8Creative Thinking Versus Mechanical ThinkingThe imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.
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REATIVE THINKERS
rule the world They are continually seeking faster,
better, and easier ways to accomplish goals that are important to other people. They
practice the CANEI principle, which stands for Continuous and Never-Ending Improvement.”
They are responsible for all of the great breakthroughs, innovations, and progress inhuman history. They know that sometimes one good idea is all it takes to change the course of a business or an individual life.
Mechanical ThinkingMechanical thinking, on the other hand, tends to be rigid and inflexible. It is
“my way or the highway Mechanical thinking is rooted in fears of failure or making
a mistake and losing time, money, or both. It is triggered by fears of criticism or disapproval, trying something that doesn’t work.
Poor thinkers think in terms of black and white rather than shades of gray. They think in extremes of yes versus no, up versus down. They think there is only one way when there are usually many ways. In the face
of change and confrontation, they develop psychosclerosis, which is defined as a hardening of the attitudes.”
They are victims of homeostasis a striving for constancy. They are stuck in their comfort zones. They resent and fear anything new or different,
even an improvement in conditions. But this is not for you.
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