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①Habitsareafunnything.②Wereachforthemmindlessly,settingourbrainsonauto-pilot

andrelaxingintotheunconsciouscomfortoffamiliarroutine.③“Notchoice,buthabitrulesthe

unreflectingherd,”WilliamWordsworthsaidinthe19thcentury.④Intheever-changing21st

century,eventheword“habit”carriesanegativeimplication.

①Soitseemsparadoxicaltotalkabouthabitsinthesamecontextascreativityand

innovation.②Butbrainresearchershavediscoveredthatwhenweconsciouslydevelopnewhabits,

wecreateparallelpaths,andevenentirelynewbraincells,thatcanjumpourtrainsofthoughtonto

new,innovativetracks.

①Ratherthandismissingourselvesasunchangeablecreaturesofhabit,wecaninsteaddirect

ourownchangebyconsciouslydevelopingnewhabits.②Infact,themorenewthingswe

try—themorewestepoutsideourcomfortzone—themoreinherentlycreativewebecome,bothin

theworkplaceandinourpersonallives.

①Butdon’tbothertryingtokilloffoldhabits;oncethoserutsofprocedurearewornintothe

brain,they’retheretostay.②Instead,thenewhabitswedeliberatelypressintoourselvescreate

parallelpathwaysthatcanbypassthoseoldroads.

①“Thefirstthingneededforinnovationisafascinationwithwonder,”saysDawnaMarkova,

authorofTheOpenMind.②“Butwearetaughtinsteadto‘decide,’justasourpresidentcalls

himself‘theDecider.’”③Sheadds,however,that“todecideistokilloffallpossibilitiesbutone.

④Agoodinnovationalthinkerisalwaysexploringthemanyotherpossibilities.”

①Allofusworkthroughproblemsinwaysofwhichwe’reunaware,shesays.②Researchers

inthelate1960sdiscoveredthathumansarebornwiththecapacitytoapproachchallengesinfour

primaryways:analytically,procedurally,relationally(orcollaboratively)andinnovatively.③At

theendofadolescence,however,thebrainshutsdownhalfofthatcapacity,preservingonlythose

modesofthoughtthathaveseemedmostvaluableduringthefir