10 Ways for Lightening to Strike you with Creativity

Don't wait for it. Got make lightening happen!!! What inspires you? Tweet us @thirstyfishinfo or comment below...

clipped from www.dontheideaguy.com Waiting for inspiration? Puh-leeeze! You may as well wait for lightning to strike. 1. Read more stuff Magazines, books, blogs, cereal boxes... it doesn't really matter (at least at the beginning) what you read -- just that you're reading at all. Just 15 to 20 minutes every morning and every evening is enough to feed your brain with enough new ideas to make you more strikeable. To increase the quality of ideas your reading generates, increase the quality of the writers you are reading. 2. If you have to watch TV, watch some good shows 3. Go see great speakers 4. Collect quotes 5. Listening to music 6. Play word games 7. Visit museums 8. Find heroes 9. Express yourself -- journal, sketch, paint 10. Radar up! There's a book titled "Personal Brilliance" in which the author lists four catalysts for creativity: Awareness, Creativity, Focus, and Initiative.