Ask yourself how what you see or read can be adapted or adopted to fill your needs. Develop a strong curiosity about things, places, and people. Talk with other person's interests in mind. You're bound to learn something. Increase the number of idea sources at your disposal by widening your friendships, expanding your reading, studying subjects outside your field.
Some people always do their best.
They are driven to compete not only with others, but also with themselves. They seldom settle for the first idea that comes to mind. They view every task, big or small, as a challenge to be met in a superior fashion. They may not do anything until they have drawn a mental list of three, four, or more possibilities, then eliminate those that appear most flawed. The remaining strategy is clearly the one to be adopted.