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I Am a Creative Thinker and a Problem Solver

Think Outside The Box

By: BLACKTIGER75
Written on April 6th, 2012
I was 16 when I first realized this, but my dad had known this since the day I was born. What made me realize it, was this.

We were setting up my dad's model train set in our living room. We had just purchased some straight track pieces, and was trying to figure out how to put on the finishing touches. After having worked on it for at least an hour, my dad got frustrated with it and took a break. When he returned 20 minutes later, I had figured out a way to complete the track assembly. From that point on, I knew. Now, I'm the first one that my friends call when something has them stumped. Of course, I can't solve every problem, but I sure have fun trying.
By: BLACKTIGER75
Age: 36-40 , Male
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    SpiceZ
    SpiceZ

    hmmm...but you failed to say How you fixed it.

    Dec 30, 2012
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    NewChrissy
    NewChrissy

    I'm a multiple threat when it comes to problem solving: Concentration plus creativity plus genius plus magickal perception plus mathematical intuition plus symbolic thinking (from learning Tarot).



    This is an area where being stubborn pays off -- in knot untying and other puzzle solving tasks the time-on-task difference between the people who gave up after many minutes and the people who succeeded averaged less than one minute! When people who gave up were encouraged to continue working on the problem sixty seconds longer many of them succeeded. I've got that kind of pertinacity.



    And I know a mental agility trick: Run through a deck of Krypto cards a couple of times. That focuses your brain like a LASER.

    Apr 11, 2012
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    sierra33
    sierra33

    Great story! I think folks who bring their creative talents into all the different aspects of their lives really benefit from it. Some times we need to trade in the "box" for a big table to spread things out on and really look at all the possibilities....Boxes, by nature can be really limiting. Sounds like you do an AWESOME job with just that!! :)

    Apr 8, 2012
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