How to mobilize creative thinking when solving problems?

When solving problems, we will not only use logical thinking, but also use another kind of thinking, that is, creative thinking.

The so-called creative thinking is a form of thinking that jumps out of the conventional box and solves problems in ways other than logical thinking.

For example, if you quarrel with your girlfriend, the solution of logical thinking is to "convince people with reason" and convince your girlfriend with reason and logic. But obviously, this way will only add fuel to the fire, which will not help.

Creative thinking, on the other hand, will jump out of the box of holding each other's words, no longer obsessed with reasoning with his girlfriend, but know how to create surprises in unexpected ways and make his girlfriend smile through tears. For example, telling jokes, making faces, giving gifts and even kissing deeply are all solutions beyond logical thinking.

Creative thinking can not only solve some problems in our life, but also improve our eloquence. Don't think that eloquence is just the application of logical laws. Many times it needs your jumping thinking ability to help us turn words into various ways.

Many jokes are the use of creative thinking. For example, a girl asks her boyfriend, "What do you think is the most beautiful about me?"

The answer to logical thinking is not your appearance, but your figure, or whether you are beautiful or not. But if you think creatively and think outside the box, your boyfriend will answer like this: "your brain!" " "

"Why?" My girlfriend is puzzled.

He said, "Because you often think beautifully!"

Then how can we improve our creative thinking? Before giving an answer, it is necessary for us to know how we look at this problem.

Basically, in our daily life, many behaviors are reflected in a fixed pattern, so that we can save energy and don't have to worry about trivial things, such as getting up and brushing our teeth, where to go to work by bus, how to say hello to acquaintances and so on.

However, once a new situation is encountered, these reaction procedures will be invalid, and the procedures must be started to solve the problem. This program usually uses two ways of thinking:

Convergent thinking and divergent thinking.

When we analyze a problem from a specific range or focus on a point, we are using convergent thinking.

When we look at a problem from a broader perspective, we are using divergent thinking by considering all kinds of evidence, collecting all kinds of information and thinking about different schemes.

In other words, convergent thinking is to concentrate on one point, while divergent thinking is to spread ideas everywhere. The former is like a microscope, and the latter is like a wide-angle mirror.

These two kinds of thinking are very important in the process of solving problems. But because these two kinds of thinking are very opposite, one will lose the other, so it is difficult for us to think with them at the same time. Most people can only be good at one way of thinking. In contrast, we are better at convergent thinking, so we will naturally ignore the use of divergent thinking.

And the reason why we are like this is precisely our left and right brains. Left brain thinking corresponds to convergent thinking, while brain thinking corresponds to divergent thinking.

People with more developed left brain than right brain are often better at aggregated thinking, that is, they will be more handy for logic, mathematics and analysis; On the contrary, people will be better at divergent thinking and more likely to engage in creative activities such as art, music and design. In other words, it is our right brain that controls whether we can develop creative thinking.

However, because China's education has long pursued exam-oriented education, it rarely encourages innovation, either because our thinking is framed by standard answers or because our imagination is forbidden by the system. Over time, our creative thinking is naturally not as good as that of European and American students. It's not that I can't, it's that I dare not.

Think about it, for the function of pencil, shall we draw and write first? And it's hard to imagine that pencils can also be used to tickle, poke mobile phone cards, make a bun, or even kill people?

Can you give the answer to the sentence "Why is life like a play" with divergent thinking? For example, "because everyone's life is often ups and downs, just like the plot of a movie" and "because we are all protagonists in life and have our own stories". The more answers you think, the stronger your divergent thinking.

Therefore, when we solve problems, we must choose the appropriate way of thinking according to the specific situation. After trying convergent thinking, we can't find the answer, so we should try divergent thinking.

Then how can we effectively mobilize this kind of thinking? There are two points to note.

Accepting the status quo is the greatest strangulation of creativity. Because it will lead us to stick to the rules and stand still. When we exert our creativity, we must keep a "challenge" mentality and be curious about things. Even if 1+ 1=2, you should consider it. Under what circumstances1+1=11or equal to ten?

The quickest way to kill creativity is to reject it as soon as you have an idea. Over time, it will be easy to limit the operation of our thinking. In creative thinking, any idea can be put forward, whether it is good or bad, useful or useless, and the most important thing is to use your head. When your mind works, you will gradually get the answer you want.

With these two points as the premise, then at this time, we can use different methods to stimulate our creative thinking. There are about three specific ways.

Brainstorming can be said to be a catalyst for creativity.

What is brainstorming? It is this way of thinking that constantly puts forward new ideas for a problem. Generally speaking, this method is best attended by a group of people. If you are alone, that's fine, but you must follow the following four basic rules:

1. Quantity is more important than quality. Right or wrong, good or bad, it's an idea. Just stand up boldly.

The most important thing is novel ideas. The weirder the better, don't worry about being treated like a fool. All ideas, no matter how stupid they seem, should be welcomed.

Don't jump to conclusions about this idea when brainstorming. Don't reject the idea as soon as you hear it. Because it will curb your own thinking.

It is completely feasible to extend one idea to another. Because it will perfect the idea.

The purpose of brainstorming is to collide with "novel and reasonable ideas", which is the core of creativity. If you want to broaden your thinking, you must learn to let go of your thinking and let good ideas gush out.

You must have heard the saying that "angels and demons" represent the pros and cons in your heart.

Yes, when you think about a problem, you can also use this method to stimulate your thinking. Once you come up with the answer, then you have to split up another you to put forward various opinions or evidence against yourself, so that your views can stand scrutiny.

Sometimes I write articles like this. Every time I write an article, I will think about this opposite opinion to see if there are any loopholes that are inconsistent with the structure of the whole article. Once found, I will modify or give a solution to improve this theory as much as possible.

Therefore, a person's skill of playing two roles will force us to think about the correctness of the opponent or the other side of the topic. When we can look at the problem comprehensively, our thinking will become more open.

The best way to develop creative thinking is to ask yourself more questions.

Keep asking yourself questions, and you will get closer and closer to the most satisfactory answer. Like, why are you doing this? Besides this scheme, is there anything better? Why can't it be simpler? By asking these questions, you can brainstorm as many ideas as possible, and then you can look at the advantages and disadvantages of these ideas separately.

At this time, your mind will be scattered to think, and you will keep thinking about the answer, whether it is good or bad, through brainstorming. As time goes on, you will find a real solution.

The following three questions can test your creative thinking. Remember creative thinking, as long as you can solve the problem, there will be no so-called "standard answer".

1. In this equation, add an element to make it solvable: IX = 6.

The floor is dirty because Xiaoli just mopped the floor. How to understand that this sentence is reasonable?

Give you a rope, how can you lift a glass bottle if you can't tie it tightly?

My uncle keeps two kinds of goldfish, a black one and a red one. It's about the same size, but my uncle said that the black goldfish ate more than twice as much bait as the red goldfish. Do you know the answer?