Revo Gilang Firdaus M

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Chemical Engineering III

GENERATING IDEAS

In this century, we are dealing with many problems. The problem can appear from
external and inward. Almost all the problems can be resolved if we can hold the inside
thing. Mental block is the impediment for us to generate ideas. Intellectual block,
perceptual block, and expressive block are types of cognitive blocks. Problem solving for
all mental blocks is needed to answer every question in external thing. Based on this
condition, authors want to spell out the meaning of intellectual and perceptual mental
blocks and eke how to solve those problems. Eventually great ideas will be appeared.

First kind of mental block is an intellectual block. The meaning of intellectual

mental block is a situation that we can’t to generate ideas because limited to our
knowledge. The causes of this block are infrequently we read books, too comfort in our
zone (playing games, etc.), and no realizable how important more knowledge for our
carrier. Less knowledge has a big matter for generating/creating ideas, because all we need
for create an idea based on how many knowledge that we own. This type of mental block
can be easily solved if we want to get out from our comfort zone and try to read more than
now. Reduce our habit such as too many playing games and spending much time for
watching movie/television are the way to escape from comfort zone. Try to find and read
many books as if formal and informal books can increase our awareness about anything
around us. Reading not only represents journal, newspaper, or science book. Comic,
magazine, short story, also article can be improving our skill to get on whatever and see
more potential ideas.

Second thing which can disturb us to create an idea is a perceptual mental block.
Make a border/wall between our mind/brain it’s called perceptual blocks. The impact of
this block is we will think inside the box. We will think like usual people think, so great

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idea/ problem solving will not emerge. Think out of the box like thinking wild with make a
connection between our knowledge is the method. Try to combine our knowledge from
what we learn, maybe 2 or 3 knowledge or perhaps more than it can trigger great idea to
come up, because if we just have knowledge without an ability to connect them, it means
extreme idea only a myth. For example, If lots people think that to solve traffic jam is only
about the transportation, we can take from the other side to accomplish this trouble such as
increasing the cost of gasoline.

In conclusion, to create a great idea we usually against with mental blocks. All
method to avoid us from our inability to turn up great idea is very necessary, such as read
more and making connection.

References:

• D, Kevin. (2013). 7 Ways to Generate Great Ideas. Retrieved from

http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/7-ways-to-generate-great-ideas.html, on March 27,
2017

• B, Angela. The 6 Simplest Things to Generate Great Ideas. Retrieved from

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/the-6-simplest-ways-generate-
great-ideas.html, on March 27, 2017

• T, Andrew. (2015). 12 Ways to Defeat Creative Block and Generate New Ideas.
Retrieved from https://designschool.canva.com/blog/13-ways-generate-new-ideas/,
on March 28, 2017

• C, Belle. (2014). How to Generate More Good Ideas. Retrieved from

https://zapier.com/blog/find-good-ideas/, on March 28, 2017

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