9 Habits That Make It Easy To Come Up With Great Ideas
How to train yourself to generate better ideas.
It’s not hard to come up with a great idea.
What’s hard is to develop the habits that enable you to come up with great ideas.
The extent to which you incorporate these habits into your life ultimately determines the quality of your ideas.
It’s not magic, it’s commitment.
Here are nine habits to improve your ability to generate valuable ideas.
1. Consider what you consume.
Idea generation is fueled by consumption, not creativity.
As Steve Jobs said, “Creativity is just connecting things.”
The more “things” you have to connect, the better your ideas will become. This means the quality and quantity of things you consume is a crucial factor in your ability to come up with a good idea.
The books, TV shows, articles, and movies you consume, the people you interact with, and the experiences you have all influence the ideas you generate.
If you consume junk, you can’t expect to create quality.
My 39 favorite creativity newsletters is a great place to start improving what you consume.
