Page 26 - THE DO-IT-YOURSELF LOBOTOMY Open Your Mind to Greater Creative Thinking

Welcome to [Your Name Goes Here] in Wonderland 17

in today’s more mature wave of the information age is new ideas. With
the present incredible rate of change and the corresponding need to
keep pace, the only way to be a true leader is with “constant innova-
tion,” as Tom Peters often says. The premium for quick, original think-
ing has never been greater.

THE UGLY SIDE OF THE INFORMATION AGE

The mental gridlock we often experience today that blocks creativity is
a result of the cumulative effects of a world that has never been more
highly educated and of overdosing on data in the information age.

The human mind is capable of infinite imaginary thought, as proven
daily by our children. But kids have an advantage over most adults:
Their minds aren’t filled with knowledge.

When you know the answer, your mind stops working; when you
don’t know, your mind tries to fill in the blanks and make it up. The
secret to succeeding in business today, to finding more, bigger, better
ideas to drive corporate success, isn’t simply having more of the same
old ideas but in having new ideas. And the secret to having new ideas
isn’t simply to will it: “I will have a new idea.” It is just not that easy.
The secret to getting your mind to embrace a totally fresh, totally
precept-shattering idea is to let go of what you know. Because when
you know, well...you know. End of story. But when you don’t know,
you wonder what the answer is. The best thinkers of all time have been
great wonderers. The greatest strides in the corporate world have
come not from willing a new idea, but from wondering about something
better. When you wonder—when you truly let your imagination flow
into a state of all possibilities—that is when wonderful things happen.
Wonder leads to wonderful things.

WELCOME TO [YOUR NAME GOES HERE]
IN WONDERLAND

Wonder is a simple, childlike state of mind, but is often difficult for
many people to achieve.