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As we go through life, we may become stuck in a routine, ____ out on extraordinary ideas or solutions.

In such a situation, we ____ try considering things from a different angle.

By doing so, we can ____ our understanding of the world, challenge our assumptions, and find creative solutions to problems.

Let’s look at two stories that demonstrate the power of thinking ____

Who ____ the Pathways?

Walter Gropius was a well-known architect, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of ____ architecture.

However, ____ this expert architect was once troubled when designing an amusement park.

He finished most of ____ main structures except for the pathways between the attractions.

Gropius wanted to find the best design for the pathways but could not come up with ____ that satisfied him.

One day, Gropius took a trip ____ France.

____ place he went to was famous for its vineyards.

Farmers were selling grapes along ____ road near each vineyard.

Then, one far ahead ____ his eye because there was no one selling grapes but only a box by the side of the road.

It turned out that the elderly couple who owned the ____ were in poor health and could not pick the grapes themselves.

Instead, they let people pick as many grapes as ____ wanted as long as they put five francs in the box.

The couple not only prevented their grapes from becoming too ripe by permitting grape picking, but they also provided an enjoyable experience ____ their customers.

Astonished by the elderly couple’s idea of allowing customers to freely pick grapes, ____ thought it would be good to extend this idea to the amusement park design and allow visitors to create their own paths.

Upon returning to his project, he instructed the construction team to plant grass ____ areas where he wanted to create the pathways.

When the grass started to grow, ____ opened the amusement park earlier than planned.

In places where people repeatedly walked, small footpaths started ____ form on the grass.

The shapes of the paths were not unified, with some wide ____ some narrow, because they were formed naturally by visitors.

The following year, Gropius used the grass pathways as an outline on which he built permanent pathways, resulting ____ the most convenient and efficient routes.

This pathway design was later chosen as the best road design ____ the 1971 International Landscape Architecture Symposium in London.

It was contrary to common sense ____ allow people to walk on newly sprouted grass because it could damage the grass.

Moreover, it was unprecedented for an architect to let people ____ the designing.

Nonetheless, Gropius gained insight into creating ideal pathways ____ thinking outside the box.

Have you ever wondered ____ there are mirrors in elevators?

The world’s first successful ____ elevator was installed in a five-story building in New York in 1857.

This prominent development brought excitement to the field of architecture by making it possible to build much taller ____ than ever before.

Nevertheless, passengers were highly dissatisfied regardless of ____ practical it was.

Employees of the elevator company conducted a ____ survey in order to find out why the passengers were so unhappy.

The results of the questionnaire showed that it was the elevator’s slow speed that ____ causing dissatisfaction.

The trip ____ one floor to the next took nearly fifteen seconds.

The employees also discovered that passengers thought the ____ was much slower than it actually was because passengers had nothing to do.

During the slow ride, some passengers complained and ____ they felt trapped.

Even though the employees identified speed as the main source of dissatisfaction, it was not something ____ could be improved immediately due to technological limitations.

Then, one ____ one employee of the elevator company began to look at the problem from a different perspective.

She thought about it from a passenger’s point ____ view.

She ____ that what mattered was not speed but discomfort and boredom.

She asked herself what could be done ____ this case.

After many days of searching ____ a solution, she proposed installing a mirror inside the elevator.

She believed that ____ could make the elevator appear larger, reducing the feeling of being trapped.

Also, she believed that people could relieve boredom by looking ____ the mirror.

____ a survey done after the mirror was installed, passengers commented on how much faster the new elevator was, even though the speed was exactly the same.

____ stopped paying attention to the speed of the elevator because they were looking in the mirror.

If the employee had thought only of ways to increase the speed of the elevator ____ resolve the problem, it might not have been possible to find a solution.

____ by viewing the problem from a different perspective, the employee found the solution by speeding up the customers’ perception of time.

In solving problems that are new to us, it is quite easy ____ get stuck in a particular point of view.

However, even a simple shift in perspective can ____ in a creative solution.

So, the next time you face a problem, try ____ about it from a different angle.