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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 46

Think like someone else

So you’re sitting in a candlelit room with gentle music playing, or maybe you’ve gone out for a run, or to do a bit of gardening – whatever gets you in the right mood for thinking imaginatively. You’ve worked out where the box is, and you’ve climbed out of it. You’ve primed yourself to be non-judgemental and give every idea a chance. So what now?

Where are you going to start? If you empty your mind completely, you’re likely to fall asleep or start thinking about irrelevant nothings. You need to kick off your thoughts in some direction and then follow them. And you want them to wander in a direction they don’t usually go – obviously, to give them a chance to arrive somewhere new, interesting, original, intriguing. ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823