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The best way to produce something dull and unoriginal is to start with knowing exactly what you
” He wanted the opening theme to the Rocky III film to be iconic — something to be remembered
Stallone sat down with his musician, Jim Peterik, and asked him to compose something a bit more
Peterik experimented with their options, but nothing seemed to work
Sylvester Stallone had his heart set on using Another One Bites the Dust as the opening theme
To demonstrate this, Luchins presented a series of jugs and asked volunteers to solve mathematical puzzles by
After several rounds, each participant eventually gravitated toward using their favorite solution and only became capable of
Suppose someone had chosen to specialize in problems of the form A + B – 2C
Whenever you sit down and make an open-ended “I need an idea about something” request, your mind
Unless an idea happens to be identical to that viral article you just finished reading, you reject
In the end, you’re only left with topics that have been rehashed thousands of times
If you want to produce something original, you’ll need to get out of your creative rut
And if nothing helps, strip naked and start typing with your feet
I’m sure you’ve read numerous articles promising a certain method will increase your creative output
You implement this notetaking method or start using that website
But once this new technique becomes part of your routine, you start to wonder why your creative
I’m sure you’ve read hundreds of different opinions on how to become more creative — but