1. The Art of Genius Bahareh Changizi 852194009

2. Study of Genius:  Scholars: analyzing statistics  The age of mothers & fathers of geniuses  Being motherless or fatherless  Being sickly or not, …  Academics: measuring the links between Genius & Intelligence  Genius is not being especially smart.  Creativity is not the same as intelligence.

3. Study attitudes & behaviors of Geniuses & Others when confronted with problems showed two different treatment.  Geniuses: Think productively and look at problems from many different perspectives.  Ordinary people: Try to solve problems by tested solutions in past. In fact they think reproductively.

4. Thinking Strategies of Geniuses

5.   Geniuses look at problems from all angles.  Look at problems in many different ways, and find new perspectives that no one else has taken (or no one else has publicized!)  Geniuses make their thought visible.  Visualize!  Geniuses produce.  Produce! A distinguishing characteristic of genius is productivity.

6.  Geniuses make novel combinations.  Combine, and recombine, ideas, images, and thoughts into different combinations no matter how incongruent or unusual.  Geniuses force relationships.  Form relationships; make connections between dissimilar subjects.  Geniuses prepare themselves for chance.

7. It’s very important when there is something interesting, dropping everything & going with it, without becoming fixated on preconceived plans. Trying new things & ideas to make chances for win!

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