The perfect state of mind for idea creation
The Perfect State Of Mind For Idea Creation.
Prakash Bansode ,
the author of
has spent years researching and writing about this subject.
He believes that you are more likely to develop great ideas
when:
- You explore and experiment in different areas
- You allow your idea to develop slowly, over time
- You are exploring and open to the idea of
serendipitous connections
- You make mistakes
- You look for new uses for old inventions
- You build on platforms that have come before
If you read his book, it will
become obvious fairly quickly that the environments you spend time in
contribute to or detract from your ability to ideate.
“In order to create new connections, you need
to place yourself in environments that actually mimic the neural networks of a
mind exploring the boundaries of the adjacent possible.”
When humans first organized
themselves into dense settlements, innovation soared.
With the invention of
agriculture, for the first time, humans began forming settled groups that
numbered in the thousands. This meant that more connections with more people
were possible and that a good idea could quickly spill over and take root in
others’ minds.
If you keep this in mind as you
work, live, and experiment, you’ll quickly realize that it’s a lot easier to
come up with new ideas when you’ve got an influx of ideas coming your way in
the first place. This doesn’t have to happen in a city, a university, or an
environment full of people; it can just as easily happen if you’re interacting
with ideas from many people online, in books, and across other modes of
communication. The key is “connectedness.”
With this in mind, let’s move on
to how you can actually go about coming up with business ideas.
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