THINKing

Brain Exercises

We talked recently about pumping up your brain with exercises for the little gray cells. Today, here are two more to try:

Ignore The Rules
Now, I’m not suggesting that you should break laws. Rather, I am saying you need to look for approaches that fall outside the norm. Ancient prophecy said that whoever could untie the Gordian Knot would be king of Asia. Everyone, including Alexander the Great, failed when they tried to unravel it. Frustrated, Alexander took out his sword and sliced the knot in half. Mission accomplished.

Reframing The Problem
You can look at problems from different perspectives using what is called the Reframing Matrix. Take a piece of paper and write down your question in the middle of the paper. Draw a grid around it. In one grid you might ask, “how would a doctor approach this problem?” In another, “how would an engineer solve this?” In yet another, “how would a farmer look at this?”

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