5. Counterfactual thinking can help boost creativity
Research has shown that counterfactual thinking can help to give creativity a quick boost.[5]
Counterfactual thinking is analyzing something that has already happened and looking at alternative outcomes.
What to do: Ask yourself what the outcome would have been if you had done something differently.
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