5 Strategic ways to Think like a Geniuses.
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Genius is not about having an extraordinarily high IQ,
or even about being smart.
It is not about mastering fourteen languages at the age of 7.
or even about being smart.
It is not about mastering fourteen languages at the age of 7.
Geniuses think productively, not reproductively.
They ask "How many different ways can I look at it?"
They ask "How many different ways can I look at it?"
📝 Making your thoughts visible
Galileo Galilei revolutionized Science
By making his idea visible with diagrams, maps, and drawings.
Galileo Galilei revolutionized Science
By making his idea visible with diagrams, maps, and drawings.
Geniuses seem to develop a skill to display information
In visual and spatial forms,
Rather than only mathematical or verbal lines.
In visual and spatial forms,
Rather than only mathematical or verbal lines.
You don't need to be a pure artist to turn your thoughts into visualization.
Steve Jobs wasn't a true drawing expert.
But, he always believed in the idea to create his thoughts into some visualization.
Steve Jobs wasn't a true drawing expert.
But, he always believed in the idea to create his thoughts into some visualization.
📝 Thinking metaphorically
Aristotle believed that the person
who could see resemblances between two separate areas of existence
and link them was a genius.
Aristotle believed that the person
who could see resemblances between two separate areas of existence
and link them was a genius.
Einstein used the analogies of everyday occurrences
To explain abstract principles.
To explain abstract principles.
📝 Genius produces
One characteristic that stands out in geniuses is immense productivity.
One characteristic that stands out in geniuses is immense productivity.
Thomas Edison held 1903 patents.
Bach wrote a cantata every week, regardless of sickness.
Mozart produced over 600 pieces of music.
Bach wrote a cantata every week, regardless of sickness.
Mozart produced over 600 pieces of music.
📝 Forming unique combinations
Geniuses form more novel combinations than talented people.
They continually: combine and recombine
• ideas,
• images, and
• thoughts
into different combinations.
Geniuses form more novel combinations than talented people.
They continually: combine and recombine
• ideas,
• images, and
• thoughts
into different combinations.
📝 Problem solving
Leonardo da Vinci believed,
We begin by learning how to restructure the problem
by looking at it from many different angles.
Leonardo da Vinci believed,
We begin by learning how to restructure the problem
by looking at it from many different angles.
Instead of relying on past experiences.
Geniuses use several perspectives
to solve a problem and also identify new ones.
Geniuses use several perspectives
to solve a problem and also identify new ones.
TL;DR
• Making your thoughts visible
• Think Metaphorically
• Genius Produces
• Forming unique combinations
• Problem Solving
• Making your thoughts visible
• Think Metaphorically
• Genius Produces
• Forming unique combinations
• Problem Solving
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