Tips & Tricks
- Understand the scope of the problem: acknowledge that you and everyone else have deeply embedded beliefs about every circumstance. Double-Check Your Presumptions
- Creative Dissatisfaction is a state of mind. Play the Role of a Child: Ask a lot of simple “Why?” and “Why Not?” inquiries in order to uncover and confront those preconceived notions and assumptions.
- There are four WHYs of true success. Make a fool of yourself and pretend you are a total outsider, asking queries such as “Why do you do things this way at all?”
- The same reality, but two distinct perceptions. Unpack the Problem: In order to remove a scenario from your surroundings, it is necessary to break it down into its simplest components.
- Change the way you think about something: look at it from a variety of perspectives; explain a problem in a new way.
- Consider the Opposite: think about what authorities and professionals recommend, and then think about doing the opposite.
- Negative Statements Must Be Tested. In the negative, restate the assumption. Is this still logical? Negative remarks may draw attention to logical flaws.
- Follow the Rabbit Hole Down. Iterate on each of these techniques as assumptions uncover further assumptions. Attempt to identify and verify the underlying assumptions. Then, if necessary, make more assumptions. To continue delving into your issue, use the 5 Whys technique.
