when all else fails, act like a grown-up
Harvard Business Review's blog The Conversation is doing more and more interesting stuff and I don't read it enough.
But check this out - absolutely worth it: The Anti-Creativity Checklist. Use it on yourself, try to use it as leverage with your clients and colleagues, work hard to avoid the traps. The title of this one is, I think, the last item on the list, and is my hands-down favorite.
Alright then, I'm going to go out and play.