How to Think Like Einstein: Simple Ways to Break the Rules and Discover Your Hidden Genius
Scott Thorpe
Language: English
Pages: 226
ISBN: 1570715858
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
In this totally accessible, ingenious book, you will learn the tricks and techniques to solve bewildering problems from the greatest minds in history, including Albert Einstein. From business and parenting to becoming more creative and improving relationships, How to Think Like Einstein provides the tools to discovering breakthrough solutions to everyday challenges.
Author Scott Thorpe will guide you step-by-step through the process of freeing yourself from your "rule ruts" to dreaming up some of the craziest, but possibly most important, solutions of your life! Learn to solve your problems by:
--thinking like a bug
--organizing a party
--learning the game of poker
--pretending you're James Bond
--acting like a millionaire
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Outsiders should be valued for the ignorance that scores of industry experts cannot supply. Support New Thinking “It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.” – ALBERT EINSTEIN It is a tough world out there. Most ideas enter this world weak, undeveloped, and ready to be dismissed immediately. Ideas are like children. They must grow before they are viable. As you would with your own ideas, you must
You must break the rules because there is no other solution. Such problems have the greatest motivation too—the rewards are greater and the consequences more dire. Einstein solved the two toughest problems in physics in one year by breaking the rules. See what rule breaking can do for your toughest problem. There can be numerous variations on these techniques. Even Einstein can be improved upon. Create some variations for yourself. Get into the habit of looking for a better idea because the