“One must not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can barely achieve

through one’s greatest efforts.”

Albert Einstein

Fluid Intelligence (Gf) =

The power behind your ability to learn new things, and apply that knowledge

to problem-solve new situations

Motivation+

Hard Core Training

=Maximum Cognitive Growth

Motivation

Always be looking for new activities to engage your mind.

Learn an instrument, a new language. Take an art class. Learn about a new area of science.

Be a knowledge junkie.

As soon as you learn something to the point of mastery, immediately move on to the next challenging activity.

What does it mean to ‘think creatively’?

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Creative Cognition is: 1. Thinking with BOTH sides of your brain

2. Switching back and forth between conventional and unconventional thinking

3. Making remote associations between concepts; ‘Zooming in and zooming out’ of information - from convergent to divergent- constantly checking for relevance and usefulness of the ideas

Creative Teaching Methods“

“ -The Educational Value of Creative Disobedience, A. Kuszewski, 2011

Learn the same information in multiple formats.

The more ways in which you can conceptualize a problem, the more learning that takes place.

You learn best by teaching others.Utilize social networks for information sharing.

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