Outsmart the Unexpected: Grow Your Creativity the Edge-of-Your-Seat Way »

Sharpen your ability to find creative solutions to sticky situations.

Outsmart the Unexpected is a collection of challenging and unusual dilemmas in story form that need solving. It's up to you to write your own ending. It's up to you to decide how things will turn out—Happily? In a twist? In more of a muddle? Use them to sharpen your ability to find creative solutions to sudden predicaments. Use them to develop your creativity, strengthen your ability to think on your feet, and make decisions which will be successful.

In the course of life, problems may suddenly arise and they may sometimes be things you've never dealt with before. So your mental filing cabinet of experiences and skills can only partially assist in coming up with a solution. The predicaments presented in this collection are situations that most people have probably never encountered before and never will (hopefully). The rationale for this is that you'll need to work the problem and tap into your creativity in order to find a solution. You won't just being able to draw upon your expertise and remembered experiences.

In some, you may need to suspend your disbelief to play along. Some will make your head spin. Others may make your heart pound. Still others will make you go hmmm. But, all will get your brain stretching and help you grow your creativity and problem solving prowess.

Have fun inventing different endings and discussing and debating the possible solutions or interesting outcomes that you came up with for these suspense-filled, no-time-to-lose, minimal information dilemmas. Do you think that the best solutions come from asking the right questions? Get your brain humming thinking up what those questions would be. Do you enjoy dreaming up your own endings? Let your imagination run wild. Come along on the journey and bring your creative side along with you!