Chapter 13 - Filters vs. Doorways

Question 1

How many numbers can you hold in you mind at one time?

Answer 1

7, give or take a few

Question 2

Does the brain act as a filter or as a door?

Answer 2

Filter, but we are more creative when it acts as a door

Question 3

Brain Bottle Opener 13: Select Your Attention/Seeking Song Titles

Answer 3

For one full minute, see if you can draw your attention exclusively to the one detail you’ve chosen. Try this two or three times with different things. In your heightened state of awareness, you can now create like John Lennon, by giving yourself three minutes to find as many interesting-sounding song titles as you can from the pages of a newspaper, magazine, novel, or Bible.