Different Approaches to a Problem [B]
Guidance for Reciting
Lateral thinking is simply approaching a problem with an Eastern flanking maneuver instead of thinking only in dominant concepts.
Lateral thinking，however，is a new technique of thinking about things―a technique that avoids this fight altogether，and solves the problem in an entirely unexpected fashion. Lateral thinking is most valuable in some problem situations where vertical thinking has been unable to provide a solution. When you reach that impasse，and feel the fight upon you，quickly reprogram your thinking and change your point of view―by being imaginative enough to think up new ideas，find new ways of looking at our problems，invent new methods for dealing with old patterns. Think laterally instead of vertically. Take the fight out of our lives. Move Eastward in our attitudes.
Notes
1.lateral [5lAtErEl] a. 侧面的，旁边的
2.impasse [5Ampa：s，im-] n. 僵局，死路
不同的思维方式（二）
诵读导言
横向思维指解决问题时从各个不同角度来思考而不是固定从一个方面来思考的方法。
然而，横向思维是一种思考事物的新方法――这种方法既避免了拼斗又能以完全出乎意料的方式使问题得到解决。在纵向思维不能提供解决办法的情况下，横向思维是最重要的方法。当你走进思路的死胡同，感觉到拼斗在即，要迅速调整思路，改变观点――通过充分的想象力产生新的思想，发现考虑问题的新路子，构思出处理老问题的新方法。以横向思维取代纵向思维。摒除我们生活中的拼斗。在态度上我们要向东方的思维方式靠拢。