improve memory and deepen understanding. As a result, people have a universal strong and unstoppable creative impulse, which is manifested in automatic action according to the laws of objective things. This automaticity is based on repeated exploration in the preparation stage. In other words, passion can also inspire.

⑤ Judgment and reasoning. There is a close relationship between judgment and reasoning, which shows that reasoning consists of judgment and the formation of judgment depends on reasoning. Reasoning is the process of obtaining new judgments from existing judgments. Therefore, in scientific and technological innovation activities, the judgment of newly discovered or newly produced substances is also a process of enlightening and forming creative understanding. Therefore, judgment reasoning is also a way of inspiration.

The above methods are interrelated and influence each other. In the process of inspiration, not only one method is used, but sometimes one method is the main one, and other methods are used alternately.

2. Innovative practical ability

Creative practical ability mainly refers to the design ability, experimental ability, ability to apply knowledge to solve practical problems and creative skills and techniques in the creative process. Here we only talk about the ability to apply knowledge to solve practical problems.

The ability to use knowledge to solve practical problems. Namely, "the ability to understand and solve things quickly, flexibly and correctly." To give full play to this ability, the most important thing is to master knowledge skillfully. Only when knowledge is thoroughly studied, mastered and applied freely can we correctly use knowledge to analyze the problems in practice, find out the crux of the problems and solve the problems.

Professor Yang Shuzi once told an example of himself: "I once took my students to a factory to visit and study. In a workshop for manufacturing gears, there are always abnormal scratches on the surface of gears machined by a machine tool. What is the reason? The machine tool for machining gear teeth is very complicated, mainly because its transmission internal relationship is very complicated, and this transmission internal relationship is very strict. I had a clear understanding of the transmission mechanism of this machine tool, thought about it and analyzed every link in the transmission, and soon something went wrong. The driving gear and the driven gear are installed in reverse, and their positions are interchanged. Open this part of the machine tool and have a look. It really is. "

It can be seen from this case that Professor Yang not only mastered the mechanism knowledge of this machine tool skillfully, but also applied it to practice, and accurately found out the reasons for the scratches on the gear teeth machined by this machine tool. This is the ability to apply knowledge to solve practical problems.

Knowledge, cognitive ability, predictive ability, practical ability and creative ability are interrelated and influenced each other. Combining these factors organically forms an intelligent system that innovative talents must possess.