All these activities illustrate how difficult it can be to do something differently. We become so accustomed to doing things a certain way that we may lose the ability to break away.
So what can we do? Perhaps the most important thing is to increase our awareness of how everyone is a victim of patterned thinking. Once we do this, we’ll be more aware of when we are caught in a rut. Beyond simple awareness, however, we also can break away with
some practice.
Familiarity is the handmaiden of habit.We sometimes become so familiar with things that we aren’t even aware of it. For instance, try to draw the face of your watch in detail without looking at it. (Many people add numbers that don’t even exist.) Or the next time you drive to work, notice something you’ve never seen before. After a few mornings of this activity, you’ll be surprised at all you see. To break out of patterns, we must make a conscious effort. First become more aware of your habit-bound thinking; then deliberately practice changing it.
Taken From : Pfeiffer 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving
August 13th, 2009 at 2:39 am
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