尋求靈感十大妙方

Ten Ways to Find Inspiration

尋求靈感十大妙方

By Paul Shread

Busy professionals, especially those running a startup (草創、剛開始營運的) or small business, can find themselves so buried (埋頭於…) in the details that they find it hard to set aside time to think about the big picture.

So if you’re feeling stuck (困住、停止、阻塞), here are some ways you may find inspiration, courtesy of (感謝…提供) CareerBliss.

Brainstorm (腦力激盪). Write down all your thoughts about the issue at hand. Getting past self-censorship (自我審查) can reveal (揭露) new ideas.

Try art. Drawing what’s on your mind can help you make sense (感知) of it, even if you have no artistic (藝術鑑賞的) ability.

Seek another viewpoint. A fresh perspective can work wonders.

Learn from your competitors. What have they done right? Where have they failed? What can you do better?

Ask thought-provoking (引人深思的) questions. What if PowerPoint didn’t exist? What would Steve Jobs do?

Do something new. Listen to music you’ve never heard, or read something completely different.

Get moving. Stand, stretch (伸展), walk up the stairs, go for a run. Moving your muscles can free your mind.

Find what inspires you and keep it nearby. Whether it’s a quote, video or work of art, keep your “muse (謬斯女神)” near you for those moments when you need inspiration.

Change location. Get out of your cubicle (辦公隔間) and work in your conference room, or any other change that refreshes you.

Sleep on it. Sometimes it’s better just to come back fresh the next day.

*在這裡提供一些額外的資訊給大家參考：

courtesy :

courtesy字面上的意思就是禮貌、殷勤。

但是他有一個實用的用法，就有點像我們看完一齣電視劇一樣，

最後一定會有感謝XXX贊助。

英文可以這樣用:

The pictures have been reproduced by courtesy of the British Museum.

意思是承蒙大英博物館允許，複製了這些畫。

courtesy of 在這邊就是感謝的意思。

Viewers can see the stadium form the air, courtesy of a camera fastend to the plane.

由於飛機上安裝有攝影機，電視觀眾可以從空中鳥瞰體育場。

courtesy of 在句中也是充分表現出感謝、多虧的意思。

self-censorship

“self-censorship”「自我審查」普遍指媒體在向公眾發佈訊息前，某些內容已受到媒體內部自己的審查，審查內容包括：政治、商業等。「自我審查」一詞常常被狹義化為「政治自我審查」，對涉及某些政權或政治相關內容有所顧忌。自我審查同時意味著該媒體缺乏中立性、真實性、全面性，甚至可信性，而「自我審查」對於很多媒體機構來說，是一個貶義。

在文章中的意思則是有時我們有新點子時可能會自己先覺得天馬行空、不切實際而提早放棄了有發展潛力的想法。

Muse:

繆斯（希臘語：Μουσαι）是希臘神話中的九位古老的文藝女神，它們代表通過傳統的音樂和舞蹈、即時的和流傳的歌所表達出來的傳說。它們是海林肯山的泉水的水仙，屬於寧芙的範疇。後來人們將奧林匹斯神系中的阿波羅設立為她們的首領。繆斯女神常常出現在眾神或英雄們的聚會上，輕歌曼舞，一展風采，為聚會帶來不少的愉悅與歡樂。

赫西俄德在其《神譜》中說，她們是眾神之王宙斯和提坦女神的記憶女神謨涅摩敘涅所生育的9個女兒。 阿爾克曼則認為她們要比宙斯古老，她們是烏拉諾斯和蓋亞的女兒。

Cubicle:

辦公隔間；美國著名的辦公室題材漫畫”Dilbert”就常以cubicle做為故事背景喔。