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11. Set an ideaquota, I got this from Michael Michalko's ThinkerToys; an idea quota is an amount of ideas in a specific time. Like 25ideas in one week.

12. Have an idearoom or an idea box, something or somewhere to put weird stuff, toys, oldstuff, broken stuff etcetera. You can go to this room when you want to getinspired or bombarded with strange ideas.

13. RELAX, this isessential. The amount of rest you have defines how productive and creative youare. Find the best way you personally relax and realize that the better yourelax the more energized you are to go back to a challenge.

14. Incubate, take anap!

15. Manipulate stuffwhen you are totally out of ideas. Modify, kick it around, push, shove,magnify, stretch, reverse, eliminate, add, adapt, rearrange, combine. This isalso from Michael Michalko, its called SCAMPER, Substitute, Combine, Adapt,Modify, Magnify, Rearrange. These are all techniques that can be used togenerate new ideas, take you existing idea or problem and try to scamper it.

16. Substitute: Whatcan be substituted? Who else? What else? Can the rules be changed? Ingredients?Materials? Processes?

17. Combine: Whatideas can be combined? Can we combine purposes? How about a blend? Combineunits? Package a combination?

18. Adapt: What elseis like this? What other idea does this suggest? Does the past offer aparallel? Can I change the context?

19. Magnify: Whatcan be made larger? Extended? Overstated? Exaggerated? Greater frequency? ExtraValue? Extreme?

20. Put to otheruses: What else can this be used for? Other uses if modified? What else couldbe made from this? Other markets?