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Make Yourself a Creative Mind

something as a habit, then it will not develop creative
thinking. Doing something out of habit is the same as
an animal’s doing things by instinct. What is instinct
for an animal is habit for human beings.
Doing something as a result of conscious planning
develops a person’s mind and leads to creative
thinking. One who so plans is capable of engaging in
introspection, reassessing his work and taking a U-turn
in his life. Then he can make a new choice for himself.
A creative mind is an alive mind, which is in a position
to take new decisions every moment.

The ideal that Bertrand Russell had set as his goal
was not achievable. Had Russell been a creative mind,
he would have re-examined his goal and made a new
choice. This would have made his life meaningful once
again.
Experience shows that people generally lack creative
thinking. The reason for this is that people mostly do
not consciously plan their activities. Instead they work
out of habit. Even if they begin their work by conscious
planning, they slowly become habitual to it and start
working unconsciously. Such a person cannot take a
new decision in life. He will live as a prisoner of his
habits, although what is right is for him to have a living
mind.

Man should do everything as a result of conscious
planning. In this way man will never fall prey to
frustration. Because, if his goal is right, it will lead him
towards achievement. But if his goal is not right, his

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