I've been reading Scott Adams' "Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain". Scott is the Dilbert cartoonist and he has a VERY different way of thinking. This comes across, of course, in his comics, but even more so in his other books. This one is like a daily diary of weird things he's thinking about...worrying whether the airline passenger beside him will bring the plane down because he hasn't turned off his Blackberry, trying to decide if intelligence is linked to happiness (compares dentists to dogs), wondering if clones take part of your soul, etc.
It got me thinking about the power of exposing ourselves to different ways of thinking. I'm a lot more creative after having read a few pages of Adams' book. I look at things a bit more openly and consider different options. I wonder what he would think of some of the things I write, what my contacts post on their social media pages, and some of the events that occur during my day.
I highly recommend trying this every once in a while. Besides this book, I recommend you check out a series of books on famous people's thoughts (Mark Twain, Winston Churchill), some other books in the humour section of your favourite bookstore, various postings on YouTube, and cartoons on the kid-friendly TV stations (you know, Wile E. Coyote had some good ideas!).
Have fun, and enjoy thinking differently; if nothing else, it'll put a smile on your face!
