Looking at Things Differently

Looking through all the motiation post that are to be found on the internet, there is a mine of information and advice, tips on how to do this, how to do that and all of them are much the same just worded differently, however there are times when you find a piece of advice and you can see how it will work within your life.
The following article I found is for a study guide but reading it I though about how I can adopt this in my life, it has some good advice not just for studying but for living as well, I hope you enjoy it

http://www.studygs.net/genius.htm

"Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future."

The following strategies encourage you to think productively,
rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems. "These strategies are common to the thinking styles of creative geniuses in science, art, and industry throughout history."

1. Look at problems in many different ways.
   Find new perspectives that no one else has taken (or no one else has publicized!)

   Leonardo da Vinci believed that, to gain knowledge about the form of a problem, you begin by learning how to restructure it in many different ways. He felt that the first way he looked at a problem was too biased. Often, the problem itself is reconstructed and becomes a new one.