Breakthroughs arrive in non-rational ways.

ByKim Hermanson

All of us hold a vast reservoir of non-verbal, non-rational, non-cognitive wisdom. When we loosen our fixation on what we think, this other reservoir of wisdom has a chance to present itself.

Truly innovative solutions require that we explore beyond what we logically know.

Because breakthroughs arrive in non-rational ways.

If you want to understand more about how creative breakthroughs happen, check out my new book, Deep Knowing: Entering the Realm of Non-Ordinary Intelligence.

 

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