Idea Catchers

• Take a long drive going nowhere
• Dare yourself until you scare yourself
• Mind-map a problem or pipe dream
• Roam outside your range
• Don't leave home without a blank page
• Turn off streaming video/tune into stream-of-consciousness
• Make something with your hands to give your left brain a rest
• Ignore nay-sayers and they-sayers
• Free associate
• Hit mute more often
• Be open to enlightenment in your driveway, astonishment at your desk, inspiration at the supermarket
• Work until it hurts
• Always be en route to Eureka!