How to change your life, if you come up with 10 ideas every day

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The founder of the creative incubator Creative Happens. It teaches creativity HSE, keeps a blog "101 creative development method" and Telegram-channel "Creativity 101."

In 2012, I became interested in creative thinking and principles of the generation of ideas. In the same year, James Altusher published in his blog post with a simple creative life hacking - to come up with 10 ideas a day. After 5 years from the date of publication, I met this post, read, imbued with and changed their lives.

Today I want to tell you that life hacking, so you have become bolder and more creative. It's simple.

Why is worth a try

You say that the idea of ​​coming up with more than one option for solving the problem is not new. Of course. But how often do you do it? How many ideas you come up with for the last task you are working with? And how many ideas in your "ideological Bank"?

Intuitively, we understand that a lot of options - it's better than one. In practice, due to the nature of human thought (this is well written in

This is a losing model, but it can be changed.

How to change the model of thinking

All you need - to start coming up with 10 ideas a day on any subject and hold a minimum of six months, as recommended by the author of a technique.

So, to form a stable habit to come up with 10 ideas a day, you may need from 18 to 243 days. Author techniques tested it on himself and offers to hold 180 days. I write down ideas for more than 300 days and did not understand when used.

What you get

• Firstly, every month you will have 300 or more new ideas, and a year more than you burn 3000. In 80% of the population does not appear so much in my life.
• Second, for each life or work situation you can come up with a course of 10 ideas. And where there are a couple of ideas, there is a choice and a decision.
• Third, over time you will realize that 10 - it is not enough, and become invent more, get pleasure from it.
• Fourth, you have no obligations to anyone! You can just throw away what is written. Because the most important thing in this practice - develop skills and bleed "ideological muscle."
• But if you suddenly come up with a cool idea, you can try to develop it. It can bring you happiness, joy, and even money. And for this you need to make only one step.

How to start

Here is what James Altusher:

When I come up with ideas, I divide the sheet into two columns. From left to write down ideas, and the right - the first steps to implement each of the ideas. Remember, you want to record only the first step. Because you have no idea where it will lead you.

I'm a little refined this concept:

• Add to each of the ideas thought up by one of the tags: "now", "think" or "someday."
• If your idea of ​​a violent fantasy and you realize that as long as her early to implement, write in front of her "someday" and put in your "bank of ideas". Over time, you accumulate a large number of these ideas, and they will serve you well. Sometimes it can take two arbitrary ideas Tagged with "ever" and cross them, writing down 10 ideas based on them. Are you surprised by the results.
• If the idea of ​​something to eat, write in front of her "think" and next time come up with 10 ideas to develop it.
• All other ideas you get into the "now." Follow their implementation is only one step, as recommended by James. Write down what needs to be done and do it.

What ideas come up

Every day, write down "business ideas million"Does not work, you just get bored. So do the very beginning for myself clear headings system.

You can try this:

• On Monday, coming up with ideas about the rest, on Tuesday - about money, on Wednesday - about family, on Thursday - about work, and so on.
• Take any random topic, such as interesting or loud news, and to develop it in the 10 ideas.
• See job Challenge "10 ideas a day"Which goes to Instagram without stopping more than 300 days, and do them.

When preparing this post, I decided that it would be fair to share with you a few ideas that have emerged because of this habit. I practice "10 ideas a day" from April 1, 2018, the job itself is always inventing itself. And two or three times a month sit down and write "10 ideas for jobs Challenge" 10 ideas a day. ' "

• "Meditokapsula" - the concept of the project small soundproofed capsules for short meditation. Capsules are set in the business and shopping centers, which are visited by large numbers of people. On the way to or from work a person has the opportunity to spend 5-10 minutes in silence, thinking, calm down and customize the way it should be. The idea was born when I was recording the answers to "10 ideas about silence in the city."
• TED-cafe - a small cozy cafe for inspiration, where working hours on the big screen shows non-stop the best performances from the TED conference. Talk in a cafe only placing. The idea was born when I was recording the answers to "10 places, which I do not have in Moscow."
• Agency for the development of Instagram-sites for offline business - the idea of ​​creating a full-fledged business, which uses trend frenzied popularity of Instagram. People see something beautiful and stylish, it is worth to capture, make photo and spread in social networks. Ideally, if they do it with your logo or tag. The idea was born when I was recording the answers for the job "10 unusual ways to use social networks."

What to do if you can not or do not want to

If you can not write the 10 ideas, you need to come up with 20. I still do not understand how this trick, but it really works.

If you do not want to write, think of the alternative: draw something, take 10 pictures, Nadiktuyte 10 rhymed lines - do 10 things, which are united by meaning. It is counted. Because the most important thing in this practice - to develop the skill.

Is it really so easy

Simple, but not easy. In the first week and a half you will be very interesting, and then there will come a week "fuse loss" - is the most difficult time, and you need to find motivation. Best motivation - social participation and approval. Show that come up, and see what others come up with. Great start to come up with 10 ideas in a separate chat with friends.

One time I saw to it that he wrote in his Instagram businessman Ihor Rybakov. I really liked the parable, which he once published. Here she is:

All people - a "door" through which the world of the ideas come. But there is a basic rule: these ideas to be shared. Those who try to conceal the ideas come from others, from the world, trying to make "their own" - that idea scared and more it has not come.

I wish you were the coolest door through which our world come to the best ideas. Coming up with ideas, share them and be happy.