Cars don't need engines.

Yes, I am writing this. Let your mind ingest it slowly.

Dictionary states: "Patience is the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties."

Now Switch Gears:

Provocation;

We think by recognizing patterns and reacting to them. These reactions come from our past experiences and logical extensions to those experiences. Often we do not think outside these patterns. While we may know the answer as part of a different type of problem, the structure of our brains makes it difficult for us to link this in. Provocation is one of the tools we use to make links between these patterns.

So how do we do it?

Think of something stupid.

Statements need to be stupid to shock our minds out of existing ways of thinking. Once we have made a provocative statement, we then suspend judgment and use that statement to generate ideas. Provocations give us original starting points for creative thinking.

As an example, we could make a statement that 'Houses should not have roofs'. Normally this would not be a good idea! However this leads one to think of houses with opening roofs, or houses with glass roofs. These would allow you to lie in bed and look up at the stars.

I have wanted a glass roof since I was a little girl.

Kathy! Come inside and go to bed!

But m -o-m, I'm watching shooting stars!

Do cars need engines?