Published: Nov. 26, 2009
Words: 19,631 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452305226

Short description

Unbuckle Your Creativity! Get Better At Outsmarting the Unexpected by Sharpening Your Ability to Think on Your Feet. "Outsmart the Unexpected" is filled with unusual, no-time-to-lose, thought-provoking predicaments in story form. It's up to you to figure a way out of the fix the central characters suddenly find themselves in. Dive into the unexpected and bring your creative side along with you.

Extended description

Unbuckle Your Creativity! Get Better At Outsmarting the Unexpected by Sharpening Your Ability to Think on Your Feet.

"Outsmart the Unexpected" is filled with unusual, no-time-to-lose, thought-provoking predicaments in story form where it's up to you to figure a way out of the fix the central characters suddenly find themselves in. How things will turn out? Happily? In a twist? They are a great way to exercise your mind and will help jump start your ability to think and react quickly, especially in situations where things are happening very fast. Use them to develop the skills to creatively solve problems when they suddenly arise.

In some, you may need to suspend your disbelief to play along. Some will make your head spin. Others may make your heart pound. Still others will make you go hmmm. But all will challenge you to think outside your comfort zone, to look for solutions from different angles, and to not necessarily limit yourself to what you see and what the obvious so.. (Read more) Unbuckle Your Creativity! Get Better At Outsmarting the Unexpected by Sharpening Your Ability to Think on Your Feet.

"Outsmart the Unexpected" is filled with unusual, no-time-to-lose, thought-provoking predicaments in story form where it's up to you to figure a way out of the fix the central characters suddenly find themselves in. How things will turn out? Happily? In a twist? They are a great way to exercise your mind and will help jump start your ability to think and react quickly, especially in situations where things are happening very fast. Use them to develop the skills to creatively solve problems when they suddenly arise.

In some, you may need to suspend your disbelief to play along. Some will make your head spin. Others may make your heart pound. Still others will make you go hmmm. But all will challenge you to think outside your comfort zone, to look for solutions from different angles, and to not necessarily limit yourself to what you see and what the obvious solution could be. They will stretch your mind and help you to develop your ability to formulate best possible solution in situations where you must react quickly and there's little available information to work with.

In the course of life, problems may suddenly arise and they may sometimes be things you've never dealt with before. So your mental filing cabinet of experiences and skills can only partially assist in coming up with a solution. The predicaments presented in this collection are situations that most people have probably never encountered before and never will (hopefully). Besides it making them more fun, the rationale for this is that you'll need to work the problem and tap into your creativity in order to find a solution. You won't just being able to draw upon your expertise and remembered experiences.

Try your hand at inventing different endings and discussing and debating the possible solutions or interesting outcomes that you came up with. Do You think that the best solutions come from asking the right questions? Get your brain buzzing thinking up what those questions would be. Do you enjoy making up your own endings? Let your imagination run wild.

Dive into the unexpected and bring your creative side along with you!
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suspense, creativity, personal development, creative thinking, critical thinking, brain games, life skills, think better, thinking on your feet

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Review by: Crystal Hutchinson on Jan. 03, 2013 :
This book is a great opportunity to work with a teen program on thinking quickly. I thought of several book talks or teen reading programs (that's the librarian in me) where I used this book to engage students in thinking quickly about tense, crazy situations, and how to best get out of a bad situation. I'm glad I received this e-book. I intend to reread it for future activities.
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