The establishment of associative links develops creative thinking, resourcefulness and wit. One of the leading experts in communication techniques, Carsten Bredemeyer, offers a relaxation exercise called “Numeric Associations”, which will be useful, for example, when there is a strong fear of communication.
Before you is a series of numbers * to which you need to find suitable associations. The more you can find, the better.
examples:
Number 1? Number 1, loner, one on one, one in the field is not a warrior …
Number 2? In two counts, «Two captains.»
Number 3? «Three Musketeers», «Three Tenors».
Number 4? Play four hands.
Number 5? Rated «excellent».
Number 6? Sixth Sense.
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Number 7? Wolf and seven kids, «The Seventh Seal».
Number 8? The eighth wonder of the world.
Number 9? A cat has nine lives, nine planets in the solar system.
Number 10? Ten o’clock news, «Ten Little Indians».
Number 11? November is the eleventh month of the year, a penalty kick.
Number 12? Ocean’s 12, The Twelve Apostles.
Number 20? X2 = Ali Baba and the forty thieves.
* K. Bredemeyer «Black Rhetoric: The Power and Magic of the Word» (Alpina Business Books, 2005).