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0:04New creativity can emerge if you think positively.
0:08Hello all! My name is Michael. Welcome to my channel: Si Kutu Buku!
0:14This time I will discuss the book Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko.
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0:34This book discusses how we think creatively.
0:38Come to think of it, every great idea might sound so obvious.
0:42But, can you be the one who proposed the idea?
0:47In his book, Michael lists dozens of techniques that can help you think creatively.
0:53For information, Michael is an expert in creative matters.
0:57While serving as a member of the United States military force,
1:01he was the head of a team of NATO intelligence specialists
1:05and international academics whose goal was
1:07to explore creative thinking methods around the world.
1:11His team then applied the idea to various NATO military activities, political and economic issues.
1:18Then, after leaving the government,
1:21Michael helped the company to apply creative thinking technique
1:25to solve complex problems experienced by the company.
1:29I summarize it into three important points from this book:
1:32First, Why is someone creative?
1:35An artist is creative
1:37because they believe that they are creative people.
1:41They have the idea that all the answers to problems
1:45are in their subconscious.
1:48This positive character ultimately makes the artist a very creative person.
1:53Michael once asked every employee in a company to write an essay on
1:58why each of them had the potential to be the most creative person in the organization.
2:04Michael asked them to exaggerate the achievements they have achieved,
2:07he even asked them to make up about their success in terms of creative thinking.
2:14Next, Michael asks them to make arguments about the success they have written
2:19and they must influence their co-workers if their arguments are true.
2:24Interestingly, the more often they practice this exercise,
2:27the majority of employees feel that they are creative people
2:31and think like creative people.
2:35When we feel rich, successful, and creative,
2:38then your mind will be different if you feel poor and unsuccessful.
2:43The difference between creative and non-creative people is just a matter of trust.
2:48For example, a researcher visits a tribe in a remote village.
2:53The tribe has the belief that their life will be finished if they cross the river.
2:59This then distorts their own reality from the real reality.
3:04Michael emphasized that there are three things that can interfere with a person's creativity,
3:09namely fear, uncertainties, and doubts.
3:12These three things will make it difficult for your mind to be creative.
3:16These negative thoughts are very dangerous for a creative thinker.
3:20Therefore, we must be aware when there are fears,
3:24uncertainties and doubts that arise.
3:27Then, we will change those thoughts into more positive thoughts.
3:32This exercise is useful for controlling negative thoughts
3:36and changing them to positive thoughts so that creativity can grow.
3:40Michael also advises us to have a habit of remembering our successes,
3:45our best qualities, and forgetting about failures.
3:49Success will produce success.
3:52Small successes will lead to greater success.
3:56This is a good habit.
3:58If you have to get used to remembering your good qualities and your successes,
4:02then you will produce success in the future.
4:05You can also write affirmations that you believe
4:09and visualize yourself as a creative person.
4:13This exercise serves to influence your brain to be creative.
4:17Second, looking from a different side
4:21You will not be able to think outside the box if you only think in one direction continuously.
4:27When your attention is only focused on one problem,
4:30then only a few patterns will dominate your thinking.
4:33This pattern in the end just gives you an idea that's predictable,
4:37no matter how hard you think.
4:40Interestingly, if you try to change your focus
4:44and combine it with something completely unrelated,
4:47then a new pattern will emerge.
4:49One of the techniques used by Michael is idea sparks,
4:53which is combining irregular words randomly.
4:56Michael gave an example of how he came up with the name of his book, thinkertoy.
5:02So at first he split it into two lists of 20 words.
5:06List A contains words related to innovation or creativity
5:10such as art, brainstorm, create, think, imagine, and so on.
5:16On list B, he then wrote down the words that randomly came to mind.
5:20Words that appear like, football, baby, toys, doormat, and so on.
5:26Now, then, he combines words from list A with words from list B randomly.
5:32Finally, there was a combination of think and toy.
5:35From there, he sharpened his ideas until the title of his book became thinkertoys.
5:41This way of thinking is the mindset of the geniuses of the world.
5:45Leonardo da Vinci believed that to understand a problem better
5:49we need to look at it from multiple directions.
5:53Leonardo felt that the initial point of view of a problem was so
5:57biased that he needed to try different perspectives.
6:00Every perspective that Leonardo tried,
6:03his understanding of a problem would deepen,
6:06until finally he was able to understand what the root of the problem was.
6:10Leonardo calls this strategy of thinking as saper vedere
6:14or which means knowing where to look.
6:17Not only Leonardo da Vinci,
6:20Richard Feynman who is a Nobel laureate physicist also has his own way.
6:24Whenever he was caught in a problem,
6:27he always saw it from the other side.
6:29If the solution doesn't work,
6:31then he will move to another way.
6:34So, whatever problems arise,
6:36Richard always finds a way to look at it.
6:39This is a very important exercise.
6:42When we are able to change the way we think about something,
6:45then that thing will change accordingly.
6:48Third, how does creativity work?
6:52There are ways you can try to be original.
6:56According to Michael, the method is active thinking,
7:00which is the ability to see the same information as other people,
7:04but you can arrange it into a new pattern.
7:07You can only have the ability for active thinking
7:10if you can use both parts of your brain optimally.
7:14For information, the left brain processes words and symbols
7:19while the right brain thinks in terms of visuals.
7:22The left hemisphere of the brain is used more by writers, mathematicians, and scientists.
7:28Meanwhile, the right brain is mostly used by artists,
7:31craftsmen and musicians.
7:33Linear thinking is for the left brain
7:37and intuitive thinking is for the right hemisphere.
7:41Linear thinking helps us organize existing information so that it is structured.
7:46Meanwhile, intuitive thinking will create new information through imagination and intuition.
7:53Another exercise for creative thinking is talking to many different types of people.
7:58This activity is to free us from stereotypes and assumptions.
8:03Interestingly, sometimes brilliant ideas come from non-expert people ,
8:07because that person doesn't have the boundaries that are already in the head of an expert.
8:11So, take the opportunity at any time to talk with other people,
8:16especially outside of your field of work.
8:18Who knows, these conversations will inspire you
8:22and be able to come up with brilliant ideas.
8:25Being creative starts from changing the way you view things.
8:30When you act like a creative person, then you will be a creative person.
8:35Please comment in the comments column, what lessons did you get when reading this book.
8:41Besides that, also comment on what book you want me to review in the next video.
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8:49Bye bye!