fossil thinking

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I learn new phrase from a friends – Fossil thinking. We wear the same fashion, working the same style, sit at the favorite spot and think like our fore father. He think that all of these are example fossilize thinking. So to move from the current state to a new leap, rather than adding extra effort, the thinking also must be change from fossilize thinking to dynamic and real time. If don’t , the thinking will be extinct like the dinosaur. Only dinosaur that can adapt the current condition can survive till now like the crocodile and cockroaches.
To avoid the fossil thinking, the mind must set not to do the daily usual but to work rather unusual approach. For example as an white collar worker, usually we bring a hand carry cases. All of them are using that particular cases. But when have extra document and some more a laptop, the cases can be heavy because you just using only one hand right or left. Laptop for another bag. Why not carry just a back pack, so you can free your both hand and same time can fill it with document and a laptop.
Thinking like your dad. When we were kids, some us as have a drill dad / mom. Force us to study hard day and night from as little as 10 years old to get good grades. Not just home prep, also they pay for weekend tuition too. So as a result we do the same for our children for the same reason – getting a good results. Why not we change the approach by defining back the meaning of success. Success is not just good results but being a good human and doing good to mankind.
So if we drill the kid to get good result, we are approaching them like the adults way. Adults drill themselves day and night working hard to get better position and making a lot of money. By defining the success, the children can’t just be focus only to get good grades , but it’s a learning through experience period. It’s the matter of approach.
So that’s for fossil thinking…Maybe you can think a better idea of what it is…

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