How Absurd Questions Can Help Us Think Differently?

Do you have that one friend who always likes to ask these absurd questions such as: “what would you prefer: one arm of three metres or three chickens always following you wherever you go?”

None of this will ever happen, so it seems pointless to spend any time thinking about it. But as silly as they may sound, absurd questions can be useful.

Would you rather be invisible for a day or be able to fly for a day?

Intuitively, one option might appear to you better than the other. Why is that? What does it say about you?

For me, I would definitely prefer to fly, as I value freedom and discovery highly. And the beauty of it is that everyone will come up with a different explanation for their answer.

Absurd questions can be powerful as they force us to think differently and unlock better outcomes.

Think about your goals. Maybe, you want to buy a flat. Or become a company director. Or have your paintings displayed in a famous exhibition in Paris.

And most of us look at how we can achieve these goals. We make plans and think of what would need to be…