You may already know Edward Bono's book "Six thinking hats". In this small but interesting work we are presented with a very original self-knowledge tool.
In she, on the one hand, combines lateral thinking and our ability to make decisions more effectively, taking into account our deepest emotions, thoughts and attitudes.Now well, but... Why 6 hats of different colors?
It's easy to understand, it's really just a simple metaphor.It's like "putting" something on your head that allows us to open our eyes according to the needs of the moment. They are ways of observing the reality that surrounds us to make a decision as accurate as possible.
An original experience would certainly be to try on each hat to observe the world from every moment.possible perspectives .However, it is clear that each of them define us more than others in certain moments of our life.
It is possible that today you need to deliver a project and seek to have that point of originality and creativity that the pressure and stress are limiting within you.also, that you have been undergoing a subtle emotional crossroads for a season, that you are in love or in love and do not dare to express what you feel. Fear, anguish and nerves knot your mind and your heart and You don't know how to act.
Somehow, and throughout our lives, we would need several hats. We, for our part, invite you to read the characteristics of each hat and make a decision according to what you feel in "the here and now".Ready?
Do not forget to leave your answers.It is only to reflect for a few moments on a Curious tool that the Maltese psychologist Edward Bono left us at the time.And remember… Side and creative thinking is undoubtedly one of the most important!
LOS SIX EDWARD BONUS HATS: WHAT IS YOURS?
Red hat
If you dressed in this hat, instead of seeing what is around you, you would feel it...you would intuit it.It is an emotional hat that will make you understand your own feelings and not least, also those of other people.
It is a weapon of power, because Feelings are perhaps what matters most to human beings.
Yellow hat
The color of bad luck? Not at all.If you choose this color you will see all those opportunities that you have on your horizon and that you have not noticed.
It is the color of optimism, of the positive and above all, of all the hope you have in your present.
Green hat
The color of hope, of nature, of Earth maybe? Almost-almost.With the green hat you are going to be very creative, and you will refine your lateral thinking to the maximum.
Your mind will be free of tension and you will be able to see many more things, to break many internal chains to investigate, to imagine...
White hat
The color white combines with everything, it is pure, clean and above all neutral.the white hat according to the theory of Edward Bono?
Basically to think in the most logical way , balanced and objective possible.Here we leave emotions aside and we are allowed to see the "truth" of things in the most essential way.
Blue hat
Blue is one of everyone's favorite colors.relax, inspire us and give us calm.In this case, if you choose it today it will allow you the following e:
- Be more organized.
- Manage better
- Have more personal security.
- Organize your goals better, and of course, achieve them.
Black hat
Surely there will be many who will fearfully see this hat.It is only for the brave, there is no doubt, but at the same time, it is also a weapon of great power that is worth trying.
With the black hat you will be able to see your mistakes to be more cautious, to go calmly and discover that things in your life will not go well .I will teach you what aspects you are not doing correctly and its consequences.Do you dare?
We hope you found this article interesting and at least invited you to reflect. The six-hat method seeks above all to maximize our thinking ability..Each hat symbolizes a way of thinking.ar, and all of them, like the masks of an actor, would require us to see all the possible points of view in a given situation.
It may be childish, but in some organizations, when faced with a specific problem, You can carry out this exercise, where someone can recommend for example... «What if we« put on the green hat for 10 minutes »?…
A curious technique that It doesn't hurt to know.Don't hesitate to remember this other article where you can have fun with 6 riddles that will also develop your lateral thinking.
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