THE BIG IDEA

So many wellbeing books, so little time. Our deconstruction of someone's fresh thinking could send you in a new direction

THIS MONTH, WE READ FLIP THINKING: THE LIFE-CHANGING ART OF TURNING PROBLEMS INTO OPPORTUNITIES BY BERTHOLD GUNSTER In a nutshell Flip thinking is a different way of looking at problems where we don't keep trying to solve them and instead flip them into an opportunity. Author Berthold Gunster, the man behind the concept - known as Omdenken in his native Dutch - has helped to deliver over 10,000 workshops and shows on the philosophy and describes it as ‘transitioning from a ‘yes-but’ to a ‘yes-and’ way of living. Berthold wants people to understand that problems are merely ‘a frustration that hasn't found its form yet’. We learn to view problems in two parts: an idea or desire of how something should be, and our perception of reality as conflicting with that idea.…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2023

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