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    Lesson2. The Power of Creativity


    Thinking THE FUN WAY

    How creative are you? To find out, try to answer a very simple

    question.

    You may think that the question has only one answer and say “4.” If

    you think outside the box, however, you will realize that there may be

    more than one answer, like this:

    Or like this:

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    Every day we face a lot of questions. We often try to find one correct

    answer. However, there can be many different answers. Your answers

    depend on how you view the questions. Throughout the ages, many

    people have shaped human history by viewing things differently and

    thus developing ideas that were unique and useful.

    One such person was Johannes Gutenberg. In Gutenberg's world, two

    devices were in common use: the wine press and the coin punch. The

    first one pressed grapes to make wine, and the other made images on

    coins. One day, Gutenberg playfully asked himself: “What if I took a

    bunch of these coin punches and put them under the wine press so

    that they left images on paper?” In the end, his idea of linking the two

    devices led to the birth of the modern printing press. This changed

    history forever.

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    Gutenberg did not pull his idea out of thin air. He knew about the

    two devices of his era. He knew how they worked and what they could

    do. In other words, the roots of the invention were already there. What

    Gutenberg did was view the two devices in a new way and combine

    them. In this way, Gutenberg exemplifies what the modern inventor

    Steve Jobs noted, “Creativity is just connecting things.”

    Creative thinking was also behind Josephine Cochrane's invention of

    the modern dishwasher. Before her time, people used to place dishes in

    a dishwasher, add water, and let scrubbers clean the dishes. There was

    a problem, though. The scrubbers sometimes badly damaged dishes.

    Cochrane approached the process of dishwashing differently. She used

    water itself―water pressure―instead of scrubbers. She thought that high

    water pressure would do the job of scrubbers and damage the dishes

    less. Her machine, which pumped hot, soapy water onto dishes, became

    successful in restaurants and, later, in homes. This example again shows

    that creativity is the result of thinking differently.

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    Can we learn to think differently or more creatively like these famous

    inventors? Luckily, the answer is “yes.” Creative thinking is a skill, and

    we can improve it. To think more creatively, look for many possible

    answers, not just one. Ask yourself, “What if...?” or say to yourself,

    “Imagine ...” Also, do not be afraid of making mistakes. When you do

    make mistakes, try to learn from them. As Albert Einstein once said,

    “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

    Most importantly, do not forget that creativity is based on knowledge

    and experience. You need to keep learning new things. That way, you

    will have the tools for creativity. Who can imagine Shakespeare without

    his understanding of poetry or Beethoven without his ability to play the

    piano?

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    Further Reading

    Why Riddles?

    Lots of people enjoy riddles because they offer a chance to think in

    fun ways. The answers to riddles are rarely obvious. To solve a riddle,

    you have to think creatively. You need to collect clues and think

    outside the box. Try this riddle, for example: "I am lighter than a

    feather, but no one can hold me for long. What am I?" Do you know

    the answer? There are two useful clues: something lighter than a

    feather and possible meanings of the word "hold." If you combine the

    clues and think hard, you may be able to figure out the answer,

    "breath." Your breath is obviously lighter than a feather, and you

    cannot hold or stop it for long. Now, see if you can solve another

    riddle: "There is a green house. Inside the green house there is a white

    house. Inside the white house there is a red house. Inside the red

    house there are lots of babies. What is it?”

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