Elastic Thinking

Thinking is one of the essential life skills you need to master. Thinking helps in making appropriate decisions in life. You form your beliefs from your thinking and behave based on your thinking. Your brain is capable of thinking and forming solutions and ideas, but it requires some quiet time to do so.

Elastic thinking is the capacity of your mind to stretch when solving big complex problems in life. Change is inevitable in your everyday life. Having an attitude of neophilia which means love of or enthusiasm for what is new or novel, can make your thinking more entertaining and motivating.

Your brain is an information processor, as well as a problem-solving machine. When solving a problem in the current scenario within the existing framework requires a blend of different type of thinking. An elastic mind can make such thinking possible. The act of a new framework of thinking relies on the elasticity elements of your mind, such as imagination, creativity, innovation, and integrative thinking.

Elastic thinking happens at the subconscious level while daydreaming. As you may be aware your quiet brain is not idle. Something or other is always cooking in your subconscious mind. It is the ever-conscious mind you possess. The main feature of your mammalian brain is its default mode of thoughts, which is the key mental process in elastic thinking.

People of today generally rush to answer any messages. Most of the conversation happens on finding answers. If you give some idle time or the cooling time in the event of a complex issue, the brain will come up with different ideas and alternatives for a possible solution. This is what an elastic mind can do. Developing your mental elasticity is a key factor in building you flexible and tough while dealing with your unique life situations. It is one of the critical skills you need to possess. It is essential to listen to your self-talk, the internal dialogue when completing a task which will help in developing your mental elasticity. Elastic thinking will not thrive in a consciously focused mind. A relaxed mind can explore novel ideas from its subconscious. Your elastic thinking will happen in a tired mind. After a day’s hectic work, if you listen to your mind, you can experience a lot of creative novel ideas that are simple and wild in nature. Let your mind be loose and relaxed after a tedious job is done. Let it wander in the terrain of your imagination. This can help you find innovative and best possible solutions to your problems.

The elastic thinking mind is what you and me should develop to be successful in problem-solving. Life is a combination of small and complex problem-solving and decision-making events. Mastering thinking skills, especially elastic thinking, can make you a confident problem solver and decision-maker.