Can you think of any specific situations in which looking at things from a completely new perspective could help you create, innovate, or...

In Ender's Game, this question is applicable in several different circumstances. For instance, Ender looks at the video game in a "new way" when he refuses to choose one of the Giant's goblets for the hundredth time and instead attacks and kills the Giant. This allows him to finally move on to "Fairyland" in the game. Later on, as commander, he comes up with new ideas like waiting to come out of the gate,...

In Ender's Game, this question is applicable in several different circumstances. For instance, Ender looks at the video game in a "new way" when he refuses to choose one of the Giant's goblets for the hundredth time and instead attacks and kills the Giant. This allows him to finally move on to "Fairyland" in the game. Later on, as commander, he comes up with new ideas like waiting to come out of the gate, sending four soldiers to unlock the enemy gate while his team is losing, new formations, freezing his own legs to create a shield, and more. These allow him to be the best commander the Battle School has ever seen, to win fights even against two armies at once AFTER he has just fought and won a fistfight with his worst enemy, Bonzo. In actual battles, after Battle School, he continues to look at things in different ways and innovate to solve problems.

With regards to your question, can you think of a time when you have done something similar? Have you ever tried to look at something in a different way and that changed your answer? For instance, perhaps you realized how to solve word problems in math by turning them into numbers, or vice versa.