I Think Like a Genius

Posted on July 31, 2007 by C Johnson
Culture, Process

George Bernard Shaw once said that common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius—a truth that studygs.net certainly attests to with 8 suggestions for brilliant thinking that are, in essence, potent doses of common sense. So while not everyone can be a genius like Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein (or Seth McFarlane, yes, he IS a genius I don’t care what you think!) according to studygs.net, everyone can learn to think like a genius.

Here’s a rundown of their 8 steps to more enlightened living:

1. Look at problems in many different ways, and find new perspectives that no one else has taken (or no one else has publicized!)
2. Visualize!
3. Produce! A distinguishing characteristic of genius is productivity.
4. Make novel combinations. Combine, and recombine, ideas, images, and thoughts into different combinations no matter how incongruent or unusual.
5. Form relationships; make connections between dissimilar subjects.
6. Think in opposites.
7. Think metaphorically.
8. Prepare yourself for chance.

Comments

Leave a Reply