Archives for the 'Train Your Brain' Category
A useful waste of time: video games [How to be an Original]
Today is Fun and Freedom Friday, the day that anything goes.
A trip down memory lane
I’m a sucker for video games. I played them a lot, starting with my brother way back in the 80’s on Apple and IBM clones with games like Apple Panic and Lode Runner. Lode Runner was really challenging, since we played [...]
21 more riddles to train lateral thinking [How to be an Original]
My previous post with riddles turned out to be my most popular post so far. In the meantime all the riddles have been solved, so it’s time to present new ones. Enjoy!
She has tasteful friends
And tasteless enemies
Tears are often shed on her behalf
Yet never has she broken a heart
What goes with a wagon that
doesn’t benefit [...]
21 riddles to train lateral thinking [How to be an Original]
Edward de Bono introduced the term Lateral Thinking. Nowadays it is used quite commonly. Lateral thinking requires an open mind and you need to be very aware of hidden assumptions. It’s an important skill in finding different solutions than the obvious ones to all kinds of questions. Einstein even took it a level deeper:
The significant [...]