- Question something you overlook daily.
- Don’t limit yourself to physical objects.
- Ask origin questions.
- Make random links.
Question something you overlook daily.
Consider everything and anything. For example, coat racks. No one pays attention to a coat rack because it’s a coat rack. It’s not something we care to notice every day or even think about. It’s in the back-burner of our minds.
But the person who questions this “normality” will create ideas. The coat rack’s upright structure — is it the most efficient form to hold clothing? Can it be improved? What potential market is there for coat racks?
An inventor of ideas must understand what is before they can start playing with what could be. Expand your mind to question the way things are — especially things you think are insignificant.
Don’t limit yourself to physical objects.
Objects tend to be the first things we think of when thinking of an “invention” or “idea” but there is much more. Inventions are also non-physical.
Think about the way people and animals do things — life’s stages. Think about what’s hardest about…
