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Where do ideas come from? Do you want to have more creative ideas? Inside, you'll find the not-so-secret formula for cracking creativity.

(Adapted from James Webb Young, founder of ad agency Young & Rubicam)
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How to Get Ideas

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Where do ideas come from? Do you want to have more creative ideas? Inside, you'll find the not-so-secret formula for cracking creativity.

(Adapted from James Webb Young, founder of ad agency Young & Rubicam)

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How to Get Ideas

(adapted from James Webb Young)
Where do ideas come from? Do you want to have more creative ideas? Inside, you'll find the not-so-secret formula for cracking creativity.

(Adapted from James Webb Young, founder of ad agency Young & Rubicam)
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The Pareto Theory

there are 2 types of people: 'rentier' & 'speculator'
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'Rentier'

routine, unimaginative, steady-going
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'Speculator'

constantly preoccupied with the possibilities of new combinations
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"Speculators Wanted"

only the curious, passionate & persistent need apply
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Ideas are like Islands

they pop up from nowhere after bubbling beneath the surface
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Training the Brain

you can learn the principles and method behind the madness
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A Creative State of Mind

ideas are new combinations between old things
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Idea Assembly Line

there's a formula for generating ideas, just like building Fords
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Step 1: Hunt & Gather

do your research, get the facts, take it all in
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Step 2: Chew on It

think long & hard how these insights might solve your problem
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Step 3: Don't Think

let your unconscious go to work during the incubation stage
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Step 4: Eureka!

the birth of your Big Idea
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Step 5: Make It Real

shape & develop your idea to solve people's needs
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"He never had an idea in his life."

-- said nobody about you, ever
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What're you waiting for?

be bold, be new & most of all, be you
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Thanks!

@wundermuse // brandon.george@gmail.com // writethegoodfight.com
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Brandon George

writethegoodfight.com