How to Get Ideas

My notes...

How to get ideas
1. Have fun...“people who enjoy what they are doing, do it better.”
2. Be more like a child...ask questions
3. Become idea-prone...come up with many ideas and do it fast...ideas are out there and they will find you
4. Visualize success...set your mind on the goal
5. Rejoice in failure...go too fast, go too far, let your mind wander into silliness, absurdity, stupidity, impossibility...crash and burn
6. Get more input...make a JUNK PILE of useless info...do things you have never done...Do something surprising...see, really see...
7. Screw up your courage
8. Team up with energy
9. Rethink your thinking...don't assume boundaries...think with pictures...think laterally, not vertically or horizonally...
10. Combine—compare it to something else, take chances, break the rules, play “What If,” look to other fields for help

5 Step Method
Define the problemGather info
Search for the idea...saturate yourself in the idea...THEN FORGET ABOUT IT
*Put the idea into action—Give yourself a deadline, make a list of what you must do, burn your escape boats