In this video from The 99 Percent, creativity expert Scott Belsky discusses some decidedly uncreative ways to keep ideas alive and moving forward.
How to Avoid the Idea Generation Trap suggests compromise, restraint, planning, and discipline. The suggestions aren’t as sexy and exciting as the pursuit of new ideas, but they could be helpful in avoiding what he calls the “idea plateau” and in keeping us focused on a project to its completion.
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Resources: The 99 Percent, Scott Belsky, The Daily Post
Away with Words 
I can’t watch the video right now, but I really agree that limitations can spur creativity, not dampen it. By coincidence, I just wrote about that on my blog (about four paragraphs down):
http://u-town.com/collins/?p=2054