The Harvard Test of Inflected Acquisition.
It’s a fancy test designed by a fancy institution that helps schools determine which students have a higher academic potential.
Problem Solving
Overwhelmed? Try this.
As I write this, I’m on a flight to Las Vegas to give a keynote at a Salesforce/Tableau conference with 8,000 attendees.
It’s one of 6 events I’m doing in less than 7 days.
In moments like this, it’s easy to get frazzled and lose myself in overwhelm.
There’s a practice I follow to ground myself that I’m going to share with you. It comes from an unlikely place: bullfighting. (For our purposes, I’m going to set aside the cruelty of the “sport” and instead focus on the idea).
It’s called querencia.
A simple way to get unstuck
My high school soccer coach had a saying that I love: If you’re not in possession, get in position.
In other words, if you don’t have the ball, move to a different place on the field where you’ll be open to receive the ball.
The same principle applies to you.
Why brainstorming doesn’t work
Brainstorming is used in virtually every organization to generate ideas and explore options.
But there’s a problem with brainstorming: It doesn’t work.