没灵感又没创意？5招让你拥有更多新想法

Almost everybody want to have better ideas and lots of them. You hear all sorts of analogies when it comes to producing better ideas, “think outside the box”, “look at it from another angle”, etc. All of them have their validity but often leaves you feeling drained and stupid.
几乎每个人都想要有好的想法，还想要有很多的想法。在谈到思考新想法时，你会听到各种类比方法，“要跳出固有的思维模式”，“从其它角度思考”等等。每种方法都有它的有效性，因而常常会让你精疲力尽又傻里傻气。

Why can’t I think outside the box? What is the box? Where is the “other” angle? Are creativity and idea creation perhaps for a select few? A rare breed of creative geniuses? I say definitely not. Armed with a few new ideas you can become more creative than you ever have been before. And the good news is that it’s not very difficult and it can be fun too.
我为什么跳不出框框？框框是什么？“另一个角度”在哪里？创造力和创意只能是属于某几个人吗？富有创意的天才是稀有品种吗？绝不是这样的。只要懂几个概念，你就能比之前变得更富有创意。好消息是这一点都不难，此外它还很有趣。

The biggest problem with not coming up with new and better ideas is that your brain is basically lazy. It will keep to the same thinking patterns as much as it can.
你没有想到新颖和更好的想法，最大的一个问题是你的大脑太懒惰了。它会最大限度地保持同样的思考模式。

Keeping to the same thinking will produce more of the same types of ideas. The revolutionary ideas will not likely come at all. The reason your brain sticks to the same thought patterns is that you are feeding it the same kind of input all the time. More of the same input will make sure that your brain sticks to the same thought patterns. A second very important component in idea creation is volume. Not every idea you get will be brilliant, but by increasing the number of ideas you will naturally increase the number of good ideas as well. Quite simple really.
保持同样的思考方式会产生更多同样类型的想法。所以不太可能想得到革命性的想法。而产生大脑固守同样的思考模式的原因在于你总是在做同样的思考。第二大非常重要的因素是量。不是你想到的每一个想法都会精彩纷呈，但是随着想法越来越多，你自然就会增加好想法的数量。真的很简单。

So, now we know that to create better ideas we need to change our thought patterns and at the same time generate more ideas. You need to change the input, without changing the input you will be stuck.
现在我们知道，要创造好的想法，我们需要改变我们的思考模式，同时产生更多的想法。你需要改变输入模式，不改变输入，你还是会卡在那里。

Here are 5 ways to get new input that will have you creating more and better ideas continuously.
这里有5个方法能获取新的输入，这些方法会令你持续不断地创造更多又更好的想法。

1. Choose a new way to get to work.
选一种新的工作方式

This may seem like a small thing, but by going out of your way to find new ways to get to work you are changing your input naturally. You will see new things, think about new things and make new connections.
这看起来像是一件小事，但是摆脱自己的方式去找寻新的方式，你自然就改变了输入。你会看到新的事物，思考新的事物，建立新的联系。

2. Ask a child how they would solve a problem.
问问小孩子他们是怎么解决问题的

Children are not stuck in their ways the same way as adults can be. To them everything is possible. Even if the solution they present is not perfect or even practical it is very likely that it will spark new ideas in your own head.
孩子们不会像大人一样局限在同样的一种方式上。对他们来说，任何事都是可能的。即使他们展现的解决方案算不上完美也算不上实用，但很有可能它会在你脑中迸发出新的想法。