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Below are some simple steps for brainstorming.

• Label a notebook “Ideas Book”
• Set aside 30 minutes three times each week
• At the top of the page in your “Ideas Book”, write the challenge or problem that you have
  to resolve
• Go into the Alpha state using the instructions below
• For 20 minutes, mass gather ideas on how to resolve the challenge
• When you’ve finished mass gathering ideas, read over each idea, considering each briefly
• You’ll see obvious faults with some of the ideas
• Rank each remaining idea on a scale of 1 to 5 and choose the best ideas
• Look at all of your best ideas to see if it’s logical to combine two or more to form a new idea
  that’s better
• Look at the ideas that you didn’t choose to see if you combined two or three of them if you
  could get an exceptional idea
• Implement your great ideas

Getting Into Alpha

1. Close you eyes
2. Take a few deep breaths, breathing deep into your lungs by flexing your diaphragm (you know
   that you are breathing deeply when your stomach pushes out when you are inhaling)
3. With your eyes still closed, look upwards at the point between your eyebrows
4. When you feel a slight pressure, start counting down slowly from ten to one. When you reach
   one, you are now in the alpha state

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