Coaching practices for I Come Up with Three or Four Obvious Options One of Them Seems Fine and I Just Grab it but I Have This Nagging Sense the Actually Good Idea Was a Few More Pushes Past Where I Let Myself Stop

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• 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 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 stop brainstorming the moment I have a few decent ideas, satisfied too early

Practices that may help

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Ideate — generate options before judging
   Produce many candidate solutions, deferring evaluation until you have quantity.
   Design Thinking, Step by Step
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. 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
7. Go for quantity over quality
   Set a raw count target — the goal is many ideas, not good ones.
   Osborn’s Brainstorming Rules, Made Practical
8. Generate Options — explore the full range of possibilities before committing
   Invite the person to generate as many options as possible before evaluating any of them.
   The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
9. Balance divergent with convergent thinking
   Treat creativity as two phases — open up to generate, then close down to select.
   Divergent Thinking: Generating Many Ideas
10. Pre-commit to a hard option limit
    Decide in advance how many options you will consider — then stick to that number.
    Choice Overload, Made Practical

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