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Idea Slogans Problemater's Kit (.pdf) For brains that feed on problems. You can practice creativity in an online virtual environment: How to get into Second Life without really trying |
Related Strengths Adaptable Creative Curious Humor, Sense of Imagery, Good Imaginative Problem-Solver Resourceful Self-confident |
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Topics: Creativity
Help from your head |
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To think outside the box, first find the box. |
The way to have a good idea is to get a lot of ideas to choose from. |
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Another name for focus is tunnel vision. |
Every problem is an opportunity being mismanaged. |
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Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. |
Which assumptions are unexamined? |
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If you know what you are looking for, you will know how to look for it. |
You know this how? |
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Only Vulcans seek the superset. |
Get the facts, or the facts will get you. |
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Luck: When preparation and opportunity meet. |
The door to creativity opens with a twist of the conventional. |
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Learn how to turn things upside down. Or you'll never get the
ketchup. |
If you hit a dead end, turn around. |
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It is better to light one little brain module than to curse that
candle-lighting story. |
Don't raise the bridge, lower the river. |
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Is there another goal that would do as well? |
If you always do what you've always done, you’ll always get what you've
always got. |
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If you get a lemon, make lemonade. |
You don't make the new idea without breaking the old rules. |
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Everything you take for granted has an expiration date. |
Ignorance ain’t so much not knowing things as knowing so many things
that ain’t so. |
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If your mind wanders, follow it. Maybe it knows something you don’t.
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Creativity is like swimming. You can’t do it until you discover that
you can. |
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Similarity can take you to novelty, unless someone else gets there
first. |
Everything has been thought of before. The problem is thinking of it
when you need it. |
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Have you seen a problem like this before? |
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. |
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You can gather your thoughts quickly if you are thoughtless. |
Canvas, paints, palette. Anyone can have these. The art is in how you
put them together. |
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Incubation is too good to leave to the chickens. |
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Many of the truths we cling to depend on our point of
view. |
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A picture in your head is worth a thousand words in your mouth. |
Daydreaming. It’s not just for children any more. |
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Why does everybody do it that way? Why don’t you ask? Maybe somebody
remembers. |
Why do you want to achieve this goal? |
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Why post keep-off-the-grass signs? Why not put sidewalks where people
want to walk? |
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth knowing why you are doing it. |
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Some see things as they are and ask why. We see things as they
could
be and ask why not. |
What are your resources? |
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You can observe a lot by watching. -Yogi Berra. |
If you do not know the past, you are destined to repeat it. And think
it is something new. |
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Knowledge lies in answers. Wisdom lies in questions. |
Another name for focus is tunnel vision. |
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Look around for something everybody believes. How could they be wrong?
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People will work harder to prove you wrong than to prove you right. |
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Never end a creative job until you have to. |
To walk in another’s shoes, you must first remove you own. |
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Learn from the mistakes of others. You don't have time to make them all
yourself. |
Don’t try to stand out in the crowd. Stand somewhere else. |
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Everybody is creative. The difference is that some people know that and
some don’t. |
Everybody is different. That's so we can tell them apart. |
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Genius is a little inspiration and a lot of perspiration.—Thomas A.
Edison. |
Unload your brain. Make your mark. |
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The more experience you have, the less you need the props. |
An idea is just floats around without a plan. |
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My best idea was the one I forgot to write down. |
The trick in finding the right answers lies in asking the right
questions. |
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Creativity is just like the plug on your computer. The only reason
to force it is if you want it to break. |
Imagination without reality is daydreaming. Reality without
imagination is death. |
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All life is art. It's just that not all people appreciate art. |
If you seek the unity of life, do not seek on the mountain top.
Seek in the midst of life. |
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The secret of creativity is drawing on good sources.
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It is never too late for an idea.
It is just too early for the next time you need it. |
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You can’t reject an idea you never had. |
If you are talking to yourself, don't just hear. See. |
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Creativity is a mix of ideas and hard work. |
The only stupid question is the one you didn't ask. |
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You won't run out of creativity until you stop using it. |
Thinkerer's Kit |
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Are there other problems like
this? Do they have solutions? |
Problem solving is negotiating with
reality. What is the best deal you can get? |
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What are your main assumptions?
Do you believe them? |
Do you want to think outside the
box? Have you found the box? |
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How would you recognize a solution
if you stumbled on it? |
When did you start wanting to solve
this problem? |
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Is this a subgoal? Is there
another way to reach the main goal? |
Could you solve part of the
problem? Would that help? |
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Do you have a taxonomy of possible
solutions? |
What is the worst thing you could
do? |
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What is the funniest solution you
can think of? |
Who would see this problem as an
opportunity? |
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How can you change what you tried
before? |
Do you know the difference between
a groove and a rut? |
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Did you want to solve this problem
last year? Why do you still have it? |
What idea seems least likely to be
useful? |
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Can you break the rules without
breaking the tools? |
Are you listening to the quiet
parts of your brain? |
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You know what you should do. What
would happen if you did the reverse? |
Have you ever been in this kind of
situation before? What did you do then? |
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How would you have dealt with this
situation in the past? |
And now for something completely
different. What is it? |
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What part of this problem have you
never heard of before? |
What personal skills are you not
using? |
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What fictional situations have you
seen like this one? |
Is there a name for this problem?
Can you look it up on the web? |
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Imagine a news show about problems
like this. What advice would it give? |
How could you do a trial run? |
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Do you need more information?
Where could you look? |
What made you start wanting to
solve this problem? |
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If a friend had this problem, what
would you suggest? |
How do people usually solve
problems like this? |
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Who knows more about the problem
than you do? |
How would a child see this problem?
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What result will you celebrate? |
Tooth Fairy: Does your wish list
connect to this problem? |
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Canter: Check over what you can't
do. You cant be sure you got that right. |
Storyboarder: Have you ever heard
a story like the one you want to happen? |
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Shudoff: Do you know what you
should do? Why are you not doing it?
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Putitov: What would happen if you
put off any decision for a while? |
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Everything is connected to everything
else. Creativity is finding connections that fit your goal. |
Ideas come from the quiet parts of
you brain. But only if you listen. |
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How did people solve this kind of
problem a hundred years ago?
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Give away your ideas. Make room for
more. You know where to find them. |
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Laugh at claims that we are at the end of time.
The limitation lies not in the future but in the imagination.
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