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A man is coming on Friday to Hyderabad, he is leaving Hyderabad in two days, and today is Tuesday – how is this possible??

Lateral Thinking ??

Thinking out of the box, in unconventional ways. Looking at a problem from a different angle than usual by challenging your own way of thinking

Einstein : “Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which they were created.” He discovered the theory of relativity.

Da Vinci : Designed flying machines hundred of years before planes existed….

Archimedes: One of the greatest mathematicians of Antiquity. One of the first to calculate the value of pi (3.14…)

The rules for lateral thinking are that there are no rules!

Thinking questions can begin with these

words or phrases :

Imagine

Suppose..

Predict

If..then..

How might

Can you create

What are some possible consequences..

Why is lateral thinking important ?

Lateral thinking is creativity. Without creativity, we could not advance science and medicine or discover new things about our world, and there would be a limit on our learning.

Did you think Laterally today?

Situation1

There is a flood in Hyderabad. How do you think you can get to the school on time?

Situation2

After you take a shower ,you find you don’t have a towel to dry yourself. What will you do?

Situation3

You wake up and find that you’re in a foreign country. You have no money. What will you do?

What situation can you think laterally in your daily life?

You are driving a bus in the evening. It’s raining a lot. 23 people get into the bus at the first halt in a hurry. At the second stop, 5 people leave, 7 get in. At the third stop, 12 people leave the bus. But no one gets in. At the last stop everybody leaves the bus. What’s the age of the driver?

“Most people rush to find asolution before knowing the

real problem.”