How to get ideas

I bought a book called how to get ideas by Jack Foster and there was a quote in the first chapter that explained how to get ideas very well.

Herman Von Helmholtz, the German philosopher, said he used three steps to get new thoughts.

The first was "Preparation", the time during which he investigated the problem in all directions.

The second was "Incubation" when he didn’t think consciously about the problem at all.

The third was "Illumination" , when happy ideas come unexpectedly without effort like an inspiration.

I’ve been using this method and for a while and it’s really weird how ideas just pop into my head, mostly right before I go to sleep.

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   chech95 said about 1 month ago

   i gonna deff. try this.

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   Jon Kruse said about 1 month ago

   chech95 said: i gonna deff. try this.

   The most important part is the preparation. If you half ass it your ideas will be half ass.

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   make planes not waste said about 1 month ago

   sweet....sounds philosophical....illumination sounds almost as if god will speak to you....awesome

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   Moss said about 1 month ago

   I’ve never really thought about it, but it’s true. That is how all my best ideas came about.

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   Jon Kruse said about 1 month ago

   Moss said: I’ve never really thought about it, but it’s true. That is how all my best ideas came about.

   I was never able to put it into words as good as this qoute but this is exactly what I’ve been doing the last couple years to get ideas.

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   godmachine said about 1 month ago

   thats how the human mind works though. apparently we will better solve a problem after either a while of ignoring it or a nights sleep- mostly because the brain will always subconciously try to solve problems- its the brains natural process. and its the reason why those patterns strobe like those funny eye things- its our brains trying to solve the puzzle.

   thus the term- 'sleep on it'.

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   fiftyeights said about 1 month ago

   my teacher makes us do character description sheets for "brainstorming" so i think i’ll give this a try sometime!

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   collisiontheory said about 1 month ago

   That’s pretty cool. I think most great ideas are "illuminated".

   godmachine said: thats how the human mind works though. apparently we will better solve a problem after either a while of ignoring it or a nights sleep- mostly because the brain will always subconciously try to solve problems- its the brains natural process. and its the reason why those patterns strobe like those funny eye things- its our brains trying to solve the puzzle. thus the term- 'sleep on it'.

   yo gm what’s with the identity crisis?

   yeah about sleep it’s true, that’s why they say you should keep a notebook and pen on your bedside or under your pillow because great ideas usually pop up in your sleep. and you have to write them down immediately when you wake up.

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   chech95 said about 1 month ago

   this kinda reminds me of The Secret...sort of

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