彈性思維的五條規(guī)則

The times are changing far faster than they ever were before and that requires new kind of thinking-elastic thinking. Fortunately, there are ways you can develop your elastic thinking. There's a ton of them. Here are five.

當今時代的變化比以往任何時候都要快得多,這就需要一種新的思維方式——彈性思維。幸運的是,有一些方法可以培養(yǎng)彈性思維。方法有很多,這里列出五種。

Pick an idea that you don't believe in

選擇一個不相信的想法

Every day pick an idea that you don't believe in, try to convince yourself that it's true. I don't mean just go through the motions mean sincerely try to imagine how somebody who believes differently than you, but someone who you respect could accept this idea, and try to convince yourself of it.

每天選擇一個不相信的想法,試著說服自己去相信這個想法。不是說裝模作樣,而是真誠地試著想象有一個和你有不同想法的人。他是你尊重的人,想想他是怎么能夠接受這個想法的,然后試著說服自己也去接受。

Dwell on your wrongs

細想錯誤

When we're wrong we often try to forget it, well this exercise is: dwell on when you were wrong. Remember a time when you were wrong and the wronger you were and the more important it was the better and think about it hard, realize that you're not always right.

當我們犯錯時,我們常常試圖忘記錯誤。而這個練習(xí),就是在犯錯的時候反復(fù)細想犯下的錯誤。記住犯錯的那個時刻,錯得越離譜,事情就越好辦。你可以好好想想,意識到自己并不總是對的。

One of the barriers to elastic thinking is our tendency to always think that we're correct and to keep moving in the same direction. This exercise will help free you of that.

彈性思維的障礙之一是我們總是傾向認為自己是正確的,并且總是一意孤行。這個練習(xí)將幫助我們擺脫這種看法。

Try new food.

嘗試新的食物

Food-this is a fun one. Go to a restaurant that you pick at random or to a restaurant that you normally wouldn't go to and try something you normally wouldn't order. Don't order the most popular dish, ask for the least popular dish.

食物是一個有趣的示例。隨意挑選一家餐廳,或者去一家通常不會去的餐廳,嘗嘗通常不會點的東西。不要點最受歡迎的菜,要點最不受歡迎的菜。

Talk to strangers

和陌生人交談

Research shows that if you stretch yourself in a way as simple as that it helps increase your creativity and imagination. Talk to strangers. Your parents taught you "Don't talk to strangers. Well, number four is: do talk to strangers. In fact, talk to people as different from you as possible, people who believe what's different, just random people and try to understand how they think. And the more you are exposed to the way other people think the broader your own thinking will be.

研究表明,如果你能以一種盡可能簡單的方式延伸自己,就會有助于提高創(chuàng)造力和想象力。例如和陌生人交談。父母教導(dǎo)我們“不要和陌生人說話”。而第四點卻是一定要和陌生人交談。事實上,和盡可能與自己不同的人交談,思維不同的人。隨便找一些人,試著理解他們的想法。接觸到越多他人的思維方式,自己的思維就會越開闊。

Go see some art

去看一些藝術(shù)品

I don't mean a Rembrandt, I mean art that's different even if you don't like it. Go see a Damien Hirst exhibit because exposing yourself to art that's different from the kind of art you normally see will help you think differently. Research shows that if you do exercises such as these five things you'll broaden you thinking.

我不是說倫勃朗的畫,是說那些與眾不同的藝術(shù),即使你不喜歡它。去看一場達米安赫斯特的展覽,因為讓自己置身于不同于你通常看到的那種藝術(shù)之中,將有助于你以不同的方式思考。研究表明,這五件事能夠拓寬思維。