Think Like Sherlock: Creatively Solve Problems, Think with Clarity, Make Insightful Observations & Deductions, and Develop Quick & Accurate Instincts (Think Smarter, Not Harder Book 5)

by Peter Hollins

you can count on several perspective-shifting techniques to help you through. First, you may redefine problems through a number of ways: inversion or reverse brainstorming, paraphrasing, redirecting focus, varying the stress pattern, and substituting explicit definitions for terms in the problem statement. Second, you may engage in hypothetical thinking, challenging your mind to tackle “what if” questions to drive you toward innovative answers. Finally, you may choose a more radical approach and take an entirely different viewpoint by seeing the problem from a psychological distance, tapping a combination of disciplines, lateral thinking, or using the six hats method.