Learn more about problemsolving with this collection
Techniques for brainstorming and generating new ideas
The power of collaboration and feedback in the creative process
How to recognize and overcome limiting beliefs
Geniuses force relationships that enable them to see things to which others are blind.
Leonardo da Vinci forced the relationship between the sound of a bell and a stone hitting water, to make the connection that sound travels in waves.
3.71K
15.2K reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
Galileo Galilei revolutionized science by making his idea visible with diagrams, maps, and drawings. Einstein believed that words and numbers as they are spoken did not play a significant role in his thinking process.
Geniuses seem to develop a skill to display information ...
4.08K
18.8K reads
Geniuses can tolerate contradictory ideas, between opposites or two incompatible subjects.
Mixing opposites creates the conditions to discover a new relationship or a new point of view.
3.68K
15K reads
Whenever we attempt to do something and fail, we end up doing something else.
Instead of asking why we failed to do what we intended, the creative accident asks 'what have we done?' This produces a creative insight of the highest order.
3.82K
14.9K reads
3.68K
13.7K reads
One characteristic that stands out in geniuses is immense productivity. Thomas Edison held 1,903 patents. Bach wrote a cantata every week, regardless of sickness. Mozart produced over 600 pieces of music. Einstein published 249 papers.
Out of the vast quant...
4K
17.1K reads
Geniuses form more novel combinations than talented people.
They continually combine and recombine ideas, images, and thoughts into different combinations.
3.67K
17.2K reads
Genius is not about having an extraordinarily high IQ, or even about being smart. It is not about finishing Mensa exercises in record time or mastering fourteen languages at the age of seven.
Geniuses think productively, not reproductively. They ask "How many different ...
5.1K
29.9K reads
Leonardo da Vinci believed you begin by learning how to restructure the problem by looking at it from many different angles.
In order to creatively solve a problem, the thinker should not use the usual approach that is based on past experience. Geniuses use several differen...
4.38K
21.5K reads
CURATED FROM
Related collections
More like this
Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others shaped the world. They did not sit "back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."
Donβt be afraid of going outside the norm. If you can think of a better way to do something, do it that w...
Having 'clearing conversations' is vital for the sake of our relationships, as they enable us to solve any conflict we might have with the others.Β
In order for this to work, we should take into account and apply ideas such as having a private discussion with the person in question, ...
The good news is that self-doubt, odd as it may sound, is actually a secret weapon for blooming. When properly managed, it can help combat complacency and improve our preparation and performance. It drives us to question results, experiment with new strategies, and be open to alt...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
β
Access to the mobile app
β
Unlimited idea saving & library
β
β
Unlimited history
β
β
Unlimited listening to ideas
β
β
Downloading & offline access
β
β
Personalized recommendations
β
β
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates