Think Like A Freak ◉

Adults are weighed down by "conventional wisdom" and preconceived notions about how the world should work. Children, however, are naturally curious and uninhibited. By "thinking small" and asking the "silly" questions adults ignore, you can often find the root cause of a massive issue that everyone else missed. 3. It’s All About the Incentives

Most people would rather fake an answer than admit ignorance. But "thinking like a freak" starts with a blank slate. If you can't admit what you don't know, you'll never be able to learn what you need to solve the problem. 2. Think Like a Child Think Like a Freak

Retrain Your Brain: Why You Should "Think Like a Freak" We’ve all been there: staring at a problem that feels impossible, following the "standard" advice, and getting absolutely nowhere. In their book , Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (the duo behind the Freakonomics phenomenon ) argue that the reason we get stuck is that we’re thinking like everyone else. Adults are weighed down by "conventional wisdom" and