Searching For A Creative Solution To An Old Problem – Tap Into Your Imagination

               Digitalis Purpurea via WikipediaNapoleon Hill needs no introduction! As far as I am concerned he wrote the definitive book for success Think and Grow Rich.

As a subscriber to his Foundation, I received the following which deserves to be shared. It's all about tapping into your imagination.

We are just beginning to understand the mysterious ways in which the mind works, but successful people have long known how to use the power of creative vision to their advantage.

Many "new" ideas are really nothing more than a new combination of two well-known products or ideas. Nevertheless, great fortunes have been built upon such combinations when they are supported by a clever name and marketing campaign.

There is a definite process that you can use to tap into your imagination.

In his book A Technique for Producing Ideas, James Webb Young identified five steps:

1. Gather the appropriate information.

2. Work the information over in your mind.

3. Incubate the idea in your subconscious.

4. Recognize the "Eureka!" stage when the idea is born.

5. Shape and develop the idea for practical application.

The technique works.

Give it a try the next time you're searching for a creative solution to an old problem. —Napoleon Hill Foundation