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11.2.5. Creative Tension: Wishing

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Wishing is a surprisingly simple and effective method. Just say ‘I wish…’ followed by an idea. Read the following two statements and notice carefully inside your head how they affect you differently:

• Make every understand.
• I wish everyone understood.

What tends to happen is that the second statement creates more tension, challenging you to think of other ideas to make the wish come true. You could also use phrases that will act in a similar way, such as ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if…’, although ‘I wish…’ is probably the shortest version.
 

Parts in this section are:

• 11.2.1. Creative Tension: Incubation
• 11.2.2. Creative Tension: Goal-Setting
• 11.2.3. Creative Tension: Pre-inventive Forms
• 11.2.4. Creative Tension: Truth and Vision
• 11.2.5. Creative Tension: Wishing

Sections in this chapter are:

• 11.1. Challenging
• 11.2. Creating Tension

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