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How To Come Up With Better Ideas Faster Than Ever Before

Your brain wants to help you figure things out. Let it.

Ellen Goodwin
5 min readApr 1, 2022

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“Take my money!”

That’s probably what you would be saying if you found out that there was a magic pill you could take that made it easier to think more clearly, be more creative, and come up with better ideas more quickly.

The implications for your life, both work, and home would be mind-boggling. You’d save time and make life-changing breakthroughs. Who wouldn’t throw money at a pill like that? Honestly, it all sounds too good to be true.

And you’d be right.

The bad news.

There is no magic pill, at least that I know of, that will do all of this.

The good news? For now, you get to hang on to your money.

The even better news? There is a way to get all of this: clearer thinking, quicker idea generation, and rapid problem solving, all without spending a quarter (I know, it’s supposed to be “spend a dime,” but, well, inflation…)

When you’re stuck and trying to generate new ideas or solutions, the standard plan of action is to sit and concentrate harder. It’s so easy to think, “If I just spend more time on this, I will figure it out.”

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Ellen Goodwin
Ellen Goodwin

Written by Ellen Goodwin

Productivity Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Podcast Co-host, Author of DONE: How To Work When No One Is Watching. Learn more at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com

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