Where to Get New Ideas

Ways to Get More Ideas

1. Set aside 10 minutes without interruption and brainstorm.
2. Brainstorm with others you know
3. Pay a consultant to come up with ideas
4. Watch TV.
5. Listen to the radio
6. Ask your kids
7. Borrow other ideas.
8. Go for a long walk.
9. Go for a nap with that idea on your mind.
10. Browse through magazines.
11. Set the idea completely aside for a few weeks or days.
12. Hire a focus group to brainstorm.
13. Ask a friend for just one idea
14. Start a blog asking for ideas.
15. Start a podcast and ask for ideas.
16. Search the internet for the same problem.
17. Write down everything that comes to mind - brainstorm the topic.
18. Write a poem about it.
19. Look in the thesaurus or dictionary for clues about the problem.
20. Do a word association.
21. Ask a complete stranger
22. Go to a store that contains the items you're thinking about.

Ways to Stifle the Idea Process

1. Listen to bad music
2. Take mind altering drugs
3. Drink lots of alcohol
4. Don't eliminate distractions.
5. Don't turn off your phone.
6. Have people keep saying "that'll never work."
7. Be pressed for time.
8. Get into an argument
9. Play an earworm song just before starting to think.
10. Lose a lot of money just prior to thinking.