reconciliation
While classic notes are linear, mind mapping forces you to connect old and new concepts together. The flexible layout is akin to brain connections, creating links between thoughts to build a bigger picture, and making information easier to retrieve in various contexts.
"Creativity is the focused combination of unlikely things. Your mind locks onto a certain element and then searches widely for something unexpected that fits with it. What can scuba diving teach you about agriculture? What can trees teach you about public speaking? There is always some connective tissue between disciplines. If you wish to be more... See more
3-2-1: The secret to creativity, how our challenges shape us, and the value of bad workouts
For me, creativity isn’t born when everything is tidy and separate. It comes from cross-pollination, unexpected combinations, and head-on collisions between things that don’t necessarily go together.
-Painter Brian Rutenberg
Polarity Map Handout
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The goal isn’t a decision, but rather recognition of all these simultaneous Benefits and Unintended Consequences — on both sides. And reconciliation, as a team. And the valuing of competing perspectives.
The Joys of Polarity Mapping - UX Mastery
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Problems push an either/or mindset.
Polarities push a both/and mindset.
Problems need decisions, and resolution.
Polarities do not.
Polarities are not a problem to be solved, but rather a paradox to be balanced
We all tend to oversimplify complex things into two competing ideologies: generalist or specialist, objective or subjective, individual or team. This can be useful, but it can also make us think we should pick a side. It also becomes an issue when we try and solve them—calling these things ‘problems’ implies there is a correct answer somewhere. But... See more
UX Mastery • The Joys of Polarity Mapping - UX Mastery
Due to the limitation of concepts, deeper understanding comes from holding multiple perspectives simultaneously, recognizing their utility and their limitations, and also being willing to let all of them go. It’s about developing a fluid way of seeing that can shift between unity and multiplicity, between being and non-being, dwelling on neither.
Roy Klein • Basic Introduction to Nondualism
Reconciling Opposites Jul 02
Reconciling opposites in various aspects of life, such as freedom-order, individual-society, and rationality-sentiment, is explored through various perspectives and philosophical ideas.
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