2. Challenge the rules.
Habit often restricts you from trying new approaches to problem solving. Often there is more than one solution. List many alternatives, choices, and solutions, and imagine the likely consequences of each. Empty your mind of the "right" way of looking at a problem and strive to see situations in a fresh, new way. How many time have you told youself that you creative, try new approaches, look at thing in a new order, break the pattern, and challenge the rules. Practice a different approach by completing the Nine Dot Exercise in Figure 2.1.