From the course: How to Boost Your Creativity at Home in 10 Days
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How to move beyond the obvious to the valuable
From the course: How to Boost Your Creativity at Home in 10 Days
How to move beyond the obvious to the valuable
(upbeat music) - Do you think "Harry Potter" was the first writing idea that J. K. Rowling had? Or, that "Bohemian Rhapsody" came out fully-formed one day as soon as Freddie Mercury sat down at the piano? I'm sure you don't. You'll probably understand that it takes effort to get to a great idea. And the journey to something great is littered with terrible ideas that just weren't worth pursuing. First ideas are obvious ideas, and, as such, they probably belong in the bin. (paper crumpling) (paper thudding) That's why brainstorms tend to be pretty awful. If people are briefed about the issue at the start of a session, you just get a bumper bag of first ideas out of their heads. Let's get you used to breaking through the blockages to make new discoveries. I want you to draw a bunch of circles on a page with a little bit of a gap between them like this. In fact, if you want, you can just download this template and print…
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