How Do You Think About Your Thinking? 9 Strategies
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2. #1 USE “WASTED” TIME
1.) At the end of your day, sit down and review the choices
that you made throughout that day and figure out what
thoughts went into those decisions. If there are things
that could have been done differently, use the "wasted"
time to think of new ideas and strategies to accomplish
goals and/or resolve issues differently, next time.
3. #2 A PROBLEM A DAY
2.) Choose THE most important issue that is
heavy on your mind, first, and then leave the
less important problems to solve themselves.
4. INTERNALIZE INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS
3.) Each week, develop your awareness and
understanding of one of the (8) eight Intellectual
Standards:
Clarity
Precision
Accuracy
Relevance
Depth
Breadth
Logicalness
Significance
5. KEEP AN INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL
4.) Keep a log of important situations and your
responses to them ant the outcome. Then
analyze the issues to assess what you learned
and how you will handle similar situations in the
future.
6. RESHAPE YOUR CHARACTER
5.) Be able to admit when you are wrong and/or
notice when you become unnecessarily
defensive and whether you are open-minded
enough, to learn from your mistakes.
7. DEAL WITH YOUR EGOCENTRISM
6.) Egos are “on fire” all over the Universe like well-
placed landmines. So watch your step, your ego is
no better than the next ego! Mike Tyson once said:
“Your ego will offend my ego.”
Pretty clever and funny, right?
8. REDEFINE THE WAY YOU SEE THINGS
7.) To keep your viewpoints fresh and adaptable,
try looking out of a different “mental window”
for new inspiration and to see things differently.
9. GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR EMOTIONS
8.) Untie your emotions from issues so that you
can deal with issues, using a clear mind, sans
emotional drama.
10. ANALYZE YOUR GROUP INFLUENCES
9.) Are the people in your life encouraging or
discouraging?
