In general you must adopt a more analogical way of thinking, taking greater advantage of the associative powers of the mind. Thinking in terms of analogies and metaphors can be extremely helpful to the creative process.

Albert Einstein, who once wrote, “The words of the language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. The psychical entities which seem to serve as elements in thought are certain signs and more or less clear images which can be voluntarily reproduced and combined.”

Understand: this intuitive form of intelligence was developed to help us process complex layers of information and gain a sense of the whole.

The problem that technology presents us is that it increases the amount of information at our disposal, but slowly degrades the power of our memory to retain it.

He discovered within himself a passion for practice and discipline. He enjoyed the sensation of getting better, the trophies that began to pile up, and, more than anything, the fact that he could now actually beat his brother. His love for the sport was rekindled.

He was not being paid, so he kept his telemarketing job, but something in him smelled opportunity—and

Think of everything in nature, or in the world, as a kind of hologram—the smallest part reflecting something essential about the whole.

Studying anomalous neurological disorders would be the subject to which he could devote the rest of his life.

Stimulating your brain and senses from all directions will help unlock your natural creativity and help revive your original mind.