Change-ability Tip #19: “Use darkness to shed light”–Roger von Oech
Kernel: Life is filled with opposites. If you’re facing darkness (stress/change), what is the opposite now visible as light?
From creativity consultant and author Roger von Oech:
“Heraclitus is saying that we don’t fully appreciate something until we have thought about or experienced its opposite. For example, success is more rewarding if we’ve tasted defeat, life more precious if we’ve been close to death, and love dearer if lost and regained. … So, the questions this insight suggests are: What’s ‘dark’ or missing in your current situation? How does it shed light on what is there?”
Roger von Oech’s books include:
A Whack on the Side of the Head (New York: Warner Books, 1998.)
A Kick in the Seat of the Pants (New York: Harper & Row, 1986.), and
Expect the Unexpected (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2002.)
Posted: June 14th, 2009 under 50 Ways to be resilient, Change-ability Tip, Creative thinking technique, Resilience.
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