Lateral thinking involves solving problems in an indirect and creative way using logic that may not be obvious or traditional. The document provides examples of lateral thinking puzzles, including a surgeon operating on his own son, police arresting the correct suspect without knowing details, and a man only taking an elevator halfway up unless it's raining. It also discusses how brain dominance impacts a person's preferences, problem-solving, and career choices, with right-brain individuals more intuitive and left-brain more analytical.

2. Lateral thinking is solving
problems through an indirect and
creative approach, using
reasoning that is not immediately
obvious and involving ideas that
may not be obtainable by using
only traditional step-by-step logic.

3. 1. A man and his son are in a
car crash. The father is killed
and the child is taken to
hospital gravely injured. When
he gets there, the surgeon
says, “I can’t operate on this
boy – for he is my son!!!” How
can this possibly be?

4. 2. Acting on an anonymous phone call,
the police raid a house to arrest a
suspected murderer. They don’t know
what he looks like but they know his
name is John and that he is inside the
house. The police bust in on a
carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic
and a fireman all playing poker. Without
hesitation or communication of any
kind, they immediately arrest the
fireman. How do they know they’ve got
their man?

5. 3. A man lives in the penthouse
of an apartment building. Every
morning he takes the elevator
down to the lobby and leaves
the building. Upon his return,
however, he can only travel
halfway up in the lift and has to
walk the rest of the way –
unless it’s raining. What is the
explanation for this?

6. 4. There are six eggs
in the basket. Six
people each take one
of the eggs. How can
it be that one egg is
left in the basket?

7. It is a powerful thinking
tool.
It is a graphical technique
that mirrors the way the
brain works, and was
invented by Tony Buzan.
It helps to make thinking
possible.

8. It determines a
person’s preferences,
problem-solving
style, personality,
characteristics, and
even career choices.

9. For example, a right-
brain individual will
quickly gets a feeling for
a situation, while a left-
brain person will usually
ask a lot of questions
first.

10. LEFT DOMINANCE
 Classical music
 Being on time
 Careful planning
 To consider alternative
 Being thoughtful
 Monopoly, scrabble, or
chess

11. RIGHT DOMINANCE
 Popular music
 A good times
 To visualize the outcome
 To go with the first idea
 Being active
 Athletics, art, music