Techniques For Generating Ideas Or Solving Business Challenges

I am sure you have being using different techniques for generating ideas over the years, but potentially you have not heard or used image streaming before.

If you haven't don't worry because you are not alone. I stumbled across image streaming back in 1999 when I was on a serious quest for a better technique for my seminar attendances and private clients to use to generate or solve any challenges in life. My quest lead me to discover a scientist by the name of Dr. Win Wenger who has spent a remarkable period of time studying the brain and its functionality. I contacted him through email and after a few exchange he gave me my own sets of instructions on using Image Streaming with my clients. He gave me two set of instructions and after years of using these instructions with my clients, I finally feel I should share one of them with you, and hence this article.

I have full permission from Dr. Wenger to publish and use the instruction as I wish. The full instruction will be included in my new book, 'Turning Ideas Into Reality' when it is released in 2012.

Image Streaming remains Dr Wenger's cornerstone technique. It is his basic process for learning how to be more creative by tapping into your brain.

Imagine Streaming is really easy! You simply take whatever image you have and begin to describe it, out loud, quickly and in detail.

As you can imagine, this can be an exhilarating and eye-opening experience! Let's go through these steps now!

Step by step guide through Image Streaming. This is an easy and fun process, and I want to guide you through it right now! You may need a friend in order to follow the instructions below because they could read it out and you follow. Alternately you could read the instruction first and then play back and follow the instruction. This technique is very simple but the results you will achieve, if implemented correctly, will astonish you.

Are you ready? Then let's go!

1. Sit back, relax, take a deep breath, and let go.
2. First, ask yourself a question about your business idea or about whatever else is on your mind. What is it that you'd like to solve right now?
3. Or what do you want to learn? Or invent? Name it now.
4. Second, set aside ten to 20 minutes where you do nothing but describe aloud the images you see in your mind to another person, or to a tape recorder.
5. By speaking audibly, you create a feedback loop to your brain. This is important!
6. The first images may not make any logical sense because you are beyond conscious and your mind has access to other and broader imagess. Don't worry about that; just describe them as best as you are able. Do that now.
7. Finally, try to determine how the images help you see the answer to your question.
8. Assume the images you saw were your answers. What are they trying to tell you?
9. During this process, the images may suddenly blossom in your mind into an obvious answer to your question. If so, great! Usually what happens is that the images will make sense to you a day or so later.
10. Whatever the case, jot down your insight or discuss them with a friend to help make them more concrete and to further your understanding of this process.

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