Web Design Cross Training

Creativity is a mental muscle. To grow, it must be well exercised and receive good nutrition. How can WEB DESIGNERS enhance their creative ability? Take a tip from highly skilled athletes. Cross-train your brain. Develop other interests and challenges that can stimulate to mind to grow.

"It may well be a mistake to do just one thing," says Alvaro Pascual-Leone, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. "If you practice multiple things you actually get better at any one of those things." In other words the benefits of practicing one skill are not limited to that skill alone; they can be transferred." —CROSS TRAIN YOUR BRAIN

Recent research has suggested that learning a second language is one of the best ways to sharpen the mind as we age. It enhances our mental abilities by forcing us to think in new ways. We open the mind to new cultural influences. However, improving and enlarging our vocabulary (or mastering eloquence as one researcher calls it) in our current language also enhances thinking ability and creativity.

Personally, I find the learning curve that comes with the effort to master photography a delightful challenge that benefits my creative skills as a web designer. I am forced to develop creative solutions in color use and composition in photography that add to my creative skills as a web designer.

Feed the mind well. It thrives on good nutrition, both physical and mental. “You have much clearer thinking after you have breakfast, which is especially important for children.”—EVERYDAYHEALTH.COM Eating a healthy diet, and drinking plenty of water will do far more for your mental capacities than trying to give the brain a jumpstart from sugar laden energy drinks.

Above all, do not allow your brain to fall into a routine way of working and thinking. Limit activities that require little brain involvement such as television watching. Keep it fit by taking on new challenges. Read good books, do puzzles, assign yourself personal research projects. Don't become stale! This mental cross-training will be a real boost to your creative energies.