Book contents
- Working Wonders
- Working Wonders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Part I Those Who Made the Impossible Happen
- Part II Entrenching and Defending the Fortress
- Part III Opening the Mind
- Part IV Do-It-Yourself Tips
- Chapter 18 Precondition One
- Chapter 19 Forest for the Trees
- Chapter 20 The Opening Value of Allegories, Metaphors, and Paradoxes
- Chapter 21 Games and Simulations
- Chapter 22 Joy and Dancing
- Chapter 23 A Flexible Body Opens the Mind
- Chapter 24 Imagination as a Key to the Impossible
- Chapter 25 Summary
- Chapter 26 Précis
- Appendix: Measuring Possibilitivity
- References
- Index
Chapter 25 - Summary
Training Possibilitivity
from Part IV - Do-It-Yourself Tips
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 July 2019
- Working Wonders
- Working Wonders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Part I Those Who Made the Impossible Happen
- Part II Entrenching and Defending the Fortress
- Part III Opening the Mind
- Part IV Do-It-Yourself Tips
- Chapter 18 Precondition One
- Chapter 19 Forest for the Trees
- Chapter 20 The Opening Value of Allegories, Metaphors, and Paradoxes
- Chapter 21 Games and Simulations
- Chapter 22 Joy and Dancing
- Chapter 23 A Flexible Body Opens the Mind
- Chapter 24 Imagination as a Key to the Impossible
- Chapter 25 Summary
- Chapter 26 Précis
- Appendix: Measuring Possibilitivity
- References
- Index
Summary
You may have noticed that most of my practical suggestions for building possibilitivity, such as creating distance, using metaphors and simulations, introducing joy, dancing, practicing bodily techniques, and introducing imagination, are all related to stimulating brain plasticity and contribute to cognitive flexibility.
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- Working WondersHow to Make the Impossible Happen, pp. 165 - 169Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019