Scott McArthur says to relieve braincramp challenge your schemas. Scott revs up his brain by using templates Chip and Dan Heath share in their recent book Made to Stick. Challenging the schemas you've embedded in deep recesses of your brain's basal ganglia is a great approach, Scott.You see, we all have preferred ways of doing things, or the schemas we have programmed because they're comfortable and trusty. Once you grasp ideas or skills, they're stored in your brain's basal ganglia. They require little effort, they're familiar and let's face it - just plain comfortable.
On the other hand, when you operate from your brain's working memory, it takes more effort and it's discomforting to you because you're treading swift running water and you need to stay afloat. You see, ideas and new ways of doing things easily spill out of the working memory because its so small compared to the basal ganglia.
Scott suggests, "if you get braincramps you need to get yourself a new template!" He lists six below based on the Heath Brothers research:
Pictorial Analogy
Extreme Consequence
Extreme Situations
Competition
Interactive Experiments
Dimensionality Alteration
So how about challenging your routines and dive into a new template that unsticks you from comfort zones? By so doing you'll deeply engage your working memory and find those creative surprises that currently elude you.
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