How to Become an Idea Machine
Problem: You want to start creating but the ideas aren't flowing.
Solution: Create a system for effortless idea generation.
Idea generation
Our minds are for having ideas, not holding them.
For ideas to flow freely, you need to get them out of your head and into a system.
At all costs, you want to avoid idea purgatory.
Idea purgatory: a mind filled with ideas but nowhere to put them.
But, you're in luck. With the right system, your mind will get comfortable having ideas.
And a mind comfortable having ideas will generate far more than you know what to do with.
The effortless idea system
The effortless idea system has three parts:
- Idea capture
- Idea review
- Idea abundance
Idea capture
To get ideas out of your head, you need to set up inboxes.
Everywhere.
Everywhere you may have an idea needs an inbox. Whenever an idea pops into your head, you need a trusted place to put it.
On your phone: use @draftsapp.
On your computer: use @todoist quick capture.
In the shower: buy a waterproof whiteboard.
On the go: carry a small field notes notebook.
While you sleep: leave post-its next to your bed.
This system gets your mind comfortable capturing ideas, knowing it has a place to put them.
Ideas can happen anywhere at any time. Treat them as precious, storing each and every one of them.
Idea review
At the end of every week, churn through these inboxes.
Most of the ideas will suck. Good.
It's only after unclogging the shitty ideas will the good ones start to flow.
One by one, process each inbox.
Save the best ideas in a giant list. Throw the rest away.
Idea abundance
Use this system for a month. Soon enough, you'll have too many ideas to know what to do with.
With this massive list, you begin to share ideas from abundance.
Writing from scarcity is impossible.
Writing from abundance is effortless.
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