Comments on: How do you come up with good ideas? http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blip http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103998 Blip Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:58:38 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103998 Beer is like a self-erasing whiteboard. All the good equations go up on it, exponentially increasing as you imbibe. And then you fall asleep. Upon awakening, the whiteboard has self-erased and you STILL have a bar tab. It's like Ixion's curse. Or was it Sisyphus? Something's erasing the board again. Beer is like a self-erasing whiteboard. All the good equations go up on it, exponentially increasing as you imbibe. And then you fall asleep. Upon awakening, the whiteboard has self-erased and you STILL have a bar tab.

It’s like Ixion’s curse. Or was it Sisyphus?

Something’s erasing the board again.

]]> By: heather http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103854 heather Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:59:04 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103854 I can identify with what you are saying, as an artist , I have to continually come up with fresh ideas and seem to have developed a similar approach....I started hiking as walking seems to get the oxygen flowing into those hidden cavities and loosens the creative brain cells...It's like when you have forgotton someone's name...think about something else and it will just come to you....when you try too hard, it just jams up the works....hahahha Love your column. I can identify with what you are saying, as an artist , I have to continually come up with fresh ideas and seem to have developed a similar approach….I started hiking as walking seems to get the oxygen flowing into those hidden cavities and loosens the creative brain cells…It’s like when you have forgotton someone’s name…think about something else and it will just come to you….when you try too hard, it just jams up the works….hahahha
Love your column.

]]> By: Chris2.0 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103837 Chris2.0 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:29:19 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103837 Same here - long meetings result in long swatches of notes and ideas on my part - it's high time we have some long meetings again! Same here – long meetings result in long swatches of notes and ideas on my part – it’s high time we have some long meetings again!

]]> By: MLH http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103833 MLH Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:12:59 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103833 My niece said that doing her thesis involved spending an awful lot of hours sitting in the pub, just musing...the difficulty was to stick to only only beer while she did it. My niece said that doing her thesis involved spending an awful lot of hours sitting in the pub, just musing…the difficulty was to stick to only only beer while she did it.

]]> By: Liezola http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103783 Liezola Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:01:06 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103783 I believe in the 'perculator' approach. I must admit though that my best and most creative doodles have come from sitting in dreadfully long teleconferences and 'strategy' meetings... I believe in the ‘perculator’ approach. I must admit though that my best and most creative doodles have come from sitting in dreadfully long teleconferences and ‘strategy’ meetings…

]]> By: Blip http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103759 Blip Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:32:34 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103759 Beer gives you very good ideas. But they're often the wrong ideas too. Curses! Beer gives you very good ideas.

But they’re often the wrong ideas too.

Curses!

]]> By: Michael Francis http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103737 Michael Francis Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:32:32 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103737 My new job requires no regular office hours besides two hours a week so students can call me. I have tasks to do as an academic and all my teaching is online or other distant means. I have never been more productive in my writing and in developing other materials. This is despite all my distractions being able to be embraced. I am off to build a dog house before I finish a grant proposal and I know after the time away from the desk it will be better than ever and definitely better than had I sat for the next few hours plugging away at it. My new job requires no regular office hours besides two hours a week so students can call me. I have tasks to do as an academic and all my teaching is online or other distant means. I have never been more productive in my writing and in developing other materials. This is despite all my distractions being able to be embraced. I am off to build a dog house before I finish a grant proposal and I know after the time away from the desk it will be better than ever and definitely better than had I sat for the next few hours plugging away at it.

]]> By: Michael Francis http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103734 Michael Francis Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:28:58 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103734 All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. Friedrich Nietzsche All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
Friedrich Nietzsche

]]> By: Sarah Britten http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103684 Sarah Britten Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:52:58 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103684 Then again, here's a different angle: http://despair.com/creativity.html Then again, here’s a different angle:
http://despair.com/creativity.html

]]> By: Sarah Britten http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-103661 Sarah Britten Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:17:30 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten/2009/12/02/how-do-you-come-up-with-good-ideas/#comment-103661 Here's a link for the TED channel devoted to reflection on what catalyses the creative spark: http://www.ted.com/themes/the_creative_spark.html Here’s a link for the TED channel devoted to reflection on what catalyses the creative spark:
http://www.ted.com/themes/the_creative_spark.html

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