Some constraints make a solution impossible. If I asked you to build me a spaceship to Saturn by noon tomorrow that cost $5.50, it would be insane to blame your failure to solve the problem on lack of creativity. But on the other hand, President John F. Kennedy's proclamation to go put a man on the moon by 1970 seemed impossible to many when he said it in 1962.
Persistence at a poorly defined problem is futile, and talent applied to a unsolvable problem is worthless. The challenge is knowing how to define problems with enough constraints to help creativity, but not so many that creativity, or any solution, is impossible. Mastering this skill is one secret that explains who succesfully makes things and who doesn't.
(c) Scott Berkun, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds
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