You don't choose your inspiration moment. Rather, it chooses you (ref: http://blog.germ.io/how-to-get-from-ideas-to-execution/ http://blog.germ.io/how-to-get-fr

You don't choose your inspiration moment. Rather, it chooses you (ref: http://blog.germ.io/how-to-get-from-ideas-to-execution/ http://blog.germ.io/how-to-get-from-ideas-to-execution/). Our man had to get out of his problem and think about something totally different to get inspired by an elevator. Think he hasn't seen a missed elevator before? I bet he has. But he had to distract himself from the problem to let the hidden machines in his head get to work.. It's the same reason Archimedes "decided" to go to a bath when his life was on the line. I don't think he was looking for just soapy relaxation there.. Deep down, we all have our little temples. "If Archimedes went looking for a towel first, you'd have never had a submarine" - qvikr