What I’ve Discovered today.

This morning's news paper helped me discover the “Five Minds” ,about which Howard Gardner, the Harvard psychologist has stated in his book for the 21 century professionals . They are:

1. The Disciplined Mind

2. Synthesizing Mind

3. Creating Mind

4. Respectful Mind

5. Ethical Mind.

That led me on to the “Six Hats” of Dr Edward De Bono and about Lateral Thinking.

The Six Thinking Hats (or modes) http://www.debonothinkingsystems.com/tools/6hats.htm

The White Hat

The White Hat calls for information known or needed.

The Red Hat

The Red Hat signifies feelings, hunches and intuition.

The Black Hat

The Black Hat is judgment -- the devil's advocate or why something may not work.

The Yellow Hat

The Yellow Hat symbolizes brightness and optimism.

The Green Hat

The Green Hat focuses on creativity: the possibilities, alternatives and new ideas.

The Blue Hat

The Blue Hat is used to manage the thinking process.

Hm……..!

That much about Mind tools.

But what I enjoyed reading today is a one liner by Lord Byron( or is it Alexander Pope, or Richard Crashaw or our dear John Keats himself? A Google search will give us unimaginable probabilities (:)
It is about the first miracle that Jesus did - turning water into wine! To describe this event, Byron?/Pope?/ Crashaw?/ penned this stunning line:

"The conscious water saw its Master, and blushed."

Whoever has penned it, he did it too well. I love that line.