When you're stuck in a locked room, you'll try every way to get out.
You may push or pull on the door, try breaking a window or shout for help.
The more serious and urgent your situation is, the more likely it is that useful ideas will occur.
A famous inventor, Land, gave credit to his three-year-old daughter for the idea that led to the Polaroid camera. On a trip to New Mexico in 1943, she asked why she had to wait to see the picture he had just taken. During the next hour, as Land walked around, everything he had learned about photography came together with amazing results.
So put items on your desk. Keep clay in your top drawer, and shape it when you're working on a difficult problem. Turn pictures upside down or sideways. In this way, your mind will be awakened and produce new ideas.
When you're stuck in a locked room, you'll try every way to get out.
You may push or pull on the door, try breaking a window or shout for help.
The more serious and urgent your situation is, the more likely it is that useful ideas will occur.
A famous inventor, Land, gave credit to his three-year-old daughter for the idea that led to the Polaroid camera. On a trip to New Mexico in 1943, she asked why she had to wait to see the picture he had just taken. During the next hour, as Land walked around, everything he had learned about photography came together with amazing results.
So put items on your desk. Keep clay in your top drawer, and shape it when you're working on a difficult problem. Turn pictures upside down or sideways. In this way, your mind will be awakened and produce new ideas.