How to start thinking outside the box

Great lawyers and scientists, wealthy businessmen, talented designers and famous adventurers are united by one thing - the ability to think outside the box. This is what distinguishes them from the set of right, good, educated, but not always successful people. Is it possible to learn to think extraordinary? Sure. But, as elsewhere, training and patience are needed.

Instruction manual

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Feed the brain. Read more, watch informative television programs, communicate with interesting people, sign up for courses. The more impressions and emotions you absorb, the easier it will be for you later to find non-standard ways out of difficult situations.

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Develop observation and attention to detail. Break the daily routine. Every day you go to a stop along the same route. How many cars stood today under the windows of a neighboring house? What color are the curtains on the ground floor window? How many ladders on a children's slide? What animal does the cloud look like above your head? Ask yourself similar questions constantly. For answers, you will need to strain your memory and imagination. And without a rich imagination, it’s hard to come up with innovative solutions.

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Solve logical tasks, puzzles and puzzles. To solve them, it is not necessary to graduate from mathematical faculties. The main thing is a flexible mind. Even children's puzzles can make the brain toss and turn. For example: where there are rivers, but no water, there are cities, but no buildings, there are forests, but no trees?

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Make it a rule to come up with new ideas every day, at least ten pieces. They do not have to be brilliant, practical or beautiful. Do not limit yourself. The most important thing in your ideas is novelty. Even if it seems to you that all your inventions are complete nonsense, do not stop. Be sure to write down everything that comes to mind. Re-read your notes later. It is possible that some absolutely crazy at first glance thought will not seem so crazy to you.

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Get new skills. Work with your hands. It can be anything - knitting, modeling, making dolls from salt dough or building an exact replica of a sailboat. Motility and the brain are closely related not only in young children. By the way, did you solve the riddle about cities and rivers? That's right, this is a map.