{"id":4793,"date":"2016-01-05T14:23:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T19:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/?p=4793"},"modified":"2016-01-05T14:33:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T19:33:06","slug":"how-to-become-a-type-gray-extreme-thinking-ii-type-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/how-to-become-a-type-gray-extreme-thinking-ii-type-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Become A Type Gray Extreme: Thinking II (Type Gray)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">TYPE GRAY <span style=\"color: #808080;\">EXTREME<\/span>: THINKING II<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Get well acquainted with open ended problems<\/strong> (questions that involve more than one word answers) and focus a fair amount of your thought processes to <strong>seeing relationships and associations<\/strong> in the information your learn and pick up on. <strong><u>Get your creative thinking and logical thinking revved up<\/u><\/strong><u> together by trying to <\/u><strong><u>reinterpret random things<\/u><\/strong><u> throughout your day<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/divergent.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4812 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/divergent.png\" alt=\"divergent\" width=\"407\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/divergent.png 477w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/divergent-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/divergent-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/divergent-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/divergent-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a>Pick out a random object and think of a way to <u>use it not for its intended purpose<\/u>, then test it out in your spare time. Whether it involves using the object as it is, or converting it slightly, <u>get to work.<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can start with things around the office and around the home. Read up on <strong>\u201clife hacks\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cupcycling\u201d<\/strong> because this is exactly what you will be doing. Objects can be furniture, tools, and electronics (if you are electrically inclined), recycled materials, or even trash (like that perfectly good glass container you just threw out, it\u2019s not just for pasta sauce).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The possibilities are endless, so keep your eyes and mind open, and use this type of thinking often, \u201cdivergent thinking.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/diverge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4813 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/diverge.png\" alt=\"diverge\" width=\"721\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/diverge.png 721w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/diverge-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/diverge-100x19.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Again, <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Do your research.<\/li>\n<li><u>Identify strengths and weaknesses.<\/u><\/li>\n<li>Plan your approaches.<\/li>\n<li><u>Apply and monitor your strategies.<\/u><\/li>\n<li>Reflect on the degree to which your current approach is working, or not working.<\/li>\n<li><u>Write it down, keep logs, and keep notes. <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s OK to look for the logical solutions to problems, <strong><u>but don\u2019t forget to look for creative solutions too<\/u><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>and keep your <u>empathy<\/u> on-board if your analysis involves people. It\u2019s ok to be task-oriented too, as long as you make time for critical and creative thinking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Convergent thinking<\/u><\/strong> is important (being able to give a single correct answer to a standard problem), but it shouldn\u2019t be your only method of thinking. If it is, it will end up <u>working against you<\/u>, rather than for you by <u>limiting your options and solutions<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/frenemy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4814 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/frenemy.png\" alt=\"frenemy\" width=\"718\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/frenemy.png 718w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/frenemy-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/frenemy-100x19.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/convergent.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4815 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/convergent.png\" alt=\"convergent\" width=\"311\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/convergent.png 430w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/convergent-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/convergent-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/convergent-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/convergent-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a>Plan things out to the last detail<\/strong>, but remember to <u>make time for spontaneous adventures<\/u> too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Organize your ideas and strategies.<\/strong> You can do this with <strong>concept maps, mind maps, and timelines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plan things out not just by focusing on the future, but also considering and with a stronger focus on the <u>present and past<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Learn from the past, live in the present, but plan for the future.<\/u><\/strong> Don\u2019t get to deep into the planning process though. It\u2019s one thing to plan, it\u2019s another thing to expect things to actually work out that way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/whitewater.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4816 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/whitewater.png\" alt=\"whitewater\" width=\"269\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/whitewater.png 269w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/whitewater-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a>Think of life as similar to whitewater rafting<\/strong>. Your plan is to make it from start to finish without busting your raft, falling out of your raft, or flipping over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you try to plan a specific route, you\u2019re going to end up disappointed, because you\u2019re going with the flow; <u>so chart as you go and stay flexible<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Apply new knowledge, observe the results, and refine your approaches over time.<\/strong> Avoid convincing yourself that <u>you got it 100% right the first time<\/u>. There is <strong><u>ALWAYS<\/u><\/strong> room for improvement. So don\u2019t sell yourself short by getting stuck in your ways and remember that <strong><u>\u201cwrong\u201d and \u201cnot entirely right\u201d are not the same thing<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/rightwrong.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4817 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/rightwrong.png\" alt=\"rightwrong\" width=\"638\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/rightwrong.png 638w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/rightwrong-300x35.png 300w, https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/rightwrong-100x12.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/what-can-i-tweak-how-type-gray\/\">&lt;&lt; Back to Class Directory<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYPE GRAY EXTREME: THINKING II \u00a0 Get well acquainted with open ended problems (questions that involve more than one word answers) and focus a fair amount of your thought processes to seeing relationships and associations in the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"course":[44],"class_list":["post-4793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sample-classes","course-what-can-i-tweak-how-type-gray","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4793"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4828,"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4793\/revisions\/4828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4793"},{"taxonomy":"course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qpsychics.com\/center\/membership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course?post=4793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}