Here's a thoughtspur from creative thinking pioneer Roger Von Oech:
"The human mind," notes scientist W.I. Beveridge, "likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with a similar energy." When you judge new ideas, focus initially on their positive and interesting features. This will counteract a natural negative bias, and help you to develop more ideas. What are two positive things you can say about your problem?
We tend to try to preserve equilbrium or status quo. It is a way of eliminating risk and the remorse of choosing the wrong thing.
It is a paradox in business, though. Clinging to the accepted or conventional ways of doing things allows upstart competitors with nothing to loose to steal markets from right under your nose.
Perhaps it is more useful to build up a high threshold to anitigens. I suggest playing in the dirt, eating loads of mental roughage, sleep as much as you can - and write down your dreams.
"The human mind," notes scientist W.I. Beveridge, "likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with a similar energy." When you judge new ideas, focus initially on their positive and interesting features. This will counteract a natural negative bias, and help you to develop more ideas. What are two positive things you can say about your problem?
We tend to try to preserve equilbrium or status quo. It is a way of eliminating risk and the remorse of choosing the wrong thing.
It is a paradox in business, though. Clinging to the accepted or conventional ways of doing things allows upstart competitors with nothing to loose to steal markets from right under your nose.
Perhaps it is more useful to build up a high threshold to anitigens. I suggest playing in the dirt, eating loads of mental roughage, sleep as much as you can - and write down your dreams.
Throwing away the alarm clock
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by Charles Bukowski
My father always said, "early to
bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise".
it was lights out at 8p.m. in our
house and we were up at dawn to
the smell of coffee, frying bacon and scrambled eggs.
my father followed this general
routine for a lifetime and died
young, broke, and, I think, not too wise.
taking note, I rejected his advice
and it became to me, late to bed and late to rise.
now, I'm not saying I've conquered
the world but I've avoided
numberless early traffic jams,
bypassed some common pitfalls
and have met some strange,
wonderful people
one of whom was myself - someone my father never knew.