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Imagine you are binding your shoe laces.
Now close your eyes for a moment and really imagine this !
1st question: With which shoe lace do you begin?
2nd question: Do you start most of the time with the right or the left one?
3rd question: Did you ever think of starting with the other shoe lace?
4th question: If not, why?
Question 3 I had, when binding my shoe laces. So, I select always another shoe lace than the day before.
I think when you start with small things like this, this can help to not take the usual paths and also take other ones, which you do not take anymore.
Imagine since how long you always have this habbit with the shoe laces.
What would be different when starting with the other one first? Would this cost a little more time? Could your brain get activated a little more? What do you think?
How about, if you extend this to other things like:
Writing with the other hand. Well, this would be difficult at beginning. But it will let you think of situations which you normally not think of: e.g. people who are disabled.
Wouldn’t this change perspective for you? When was the last time you thought of disabled people?
How about entering the car from the co-driver side?
This takes probably more time. Probably others could think: “This (wo)man is crazy.” or “When does (s)he repair the other door?”
But don’t you think you would see your car from another perspective? When did you sit the last time on the co-driver side of your own car?
I guess you get the idea…
You always have the choice which way to take - would it be that bad to take also other ways?
Erkan Yilmaz