by Rick Baker
On Jan 4, 2013
"Our main thinking habit is to analyse situations so that we can recognize standard situations and then apply standard answers."
Edward de Bono
`The Six Value Medals`, (2005)
Business Only Contains 3 Things: People, Process, & Situations.
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People Only Do 3 Things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things.
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If you want to make the best of your Situations:
As you analyse Situations, do not assume they are 'standard'...explore and see if there are important nuances that deviate from familiar patterns:
- direct your attention toward the key parts of the Situation [the People, the place, the level of urgency, the 'props', the background noise, etc.]
- compare those parts, looking for similarities - the parts that fit a pattern you recognize
- compare those parts again, looking for differences - the parts that do not fit a pattern you recognize
- look for the parts that catch and pull at your attention...they can be the most-important aspects of the Situation
- set logic aside and take some time to focus your attention on your gut feel