Creative Boot Camp is a 30-day creative training program that will increase the quantity and quality of your ideas. The book begins by exploring what creativity is and isn't, how we can train ourselves to improve our own ideation, and what steps we need to take to generate more ideas and better ideas for our creative selves, our creative projects, our creative businesses, and our creative lives. Like any muscle, creativity requires repetitive and challenging exercise to grow. The 30-day program provides an escalation of creative exercises that test our problem-solving prowess and train us to overcome the obstacles that inhibit ideation. The program tests regularly, both in idea quantity and quality, to ensure we are on track with our boot camp goals. But unlike the gym, these exercises aren't to be dreaded. They are light, fun, and take 10-15 minutes max. By the end of the 30-day boot camp, readers will see noticeable improvement in the quantity and quality of their ideas.

IntroductionPre-Test1. Creativity is a Habit2. Purpose and Restriction = Creative Fuel3. Becoming an Epic Failure4. Problem Solving: Baptism By Fire5. Solving the Pieces6. Play is the New Work7. Overcoming the Obstacles8. Measuring Creativity9. Training PrepSection 1: Starting from ScratchSection 2: NumbkillerSection 3: Flavors of RelevanceSection 4: The Creative BarbellSection 5: Novelty's PenthouseFinal ExamThe AftermathIndex