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Brian Tracy argues IQ isn't fixed and grows when you chase hard goals and solve real problems. He teaches mindstorming: write 20 answers to a single question about what you want, pick one, and do it.
Brian Tracy argues IQ isn't fixed and grows when you chase hard goals and solve real problems. He teaches mindstorming: write 20 answers to a single question about what you want, pick one, and do it.
Did you know that you can increase your intelligence and creativity by exercising your brain in a different way? Here's some good According to all the science and research of the last few years, you are a potential genius. You have within you right now incredible reserves of brain power that you habitually fail to use. You have sufficient knowledge and intelligence right now to to overcome any obstacle, to solve any problem, and to achieve any goal that you can set for yourself. What this means is that your IQ is not fixed. The more you use your brain, the more you can use it, the smarter you get. The smarter you get, the more you learn, the more you can learn. To unlock your inner genius, you need three things. These are first, intensely desired goals. Second, you need pressing problems. And third, focused questions. One good idea is all you need to change the future of your business and your life. And you stimulate these ideas by focusing and concentrating your mind on your goals, on your problems, and on key questions. Here's a simple exercise that will change your life as it has changed mine and thousands of other people. Take a sheet of paper. Write your current goal or problem at the top of the page in the form of a question. For example, you could write, how can we double our sales over the next 24 months? You then force yourself to write 20 answers to that question. This is not easy the first time you do it, believe me. Nonetheless, by disciplining yourself to write at least 20 answers to that question, you will be absolutely amazed at the quality of the answers that appear on the page before you. This is called mindstorming. Sort of like brainstorming. It's one of the most powerful creative thinking exercises ever discovered. And all it takes is a piece of paper, a pen, and a few minutes of your time. Once you've written down 20 answers. And you can write more answers if you like, but 20 is the minimum, go over your list and select one answer which you can implement immediately. The faster you implement this idea, the more ideas that will come to you. Ask yourself this question on a regular what one problem, if I were to solve it, would have the greatest positive impact on my business? Or you can write, what one goal, if I were to achieve it, would have the greatest positive impact on my sales and profitability. Whatever your answer is to that single problem or question, write it down, develop 20 answers and then take action. You will be amazed at the results. In the next business briefing, you will learn how to concentrate single mindedly on your most important tasks.
