CRITICAL THINKING

1. Creative Thinking

2. Short Story – Game ofWords..!!
Once a young boy was passing by a street, where
he saw an old man sitting on one of the sides of a
road begging for money.
That old man was sitting there with an empty bowl
kept infront of him and a card board was kept
beside that bowl. The card board read : Blind,
Please help..!!
That young man noticed that despite it was rush
hour and many people were passing by that old
man, yet no one were giving him any money. The
young man felt very bad. So he went near to the
old man and took the card board.

3. Short Story – Game ofWords..!!
He then took out his pen form his pocket and
turned the cardboard sheet back-to-front and re-
wrote something on it and then went on his way.
The old man noticed that there was one person
who was writting something on the board but did
not say anything.
After sometime that empty bowl was full.
Somehow the old man asked one of the strangers
to read the writtings of the card.
The stranger said: The card board says ”It is a
beautiful day. You can see it but I can not.”

4. Short Story – Moral
Some creative approach and the proper choice of
the words can help many in many ways.
Infact the words have the magical power to power
many lives on the earth.
And also our action should be always inline with
the betterment of the society.
There was fine writting nearer to the gate of a
temple: “If you want to be rich, make others
rich”

5. Move any 3 match sticks so that the fish swims to the left
THINKING IS A
TOUGH JOB AND
THINKING
CREATIVELY IS
TOUGHER.

6. OUTLINE
I. Definition of Term
I. The Creative Thinking Process and why?
I. What experts says..!!
I. Some additional thoughts
I. Golden Rules
I. Some examples of creative thinking..!!

7. DEFINITION OFTERM
Looking a problem with a fresh, and sometimes
unorthodox, perspective.
- Thomas Alva Edition
“Creative Thinking is - looking at the same thing as everyone else
and thinking something different.”
Adopted from a famous quote from a former
Nobel prize winner, Albert Szent-Gyorgi.

8. Why Creative Thinking
 Joy and Happiness.
 Survival and Progress.
 Wealth Creation.

9. C
B
A
x y z
 One and only one of the
switches (A, B & C) on the
outside of the room turns on all
of the lights (x, y & z) in the
room
 From outside, you cannot see
into the room
 The wiring is hidden from view
 You are not allowed to damage
any of the property
 Is there a way of knowing for
sure which switch turns the
lights on?
 Once you enter the room, you
cannot leave again to rearrange
the switches and you have total
3 attempts for turn on/off
switches.
Light Example

10. CEO’s ask about creativity..!!
A survey of Fortune 500 CEO’s asked what they looked
for when hiring employees and promoting managers. A whopping 100
% of the CEO’s mentioned creativity as one of the primary characteristics.
In fact, almost 60 % of the CEOs surveyed ranked creativity higher
than intelligence.
This is in stark contrast to the fact that only 6% think they are doing
well when it comes to creativity. Without a doubt, our major corporate
employers want and need your creativity in their workforce.

11. Ideas of Creativity – Evolution- 1/5
Every problem that has been solved can be solved again in a better way
Que: What was the day of the week when Swami Vivekandand(12th January
1863) was born?
Ans: He was born on Monday. (Ref: Gregorian Calendar)

12. Ideas of Creativity – Synthesis- 2/5
Two or more existing ideas are combined into a third, new Idea.

13. Ideas of Creativity – Revolution- 3/5
Sometimes the best new idea is a completely different one

14. Ideas of Creativity – Reapplication - 4/5
Look at something old in a new way

15. Ideas of Creativity – Changing Direction -5/5
The goal is to solve a problem, not to implement a particular solution
Betal Panchavimshati (Sanskrit: वेतालपञ्चवविंशवत ) is an ancient Indian story collection of a King and a
Ghost. Internationally, these are popularly known as Vikram Betal Stories and were originally written
in Sanskrit. This is a collection of very well known stories in India, and have also been translated into
various languages including Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, English, and Marathi. Every narrative contains a
moral lesson for the listeners.
About Vikram Betal Stories
According to folklore, the King of Ujjain, Vikramaditya or Vikram, is said to have promised to bring a
ghost named Betal to a sage to help him complete his prayers. Following Vikram’s encounter with
Betal, the ghost agrees to accompany him on one condition. During the journey, Betal will tell King
Vikram a story and will ask him a question at the end. If Vikram gave the right answer, then Betal will
fly back to his tree. If Vikram knowingly decided to stay quiet, then he will end up losing his life, and
only if Vikram really doesn’t know the answer to Betal’s question, he can take Betal to the sage. And
thus began the journey of Vikram and Betal.
Vikram Betal Stories is a collection of interesting stories that conclude with a
question. Dig through this piece of history and listen to all the stories with kids and

16. Golden Rules
 Start to discover new ways to be creative in every situation.
 Try to abandon the old ways of doing things and explore new ways.
 It is not possible to change the way we think about everything.
Challenge this thought.
 Understand that creative thinking requires effort, but it is worth it!
 Include other people in the creative thinking process
 Keep Thinking Creatively..!!

17. Sources
Fortune Survey
You are creative: Let your creativity
bloom
Dr. YKK (Yew Kam Keong)
Thank you!

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