Do you want to have great ideas? You could try waiting to see if they're going to pop in your head someday, and they could honestly. However, if you want a more systematic method that you can use today, there are three simple steps: 1. Get the knowledge in the area where you want the ideas. 2. Use an idea-generating technique. 3. Choose some of the best ideas from the results. Great ideas to start with knowledge If you had no knowledge of physics or mathematics, you wouldn't expect to come up with a new theory of relativity. You need some level of knowledge in the area where you want new ideas. It helps to have a lot of knowledge for truly great ideas. For example , to create a new transport device, you would like to have general knowledge in this field as well as more specific knowledge. This could include a little knowledge of all the current modes of transport. You might add to that a list of things that have been tried and failed, and a list of all the things people want ...
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”