I have a retarded mind: I very often go through the best ideas in books and posts without noticing them right away. They usually become some sort of “seed” in my head and take 3, 4 days to fully grow, without me having the least intention to do anything about them. And then one day, as a flower that opens after a delicate nurture, I say: “wow”, and do something about it.
Writing the successes of the day was one of those great ideas. Simple, non-coded, very little time-consuming, it pays off in a way that is almost scary. (more…)
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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In his classic work “De Bono’s thinking course”, the master of creative thinking Edward de Bono (of the “Six thinking hats” fame) exposes a series of techniques to improve reasoning, as a sort of exhaustive “thought gym”. One of his exercises consists in (more…)
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Tags: Absurdity, Books, Brainstorming, Capture, Classification, Creative thinking, Edward de Bono, Exercises, Fun, Habits, Humor, Ideas, Inspiration, Invention, Judgement, Labeling, Learning, Mental block, Mind, Motivation, Organizing, Outlining, Personal productivity, Planning, Projects, Serendipity, Tasks, Thinking
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