Some people may think an idea is something that suddenly comes up to mind, but in fact, tens and hundreds of ideas pass through our minds every day. Some of which are fictional and unenforceable, some of which are difficult to implement, some of which are easily implemented but most importantly they must be new and innovative.

Ideas are a divine inspiration that does not come from nowhere, but rather is a reluctance to previous ideas which are not executed. Most critical ideas take a lot of time to grow and develop within us. It comes after merging small ideas.  

Thinking simply is searching for the answer to any question. Every concept that comes to mind cannot be purely from previous experiences and gathered information. Therefore, every idea is a re-arrangement of the old ideas or merging them. 

An idea generates from different sources, and some are listed below: 

- Personal experiences: Every experience or situation you went through in your daily life is a source of strong inspiration. So, an experience is the best teacher and advisor to an individual.

- Reading: It is one of the best ways to help generate ideas, improve knowledge, and creativity, and develop the ability to think amazingly.

- Research: You must master the research process to generate creative ideas. Then only, it will provide you with more information and ideas and will benefit you from the experiences of others towards finding an ideal solution. And, always remember that solutions exist but it takes a thorough search. 

- Brainstorming: It is a creative way to find a solution to a problem. There must be a question that creates the sense of curiousity within us. There must be a problem for which we are looking for a solution by gathering many spontaneous ideas.

The difference between habitual thinking and generating ideas is time. Habitual thinking is the conscious, learned, and constant thinking that you have. On the other hand, generating ideas is thinking out of the ordinary and entering the stage of thinking in depth.

So, how to generate ideas? 

- Formulating questions: through asking and drafting questions in preparation for getting at a conclusion. 

- The problem tree: When you encounter any problem, imagine it in the form of a tree with roots (the foundation of the problem), a stem (an accurate description of the problem) and roots (looking for the ramifications of the problem). Once you draw this complete tree, you will be able to come up with suitable solutions. 

- Remembering and readiness to solve problems: Recovering past experiences and memories have value in generating ideas and solutions. First, search for a solution, and then recall your previous experiences even if they are not very relevant to the topic.
- Restart: Going back to the starting point and restarting the topic to allow yourself to correct the trajectory or monitor the evolution of the topic from the starting point. 

- Data change: It is simply reshuffling the cards by introducing new items or excluding them through measuring results.