The Zoom Thinker™

Posted on Jun 10, 2010 | 0 comments

Your brain processes a gazillion electrical impulse a second. Okay, I know there isn’t such thing as a gazillion but you get the idea. The human brain is an amazing system that is part of another amazing system – the human body. Some of the greatest scientists in the world continue to try and emulate the human brain yet the accomplishment of this feat continues to be an evasive task.

However, the human mind – your most important organ – plays a central role in your ability to achieve success. Yes, I’m sure that there has been some level of luck, fate, blessings or whatever else you would like to attribute to the success of other individuals. At the core, however, is an individual’s ability to process information and take a set of actions that generate above average results and significant impact in this world.

In watching and studying people who have generated what I would consider to be significant impact, there are some common traits that I have been able to identify in the way that these people think.

• Vertical Zoom Thinking
• Horizontal Zoom Thinking
• Contextual Zoom Thinking

Vertical Zoom Thinking is the ability to conceptualize from different perspectives. This is thinking “big picture” when necessary to stay out of the details but also being able to zoom in and examine a tree that sits within the forest.

Horizontal Zoom Thinking is the capability to activate both sides of your brain. The left hemisphere of your brain allows you think logically while the right half enables creative thought. You challenge is to consciously leverage the best of both halves by framing creative thought inside of reasonable and productive logic.

Contextual Zoom Thinking brings in the third dimension. Demonstrating the ability to think at the right levels of vertical and horizontal thought is not enough. To achieve maximum impact, your thought consciousness must also be within the proper context of the business or life situation in which you reside.

There is a strong case for the power of “zoom thinking” in producing results. This case is founded upon my personal experiences and in watching influential individuals who have and who continue to impact this world in significant ways. Do you consciously think along all three of these axes? A Zoom Thinker™ does.

The Zoom Thinker