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Tag: thinking

Creating ideas

August 6, 2011April 24, 2025

Creating ideas is different for everyone, for some people its hard to do, for others very easy. For me I can create ideas fairly easily, but its often the place that makes the difference. The place I seem to be able to easily create ideas is on a plane or train. Its something about the […]

Posted in Blog, BusinessTagged binning, continuing, creating, creation, curation, generation, ideas, stimulation, thinker, thinking

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