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Adopt the key trait of innovators: Associative thinking

Adopt the key trait of innovators: Associative thinking

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Adopt the key trait of innovators: Associative thinking

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- According to research, associative thinking is a key trait of innovators. Innovators take unrelated concepts, smash 'em together, and combine them in new ways. Most people will see random items, but innovators spot the potential and make the connections. Those combinations lead to innovation. How does one do this? You ask. Great question. I've been practicing this myself for decades and in this video I'm going to break it down for you. Let's start with what associative thinking is. It's the process of taking information from different sources and making new connections with it. Put simply, it's connecting the dots. Have you ever heard the phrase "Jack or Jill of all trades, master of none." It's typically seen as a negative thing, but I'm here to tell you, it's your greatest superpower as an innovator. You see, growing up I always had wide interest in everything and I saw this as being negative. I was curious about so many things, I would often deep dive to get a good handle on a…

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