5.2 Now that you’ve analyzed this problem of yours, try to brainstorm fi ve possible solutions. I know you’ve been over this a million times, but most likely you’ve proposed the same two or three solutions over and over. This time, get crazy. Brainstorm some wild and ridiculous ideas! Give yourself two minutes for this exercise. Here goes! List at least fi ve possible solutions to this problem of yours (I’ll supply the other fi ve).
1. ______________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________________________ 5. ______________________________________________________________ 6. Don’t do anything for one year and see what happens.
7. Make the current situation worse by increasing the symptoms.
8. See the problem as an invitation to become a different kind of person.
9. Leave the situation/the state/the country.
10. Lose interest in the problem by creating a more serious problem in your life.
How did the brainstorming session go? Did you refrain from evaluating your solutions? Could you get a little wild and crazy in your suggestions? How did that feel to you? What do you think of your list? What do you think of the fi ve solutions I suggested at the end?