The Hindu Business Line : <I>Switch from `have to' to `want to' </I>

Sir Isaac Newton's view was that everything was perfect except people, who were `always trying to ruin a good thing'. On the other hand, Alfred North Whitehead, a philosopher and a mathematician, looked at the world as a dynamic one. The Whiteheadians, therefore, work on building a new reality every day, says Tice. "For them, present reality is only temporary... They don't sit around cursing fate, or wishing for change... They create change for themselves."

To transcend current reality, you should see the why and what, and not worry about `how', counsels the author. Another advice, to help cultivate `thought patterns for peak performance', is to break from linear thinking. Tice reminds you of the need for a lot of drive and energy to get from here to there. Most of that must come from within - `from intrinsic motivation that comes from well-defined values and motives'. Discover your values by asking yourself tough questions, exhorts the author. "It's not an easy task to sort out your priorities. It takes some time... When you get down the six or seven things that are most important to you in this life, you know what to hang your goals on."

Throw away the `have to' attitude that losers adopt in running their lives'. Instead, look at what is the best for you and say, `I choose to, I want to, I get to.' That way, you call the shots, and assume accountability for everything you do, even as `tremendous surge of power comes over you.'

A chapter on `the creative thought process' speaks of the three parts of the process, viz. the conscious, the subconscious, and the creative subconscious. The conscious part, in turn, has five basic functions, `perception, assimilation, association, evaluation, and decision'. Tice likens the subconscious to `a high-fidelity sensory tape recorder that captures and stores your version of reality'. The third part, the creative subconscious, enforces your behaviour. How does all that connect to work, you may wonder? "The quality of information you have stored about how the world works affects the validity of choices you make," says Tice.

Smart analysis.

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D. Murali