CHAPTER 9

Being an Inner Alchemist: Creating Novel Solutions

  • Why tinker when we can tackle?
  • Making models
  • Going kinetic
  • Inspiration for your perspiration
  • The alacrity formula

There are methods to create dramatically different conditions. The solution is often not a matter of more. The solution is often a matter of degree of difference. People can develop their own inner alchemy to access more moves than they ever imagined.

Why Tinker When We Can Tackle?

Many people waste time by tinkering instead of tackling. They fool themselves that more of the same will make a difference. The “fallacy of the more” comes into play, meaning the belief that more of the same will make a difference. In the oil industry, a drilling rig will drill vertically ...

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