Secrets of Lateral Thinking: 101 Ideas for Thinking Creatively

Break out of your mental rut and expand your creative thinking with this guide to thinking outside the box.

Our minds crave stimulation, excitement and adventure. Our minds want to wander, dream and stretch out. But, as creatures of habit we tend to gravitate toward familiar patterns and regimented routines. And while this helps us get through the day to day business of living our lives, it also stifles our creativity and gets in the way of letting us achieve our true goals and aspirations.

Secrets of Lateral Thinking helps us to rekindle that creative spark so we can break out of the box and live the creative, stimulating lives we really desire.

These 101 techniques will help you discover creative new styles of thinking and novel approaches to problem solving, opening you up to new possibilities in every aspect of your life. Choose from a wide repertoire of mind-expanding creative thinking strategies for home, work, and leisure. Discover the value of following your intuition and thinking laterally, and get yourself out of that creative rut.

Featuring fun puzzles, insightful strategies and stimulating problems to help jump-start your creative processes, Secrets of Lateral Thinking is your entertaining pocket guide to expanding your mental horizons.

Rob Eastaway has authored and co-authored over ten books on puzzles, memory and mental fitness including The Memory Kit, How to Remember, and Mindbenders and Brain Teasers. He gives lectures and workshops on mathematics and is the director of Maths Inspiration, a national program of interactive lecture shows. He lives in London.