Creative Gifts | Come Up With Your Own
So you want to give someone a creative gift? If you are sitting there thinking, I have no idea what to give him/her, then you have reached the right website. Here is what I hope to accomplish in this article. This article discusses a brainstorming technique that will help you figure out the absolutely perfect gift. Gifting from now on will be easy, and best of all your gifts will be the best.
First thing is first. I have to write this on a lot of my posts to ensure your mindset is in the right place or it simply won’t work. Lets start by changing the way you see the situation. Rather than thinking what am I going to give him/her, lets start thinking, what would he/she love?
Perfect we have a starting point. Start by taking out a piece of scrap paper and a pencil. This is going to take some thinking, so be patient. I am no expert in giving gifts, however, I am an expert in creativity, and a huge believer that creativity solves any problem, even something as small as a gift. So even though this may seem a bit weird of a process do not get discouraged. It is only a process designed to help imaginative thinking.
By writing down your thoughts it helps clear the mind of re-thinking the same thing. If you don’t believe me, try it out. Write down your initial question, “What should I give him/her?” Once that is complete your mind should free up. Now lets begin approaching the problem at hand.
By analyzing the problem from unordinary angles we will find the perfect gift with the perfect mood and people will see the most thought went into your gift. If you are giving a gift to this particular person, and you decided to research something along the line of “creative gifts” then chances are you know this person really well. Otherwise you would just give them a card with twenty bucks in it.
Lets start by stating the obvious. Answer the following questions using one-two words per answer. Each question should have a minimum of five responses. The more you think each question through the better off you will be in the end.
- What does this person absolutely hate?
- Who is this person’s absolute enemy?
- If this person could only choose 10 items (materialistic) to have for the rest of his/her life what would it be?
- What would it take for you and your friend (or whoever your giving this gift to) to no longer speak to each other and hate each other forever and ever?
- What are they sensitive to?
- What is the worst memory you have with this person? Within that memory was there anything there (materialistic) that had significance to the event?
- What are this persons least favorite things to do?
Notice how most of those questions are not positive. The reasoning behind this is that when you want to think creatively it is important to not think the obvious. These questions give you a backdoor to the insight.
Now it is my favorite part. Take a look at what you have written down, and turn those negative questions into positives with your answer. Sounds confusing, but let me give you my example. Once I did this questionnaire for a friend, I went back and began analyzing. The first question solved my entire problem, and it was a perfect gift. Unfortunately my best friends girlfriend was not too happy because she did not think about giving something this creative yet obvious. “What does this person absolutely hate? This person absolutely hates the fact that he is really skinny. More skinny than most guys.” So my gift to him was a resistance workout kit. It was perfect, I took his hatred and gave him a solution as a gift.
Trust me this technique works. Spend ten minutes working on this questionnaire and analyzing it, you will get a great gift idea.
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July 17th, 2007 at 1:46 am
this makes me think - coming up with ideas and working thru that process, makes u wonder how much of ones imagination is put to use. Not necessarily for gifts and brainstorming, but do you think we need to use and/or unleash the depths of our imagination when we are trying to come up with ideas? ps great work luv the blogs
July 17th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Hey Natalie I am glad that you are enjoying the posts. To answer your question it has been my experience that the farther we let ourselves go off on our imaginations the better the results. The best way to think of it is in a scenario where you are in a team that needs to solve a problem. Out comes one persons idea, and when he/she says their idea, everyone thinks to themselves, “Why didnt I think of that?” And 9 times out of 10 the idea is simple but smart. Being creative is very difficult and alot of imagination allows our minds to spark with inspiration at times. So I do believe that the more imagination the better. Viewing the problem differently and solving it with a simple solution is what it is all about.
So to put a simple answer to your question it is your imagination. Use it the way you prefer. Many people spark their imagination once they have a question to answer as mentioned above. Some people just get it, and can let their imagination go wild with ease.
Hope that helps.
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