Where do ideas come from?

Mozart said that they came out of the “air” when he was out walking.

Many great thinkers were able to pull some of their best ideas from dreams.

Subconscious Genius

Edison allegedly would sit in a dark room, holding large weight in his outstretched hand. As he started to nod off, and drop the ball (waking him up) he would immediately write down all the ideas he could come up with.

Often times ideas are created when we see one “element” from one thing, and another “element” from something else, and then combine them in a new way.

If it works out, you can become famous, and incredibly wealthy.

Hey! You Got Chocolate In My Peanut Butter!

When I was a kid (long long ago, lol) there was a popular commercial for “Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups” where some guy was walking down the street, eating peanut butter from a jar (seriously!) and a woman was walking down the street eating some chocolate. They bumped into each other, “accidentally” mixed their peanut butter and chocolate, and BOOM! a new candy was born.

Accidental Creativity

Post-It notes were created by accident, and TONS of new stuff was invented, as a by-product of the U.S. space program to get to the moon.

The truth is that simple things can lead to the most amazing discoveries. Take a couple of random things you see on a daily basis, mix them up in a way nobody’s thought of before, and your idea may be the thing that saves the world.

Accept Your Brilliance

But one thing will KEEP you from coming up with massively creative ideas that will fill your bank account, and that is thinking that you are NOT smart, or clever, or innovative.

You ARE.

It’s just that your genius was metaphorically beaten out of you by formal education. (Ever wonder why super geniuses are always dropouts?).

The good news is you can get it back. Just doing a few simple exercises, on a daily basis, will reawaken your creative giant.

Then YOU’LL see opportunity, excitement and potential where others see sameness and drudgery.