Wish Lists

Wish lists are a simple creative technique based on a thought we often have when generating ideas--it usually begins, "I wish I could..." Carry that wish into reality by writing down your wishes, and then exploring the steps necessary to make them come true. Wishes, even far-fetched ones, are forms of dreams and desires, the motivations for which can yield additional ideas to aid in the creative process.

Action Steps.

• List your wishes related to a project. Next to each wish, categorize it based on the desire if fulfills. Is it a project goal, a personal wish, someone else's desire? Does it fulfill a God-directed purpose?
• Pluck out the selfish ones. Wishes that are based on selfish motives seldom are anything more than a distraction--wishful thinking, if you will.
• Act on a wish. Before moving on your wishes, make another's wish come true. There's no better way to learn how to turn your own wish into reality than to first serve the simple wish of someone else.