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# Tools And Tricks To Overcome Creativity Block
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/tools-and-tricks-to-overcome-creativity-block/
- Published: 2006-12-19T17:35:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T14:10:33.000Z
- Author: Phil McKinney
- Tags: Past Shows, Studio Sessions, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-26 05:08

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**Segment 1: Tools And Tricks To Overcome Creativity Block**

- Talking Pictures
- Concept Fan
- Drawing
- Brutethink
- Thril
- Problem Reversal
- Circle of Opportunity

**Segment 2: Killer Question Of The Week**

Redefine the problem

- ‘There is usually more than one-way of looking at problems. You could also define this one as ….’
- ‘… but the main point of the problem is …’
- ‘What I would really like to do is …’
- ‘If I could break all laws of reality (physical, social, etc.) I would try to solve it by …’
- ‘The problem put in another way could be likened to …’
- ‘Another, even stranger, way of looking at it might be …’

**Segment 3: Closing Thoughts**

*“The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it”* Alan Saporta