I’m always looking for ways to strengthen my creativity muscles, and I like this mental habit:

“Force Connections Between Unrelated Things
In short, success in the modern world means generating a lot of ideas quickly, which is something that doesn’t come naturally to most people. Fortunately, there’s a habit you can build that will immediately give your creativity a boost.”

http://feeds.inc.com/~r/home/updates/~3/cl60PS3gBB0/story01.htm