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The "that's crazy" test
When you catch yourself thinking "that's crazy," try to figure out why someone would believe that idea.
People are mostly logical, their starting point is just different. When you try to see if you can find the premises for someone's beliefs and ideas, their conclusions will make more sense. Even if you disagree, understanding where they are coming from will help you better understand your own ideas.
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Improving your idea-flow
A lower idea-flow is this sense that you don't have as many ideas as you used to. Reading more encourages ideas to flow.
You can't create time, you can only re-allocate it. To find the time for improving your idea-flow means that you have to find ways to cut back on other ...
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Developing good ideas
Developing good ideas is an active process. The ideas that are starting to form should be coaxed out of you.
- This is best done by having conversations. It forces you to try to explain them in a moment, realize where they're faulty, then continue refining them in subs...
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The memetic bucket
One way to improve ideas is to think of sources of information as being in memetic buckets. If your idea inputs come from the same memetic bucket, your outputs will replicate the same concepts in that bucket. Your thoughts won't be new or particularly interesting.
To c...
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Reducing redundancy
Cut your sources of information so you don't hear the same thing in five different ways.
Realize when you should let go of certain inputs, even if you enjoy them.
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The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
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The “I’m stuck” mindset
Sometimes we feel that we are out of solutions to the problem we face. However, uncertainty may be the launching pad for creativity.
When you feel stuck, try to tell yourself that being stuck is a good place to help you generate a lot of ideas. Even if your list of ideas feels crazy, t...
How to Fabricate Beginner's Luck
- Don't apply the same experience to anything new. In every situation, consider what you've seen before and what's different.
- Consider crazy ideas and strategies even if you are sure they will not work.
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Your boat
- Being mad at people for being who they are makes as much sense as getting mad at a chair for being a chair.
- If there's a person who drives you crazy, you don't have to like or agree with or respect him, just accept him for being who he is.
- People disappoint us or disagree wit...
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