How we use our brains is not only crucial to our survival, it also determines whether we succeed or fail. Our world is changing at a rapid rate and this makes it necessary to be able to think in a nonlinear fashion as well as a linear fashion. We need use our right brains to get the "big picture," and generate creative ideas and novel approaches to think strategically.
Hmmm, maybe we need to try getting creative for our solutions?!
The truth is: your left brain is probably playing tricks on you and robbing you of creative ideas. Most people feel comfortable going from point A to point B, systematically building on the previous step. They love control and organization, logic rules their world, and they're uncomfortable with randomness. They think stepping outside tried and true paradigms is counterproductive and a waste of time. If you're in this group, this mode of thinking has probably served you well in many areas except in terms of creativity.
As a matter of fact, you're so comfortable with the left brain linear approach that it has probably tricked you into believing you're not creative. Before we talk about ways your left brain is tricking you, let's take a moment to talk about the right brain left brain theory.
The right brain left brain dominance theory goes something like this: each side of the brain controls different types of thinking and people usually prefer one to the other. Both sides or modes of thinking are equally important and when combined can be powerful. The truth is, the brain is much more complicated than this and works in a more interconnected way.
Written on 2/1/2013 by Sheila McCann. Sheila McCann is the creator of the
Rainbow Framework
. She blogs about creativity and personal development in the context of the Rainbow Framework. One look and you'll get life in a big way.
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I like this web site you linked, lots of other good articles too. I didn't really follow the linear/ non-linear analogy but get the basic point of creativity vs stubborn logic. (Kirk vs Spock)
I tend to think of a problem more as a system of many small pieces that can each be easier solved separately. Not sure what that makes me? LOL
Good articles to read on that site. Thx
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