I was talking with a friend about Scrabble (always one of my favorite subjects), when it hit me as a perfect metaphor for creativity and idea-getting.
Here’s what I learned:
Words only fit with what’s on the board. Ideas only fit with a sound strategy.
You just can’t place any ol’ tiles on the board. Like ideas, they need to fit within a context. They need to work for what you’re aiming at.
The words are there. The ideas are there.
The idea is to find them among the great unscrambled. They are there.
Toss around the letters. Toss around thoughts.
Take a look at the puzzle in your mind from different angles, with different combinations.
Let it sit.
At some point in Scrabble, you just need to let the word come to you. In creativity, the idea often comes out of nowhere (if you put your mind in the right place to receive it).
Bingo!
50 extra points. A great idea.
#creativity #ideas
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