Try S.C.A.M.P.E.R.

SCAMPER is a checklist that helps you to think of changes you can make to an existing product or service to create a new one. You can use these changes either as direct suggestions or as starting points for lateral thinking. Developed by Bob Eberle, the changes SCAMPER stands for are:

- Substitute - components, materials, people
- Combine - mix, combine with other assemblies or services, integrate
- Adapt - alter, change function, use part of another element
- Modify - increase or reduce in scale, change shape, modify attributes
- Put to other use -
- Eliminate - remove elements, simplify, reduce to core functionality
- Reverse - turn inside out or upside down

Losers, Dreamers, Quitters and Winners

Some people make a decision and then back off from it when the going gets tough. We call them quitters. Some people continuously hope for a better tomorrow. We call them dreamers. A few people don't care and give in to procrastination and indifference. We call them losers. Don't be like any of them! Discipline yourself to persistently stick to your decisions through a hot desire to succeed and we will call you a doer.