From the course: Banish Your Inner Critic to Unleash Creativity
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Become an idea machine
From the course: Banish Your Inner Critic to Unleash Creativity
Become an idea machine
- If you're afraid you can't count on your ability to be creative, or you only seem to come up with good ideas on occasion, or if you just don't feel like you have enough good ideas, then you're suffering from what I call creativity misgivings. The obvious solution is to come up with a lot of ideas regularly. Being a producer of ideas means that we regularly need to work our idea muscle and keep our brains from atrophying. Serial entrepreneur James Altucher refers to this practice of idea therapy as being an idea machine. So, here's what I recommend. Come up with 10 ideas a day. Keep a small notebook like a moleskin or field notes and carry it with you everywhere. Every day, write down 10 ideas. That's it. Now, here is the structure so that you can, first, silence your inner critic before it gets triggered, especially if you're a perfectionist, like I am. And second, so that you can actually stick with the practice.…
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