GENERATING IDEAS, INPUTS, SOLUTIONS
TO ACHIEVE NEW HEIGHTS OF INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY
Get other people's inputs in order to go beyond your thinking or perspective. Using models and examples of how things have been done well is a key principle of creating success. Accessing the wisdom of another (who is, indeed, wise, as opposed to just well-meaning and fairly informed) is another key.
Networking For Advice - Asking advice of others rather than seeking anything
directly from them. People tend to "enroll" themselves in contributing further to
the cause. It is used as a key strategy for career/job finding (See
Mentor, Models - The most valuable resource could be a mentor.
Brainstorming - The "Green Light" (anything goes!) approach to generating
incredibly expanded perspectives and ideas.
Self-brainstorming: 20 Ideas From Self-Brainstorming (In less than 15 minutes)
Brian Tracy had used this every morning on whatever came up.
Mastermind Planning Guide - Use this to help set up the dramatically productive
MasterMind group.
Possibilities and Actions Around A Particular Area - Letting go and creating new
possibilities outside your normal mode of operation
THINK BIGGER
If you use these, you'll be encouraged to "create outside the box":
THE UNLIMITED DREAMS LIST A great exercise!
