As kids, we were creative dynamos. We built forts to fend off marauding armies, we engaged in imaginary games, and we created monsters, giants, and six-headed aliens from other worlds. Life was full of imagination and wonderful possibilities. Ours was a creative world—a world without limitations or restrictions.

However, for most of our education, we were trained to be logical thinkers; we were taught lots of facts and memorized lots of information. Creative thinkers, on the other hand, bend, mold, alter, and modify those facts to create entirely new thoughts and entirely new opportunities. Creativity is not about “what is” (logical thinking) but, rather, is more focused on “what could be” (creative thinking). It’s pushing past our common knowledge and entering an unrestricted and unbounded territory.

Recently, I came across a most interesting quote: “We teach children to color inside the lines, and then expect adults to think outside the box” (Anonymous). That is to say, our education doesn’t always provide us with........

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