㉮ A good idea is like a rabbit. It runs by so fast that sometimes you see only its ears of tail. ㉯ To capture it, you must be ready. ㉰ Creative people are always alert. In a letter to a friend in 1821, Ludwig van Beethoven described how a beautiful piece of the music came to him while sleeping in a carriage. "But when I awoke, the music flew away," he wrote, "and I could not remember any part of it." ㉱ Luckily, the music came back to him another day, and he captured it in writing. ㉲ When a good idea comes your way, write it down quickly. Not every idea will be useful, of course, but the point is to catch it first and think about it later.