Brainstorming seems like a waste of time. How does thinking about your business lead to actually building a business? You'd be right, except for one thing. No idea is perfect the first time around. Even if you have a idea, you need to test it for weak spots.

Do you sometimes feel like you and your partner are stuck in a disagreement? By using the brainstorming for solutions technique, you can end up with a resolution with which you're both happy.

Brainstorming, the darling strategic planning management tool that dates back to the late 1930's, oftentimes in today's world comes up short of producing new, exciting and workable ideas.

Here are eight tips to help you get past writer's block:

If you can create a new company from whole cloth in such time, there's no reason why you can't change an existing business in one day. That's because change doesn't have to be an involved process.

You gain so much power from a mastermind event. It's a chance to bring together people from all kinds of industries and backgrounds. Guards drop, hard questions get asked and passions soar.