Research is important. Go search out the areas of interest on the net that you have always wanted to investigate but thought it was silly. That will usually lead you to where you need to go. Meditation and visualization are also great tools I've found.

I agree, research for me comes very naturally and until recently very un-organized.

A natural curiosity that will have you surfing the internet for many hours.

Human behavior answering why people do what they do was a common theme for me for some time.

HayHouseRadio.com helped me and so did angeltherapy.com