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may have broken the rules in coming up with ideas, but they have not
broken the ruler in measuring the acceptability of their new ideas.
If you break the rules and the ruler, through better understanding
and by mastering the techniques in this book, you can bring yourself to
an amazing place of discovery. You’ll find an exciting new level where
there is less to understand and learn, a state of mind that doesn’t try to
be creative, but simply is creative. At that point, everything and any-
thing is within your acceptable range. At that point, you are a totally
realized person in a creative sense.

Timeline of a great idea (continued)

Timeline of a lousy idea (continued)

"I'll never be so quick to commit
to that kind of idea again."