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Proceed with Passion 231

Use the cheat notes at the end of each chapter to give you the quick
lowdown on the high points of each fundamental or thinking tool. I
suggest you do it right now, even before you put down this book. Do
one last review to really help the lessons sink in.
Merchandise your success with this material. When you get a great idea,
tell others about it. Tell them how you used Intergalactic Thinking or
180° Thinking to solve this or that challenge. When you become a
champion for this type of thinking, it obligates you in a strong way to
use the stuff. A little obligation may be all you need to stick with some
of these new thinking methods when the deep memory of old patterns
or attachment to old ideas tries to override even your most sincere
efforts to be a fresh thinker.
Know that creative thinking is the only way to make anything better.
And know that every big thinker in every area of endeavor had to break
through the inertia of stagnant thinking to come up with a new idea.
I believe that true immortality comes about in two ways: through
our children and through our new ideas. And in either case passion is
the stuff that helps provide the spark.

Timeline of a great idea (continued)

Timeline of a lousy idea (continued)

"Grandpa, what did you used to
do for a living? Grandpa, those
aren't tears, are they?"