Creative "Type"

"... However, one of the best ways to provoke creative thinking is to surround the brain with lots of diverse stimulus. Exposure to diverse and random stimulus trigger more thoughts in the brain, which increases the number of new thoughts & ideas that pop up in your brain..."
"Are you one of those people who feel a strong desire to do things differently and break away from the pack? You are reading fast thinking, so chances are you may well be one of those "type". Some recent research actually explored people who feel the need to be different. That is, people who "get off" on doing things differently from the norm and like to go against the grain. The researchers found that people who like being different performed significantly better in a creative thinking task than those who do not get their kicks out of doing things differently..."
"A dose of creativity was just what the doctor ordered... Sometimes, employees can have a hard time justifying to their boss why it's important that they have some "spare time" to think creatively. Hopefully this study gives you some ammunition. A group of researchers have found that employees who have room to think creatively at work, that is, feel challenged by their job, have a fair bit of control over what they do, and actually are encouraged to take time during the day to think creatively, are significantly more likely to be physically healthy. This is in comparison to those whose jobs don't provide the opportunity to think creatively. Specifically, the health advantage of being in a job where you're encouraged to think creatively compared with one where you are not is equal to being around seven years younger." ~ quoted from the article of Amantha Imber, the head of Inventiologist at Inventium.