Coaching practices for I Grab the First Idea That Pops Up and Start Poking Holes in it Immediately So I Never Get More Than Two or Three Options on the Table and I Have a Nagging Feeling the Better Answer is One I'm Killing Before it Ever Gets a Chance to Show Up

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• I grab the first idea that pops up and start poking holes in it immediately, so I never get more than two or three options on the table
• I come up with three or four obvious options, one of them seems fine, and I just grab it
• The first decent idea shows up and I grab it and call it done
• I grab the first decent idea that shows up and run with it, because it seems good enough and I’m impatient
• I stop brainstorming the moment I have a few decent ideas, satisfied too early

Practices that may help

1. Ideate — generate options before judging
   Produce many candidate solutions, deferring evaluation until you have quantity.
   Design Thinking, Step by Step
2. Go for quantity first
   Aim for a high number of ideas; the best ones tend to come later in the list.
   Divergent Thinking: Generating Many Ideas
3. The obvious veto: reject the first three ideas before keeping any
   Force yourself to generate more by vetoing the first plausible ideas — they are almost always the most obvious ones.
   Deliberate Constraints, Made Practical
4. Quantity first: generate the most ideas possible before evaluating any
   The best way to have a good idea is to have many ideas — originality rises with volume, so generate recklessly before selecting.
   The Beginner’s Mind in Creative Practice
5. Maximize quantity of ideas before evaluating
   Set an explicit quantity target — generate at least 20 ideas before reviewing any of them.
   The Medici Effect: Innovation at the Intersection
6. Defer judgment during generation
   Generate ideas with no criticism, then evaluate in a separate pass.
   Divergent Thinking: Generating Many Ideas
7. Set a volume quota before judging
   Commit to a minimum number of drafts or ideas before allowing yourself to evaluate any.
   Quantity Over Quality: How More Drafts Produce Better Work
8. Kill your darlings deliberately
   Identify the idea you’re most attached to, then set it aside first.
   Quantity Over Quality: How More Drafts Produce Better Work
9. Adopt a "not-knowing" stance before problem-solving
   Delay solution-generation by first articulating what you genuinely do not know about a problem.
   Beginner's Mind (Shoshin), Made Practical
10. Systematic alternatives: generate three more explanations before deciding
    Force yourself to generate at least three alternative explanations or interpretations before committing to the first plausible one.
    Lateral Thinking, Made Practical

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