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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 58

Try a new angle

OK so you’ve tried focusing, you’ve tried not focusing, the problem’s still there. It happens – if this was easy, it wouldn’t be a problem in the first place. So what next?

Well, the sky’s the limit. You can try anything next. Just one rule: it has to be something you haven’t tried before. By definition, the things you tried before didn’t work or you wouldn’t still be looking for answers. So move on, pick something different to maximise the chance of arriving somewhere new.

You’re aiming to activate your creative mind so you can bring it to bear on this problem. So maybe do something creative. Draw your problem. No, I don’t know what it looks like either, but that’s not important. Just draw it anyway – it’s bound to ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823