It's Important For The Explorer To Be

Open Your Mind Up To Things That Have No Connection With The Problem You're Trying To Solve: Subscribe To An Unusual Magazine; Spend A Morning At An Elementary School; Go To Work Two Hours Early; Test Drive An Exotic Car; Attend A City Council Meeting; ...try An Indonesian Recipe.

It's Difficult To Get Your Creative Juices Flowing If You're Always Being Practical, Following Rules, Afraid To Make Mistakes, Not Looking Into Outside Areas, Or Under The Influence Of Any Of The Other Mental Locks.

Life Is Like A Maze In Which You Try To Avoid The Exit.

The Hallmark Of Creative People Is Their Mental Flexibility... Sometimes They Are Open And Probing, At Others They're Playful And Off-the-wall. At Still Other Times, They're Critical And Faultfinding. And Finally They're Doggedly Persistent In Striving To Reach Their Goals.

Knowledge Is The Stuff From Which New Ideas Are Made. Thus, The Real Key To Being Creative Lies In What You Do With Your Knowledge.