THINKING SKILLS and 9 mantras!

recently went through an article on Thinking skills and thinking like a genius..it explains how people walk into counselor's room to improve their thinking process and start thinking like Einstein or Aristotle and harness their power of creative mind and improve their future..and those who visit these centers are of age 50+

they have suggested 9 mantras to improve thinking...

1. Rethink! Look at problems in many different ways.
2. Visualize! Utilize diagrams and imagery to analyze your dilemma.
3. Produce! Genius is productive.
4. Combine! Make novel combinations...
5. Form! Form relationships.
6. Opposite! Think in opposites.
7. Metaphor/simile! Think metaphorically.
8. Failure! Learning from your mistakes is one example of using failure.
9. Patience! Don't confuse inspiration with ideas.

and i wonder...why people who have spent half their life peacefully suddenly walk in for such a counseling on thinking process..and follow these 9 mantras to improve their thinking skills!

always felt elders are behind a type of critical thinking(not being negative) questioning there own ego and getting over anxious about their thoughts from the question what s next door family going to think about us to what my son thinks..never ending attitude of man to grow more than his fellow beings to reach the next level leads him to the stage of revised thinking and then to counselling centers !