Chapters
- Do you know how to get ideas?
- Idea Origination
- What is an idea?
- Expert Stumped
- Imagination & Observation
- Thinking up an Idea
- The Formula
- The Question Technique
- The Improvement Urge
- Change is the Secret
- Ideas from nature
- If You Wish To Invent
- Abstract Ideas
- Research
- Taking and Filing Notes
- Inspiration and the Subconscious
- Intuition
- Relaxation
- The Correct Use of Idea Energy
- Verification
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Do You Lack the Capacity To Be More Creative?
I much like the word “amateur” as we might apply it to the subject of getting ideas. From the French verb, “to love,” its literal English meaning is to have such a fondness for a particular endeavor that one cultivates it eagerly without pursuing it professionally. Many notable discoveries in science have been made by amateurs. Newton’s occupation was that of a government employee. His scientific exploits were the hobbies of an “amateur”. To Einstein, mathematics was a hobby, his work being in the Swiss patent office. Continue reading
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