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Lateral Thinking for Every Day
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Lateral Thinking for Every Day

by Paul Sloane
January 2023
Intermediate to advanced
248 pages
3h 45m
English
Kogan Page
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Ten things to do when you are stuck

We all get stuck from time to time – even lateral thinkers. You may have stopped writing the book you started. Maybe you are making no progress on a crucial venture. You keep putting something off. Your team cannot make headway on a project. Momentum has stalled and it is difficult to fire it up again. What can be done? Here is a ten-step plan to get things going.

Identify the barrier

Simply write down the main reason or reasons why you have stalled. Don’t just say, ‘I am too busy with other things.’ Find the real reason why this is not a priority getting the action it needs. Why are you putting things off? Why have you lost enthusiasm? Is there some tangible or intangible obstacle? Once the barrier is ...

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ISBN: 9781398607958