The most undervalued skill? Lateral thinking.
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Traditional vs Lateral Thinking
- Traditional thinking: is vertical and the process flows in a logical manner toward a conclusion, based on available information.
- Lateral thinking: is horizontal and the process is centered on generating many ideas while de-emphasizing the details of how those ideas could be implemented.
These 2 ways of thinking are complementary.
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2 Stages of Thinking
- The perceived stage, where the brain focuses on identifying a certain pattern (a way in which the brain frames the environment).
- The second stage uses that pattern and builds upon it to reach a conclusion.
But to get better at identifying patterns and prevent errors in the first stage, we need to develop our lateral thinking.
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Learning to Think Laterally
- Be aware of how your brain processes information and how it identifies patterns.
- Don't shut out all the outside stimuli and allow some form of randomness into your day. This could expose you to new insights.
- Consider alternative approaches and solutions to problems, even if you think you found the apparently suitable one.
- Deliberately alternate available options (do the opposite of an implied direction, reverse processes, etc.) This could expose you to new insights and tools to create solutions with.
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