Sindbad the Sailor's Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking

"The world we have created is a product of our thinking (Einstein); it cannot be changed without changing our thinking." Thinking yields to production, and the more intellectual the thought, the more enhanced the product becomes. This concept of thinking equaling creation is explained in "The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor" in The Arabian Nights, a collection of stories, edited by George Stade. Although Sindbad encounters perilous circumstances on his voyages, light vs. dark archetype indicates how innovative thinking aids problem solving, concluding in Sindbad's boundless prosperity.

Utilizing resources and opportunities allows for success. When opportunities present themselves, people are able to grab ahold it to "construct[ed]" (Stade 507) it to their advantage. For example, in "The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor," Sindbad was able to use the roc, an abnormally large-sized bird, to carry himself out of the mountains. He was able to use a resource, an animal, to be successful in evading the mountains. Students utilize "several" (503) resources in school such as, teachers, the library, the internet, and tutorials, "in hopes that" (483) they will make their way through high school and onto college. Imagine a student writing an essay with no prior knowledge whatsoever on the prompt given. Without "conjecturing" (507) about tapping the resources available to him/her, the student would not be able to successfully "obtain[ed]" (504) writing the essay. "By this contrivance" (504) of taking advantage of the "great abundance" (503) of opportunities that are presented, people are able to move farther in life than people who let opportunities or resources "leave" (489) their fingers. Chefs use ingredients around them to create "a great deal" of dishes. If a dish goes awry, then the chef would be able to use resources, ingredients, utensils, and kitchen, to "approach[ed]" (498-499) the problem and come up with a solution. In the working environment, such as a business, people take advantage of an "opportunity" (489) given to them, such as a new project, a new responsibility, so that they may move forward in their career versus an employee who passes these chances by and ends up doing the same thing forever. For example, in the "Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor," widows are lowered down into a cavern with a limited supply of food. While most of these men and women quickly diminish their supplies, Sindbad prolongs the use of his food, prolongs the use of his food to the point that he is able to sustain his life long enough to encounter

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