ZigZag Thinking Explained!

“The sorcery and charm of imagination, and the power it gives to the individual to transform his world into a new world of order and delight, makes it one of the most treasured of all human capacities.” ~ Frank Barron

ZigZag thinking was a term coined by Edward deBono in reference to lateral thinking (as opposed to vertical thinking.) It involves restructuring brain patterns, changing viewpoints, and jumping around in order to explore new stages and new ideas. The purpose of zigzag thinking, or lateral thinking, is to produce good brainstorming and ideation to create as many new ideas as possible. It is the brainchild of creative thinking which focuses on what could be instead of what is.

Do you have many ideas that bounce around in your head? This “bouncing around” can be a great asset to the future success of you or your company. In an age where the idea generation is becoming more crucial to our survival, practicing this kind of creative thinking will be an essential element to anyone’s personal development or to any business’s future success. The bottom line is to explore what you think is the best idea, and follow through with the exploration.

The Way to Try it:

• Don’t write on lined paper. Seriously. Stop making lists.
• Jot down your ideas on blank paper. Make bubbles. Draw bad pictures and let the ideas pop onto the page randomly.
• Use BIG paper and colored markers to stimulate various parts of the brain and bring yourself out of logical or vertical thinking. Sounds silly, but what if this is the way to grabbing that millionaire idea?
• Use a tape recorder and record yourself speaking ideas randomly and let them flow. Take notes later. Toss around the ideas.
• Gather with “like minded” people to create as many ideas and viewpoints as possible. Create a dream-team of zigzag thinkers.
• Don’t think at your desk or at your office. Go outside to think. Take your pad of paper and write down your ideas near the ocean, on a bench, or in the woods. Grand ideas come from grand locations.

Comments

[jz skrilla]

you're such a bad ass! thanks for the tips! i loved the 'not writing on lined paper' part.
sweet!
thanks you!
jdawg

[dori]

yeah, what jdawd said - you're SUCH A BAD ASS! tho if i gathered with "like-minded" people we might not accomplish anything, lol, with all our brilliant, ADD-addled brains flying all over the place (we'd probably need you to come in and coach us to some point of organization)...

and i had no idea sid was an LMT! that's friggin' AWESOME! i second that, Sid is a supercool person - i could imagine he gives a fantastic massage, for sure.

dori

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