Employ Realistic Thinking

Employ Realistic Thinking

1. CHARACTERISTICS OF CREATIVE THINKERS

   • Creative Thinkers Value Ideas
     • You will have ideas only if you value ideas
   • Creative Thinkers Explore Options
     • They provide the key to finding the best answe
   • Creative Thinkers Embrace Ambiguity
     • It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.
   • Creative Thinkers Celebrate the Offbeat
     • To foster creativity in yourself or others, be willing to tolerate a little oddness.
   • Creative Thinkers Connect the Unconnected
     • THINK _ COLLECT _ CREATE _ CORRECT _ CONNECT
   • Creative Thinkers Don’t Fear Failure
     • Creativity demands the ability to be unafraid of failure because creativity equals failure.

2. HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF REALISTIC THINKING

   • Develop an Appreciation for Truth
     • If you want to become a realistic thinker, however, you need to get comfortable dealing with the truth and face up to it.
   • Do Your Homework
     • It doesn’t matter how sound your thinking is if it’sbased on faulty data or assumptions. You can’t think well in the absence of facts (or in the presence of poor information).
   • Think Through the Pros and Cons
     • There’s nothing like taking the time to really examine the pros and cons of an issue to give you a strong dose of reality.
   • Picture the Worst-Case Scenario
     • The point is that you need to think about worst-case possibilities.
   • The point is that you need to think about worst-case possibilities
     • One of the keys to maximizing realistic thinking is aligning your resources with your objectives. Looking at pros and cons and examining worst-case scenarios will make you aware of any gaps between what you desire and what really is.