Monthly Masterclass in Metathinking (Mindful Metacognition) No. 68 on 4.19.23

ThinkToThink
Monthly Metathinking
Masterclass No. 68 (Since 2017)
Tuesday 19 April 2023
5:00-8:30 P.M. (Includes ThinkWorking™)
Bell Works | CoLab Gather Suite | Room 7
Featured Thought Leader, Educator-Coach
Joe Bush
Monthly Briefings from:
Enclave Academy
Bell Works and CoLab
Harper College
Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries
Facilitated by:
John Dallas
Chief Enlightenment Officer (CEO)
Enclave Academy
Here leaders land to take off.
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Metathinking Methods
Metathinking Mindsets
Metathinking Muddles
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To support excellence in decision-making,
exceptional outcomes, and sustainable long-
path success, Enclave Academy (EA) is a not-
for-profit membership community for
collaborative learning.
EA’s actionable psychology-based coursework,
coaching, and thinking partnerships
strengthen thinking skills and mindsets, and
intensify vigilance toward thinking traps (e.g.,
cognitive biases, etc.).
12 Metathinking Methods
12 Metathinking Mindsets
12 Metathinking Muddles
▪ Expand Your Thinking
▪ Increase Your Value
▪ Grow Your Venture
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differentiated as “an illuminator” that shines
light on ways to directly support individuals
— augmenting the work of top-quality
incubators, accelerators, and other venture-
centric continuing education programs.
For membership qualification information:
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ThinkToThink Masterclass in Metathinking
2000 Center Drive | Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192 | 312.415.2222
Wednesday 19 April 2023 | 5:00-8:30 P.M. | Class 6:00-7:30 P.M.
Decision-Making Support for Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders | Coursework | Coaching | Collaboration | Speakers Bureau | Resources | Membership Community
Since 2017 Enclave Academy Initiates and Facilitates Collaborative Learning in Best-Effort Thinking Skills to Strengthen Leaders Who Strengthen Their Communities
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Enclave Academy at Bell Works
Educator-coach Joe Bush believes. Any belief we have in ourselves, others, or beyond is as
strong as the “thinking that supports the thinking” in which each of us believes. Think it so!
“Belief drives behavior,” Joe will brilliantly illustrate. Belief, as Joe will explore the word, is
among the 34 “themes of strength” delineated in the Gallup® CliftonStrengths® Assessment.
To believe in the expandability of our thinking skills and mindsets, and our need for risk-
mitigation vigilance for muddled thinking (e.g., cognitive biases, etc.), is metacognition.
Don’t miss the vital opportunity to Think Things Through Thoroughly Together (TX5™) with
Joe Bush, a thought leader featured among Enclave Academy’s Enclavian Speakers Bureau.
Register, please, on Eventbrite. Park free in the covered East Lot. Enter the East Building’s main doors.
Believe in the Expandability of Your Thinking
EA Masterclass No. 68

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Thank you!
Academy Members (Scholars) and Non-Member Volunteers, Advisory Council Members and Other Engaged Thinking Partners,
Founding Faculty and Featured Thought Leaders, Non-Member Guests Who Participate ThinkToThink™ Learning & Earning Events,
Elk Grove Village Elected Officials and Senior Management, Elk Grove Village Public Library, Kellogg School at Northwestern
University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois System, Harper College, IL Township School District 214, Elk Grove High
School, Bell Works Chicagoland, the Metroburb in Hoffman Estates, IL, Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries Association
(MBBI), U.S. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Team, IL State Senator Laura Murphy and Team, IL State Representative
Michelle Mussman and Team, Cook County Board Commissioner Kevin Morrison and Team, Cook County Board Commissioner Dr.
Dennis Deer and Team, Leaders from Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, Glencoe, Lemont, and Naperville, Reporters, Bloggers, and
Social Media Influencers Who Post Stories and Reviews, Individuals and Organizations that Contribute Time, Money, Word-of-
Mouth Buzz, and other greatly valued and deeply appreciated individuals and resources they make available to the Academy.

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With Appreciation
Kathleen Burley
For years of steadfast support, near-perfect attendance for 68
monthly masterclasses and other Enclave Academy events,
and for committing to a regular weekly schedule of on-site
volunteerism as we work to get our volunteer arms around
many moving minds, hearts, and parts. Thank you, Kathleen.
Founding Faculty Member Since 2017

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Greetings in Absentia
Jake Kling
Bell Works | CoLaB
Tom Meyer
MBBI | Centrust Bank
Marie Lapidus
Harper College

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Visit to Be Inspired at Bell Works Chicagoland
The Metroburb for the Greater Chicago Metroplex
In Hoffman Estates, Home of Enclave Academy
Enclave Academy | Within Bell Works | 2000 Center Drive | Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192 | 312.415.2222

Fear of thinking too deeply may be one of the
most meaningful and actionable ways, among
many, to empirically describe (rather than
clinically define) phronemophobia — the fear of
thinking phobia. Don’t fear thinking about it!
One’s undue worry about having the amount of
time or intellectual capacity to understand deep
thinking’s results may forestall pursuit of learning
thinking methods, mindsets, cognitive biases,
and other elements of best-effort thinking (BET).
ThinkToThink Metacognition.
Fear of Thinking
Enclavius (MMXVII- ), the apocryphal patron sage of Enclavia, Enclave Academy’s
strategically playful ThinkToThink™ mind land for metacognitive thinking’s potential.
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Don’t think it alone.

Thinking Multiplied Model (TXX ):
Think
Think Twice
Think Things Through
Think Things Through Thoroughly
Think Things Through Thoroughly Together
TX1
TX2
TX3
TX4
TX5
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
While making/taking a decision, at least check off each of the
four or five TXX steps to ignite your Best-Effort Thinking (BET).

Pause. Think. ThinkToThink. Then proceed.
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Pre-Decision Metacognition (PDM)
PDM Fuels Best-Effort Thinking (BET)
o Promotions and Increased Compensation
o New Hires
o Terminations (by Any Name)
o Retaining Professional Support
o Purchases of High-Ticket Items
o Investments
o Relationships, Personal and Professional
o Decisions Worthy of Metacognition
Critical Thinking is the Foundational Starting Point for this Class
Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? | What’s the “WOW?”
Toggle Between Transactional and Transformational Mindsets
Be On Extra High Alert for Confirmation Bias and Other Traps
“The world as we have
created it is a process of
our thinking. It cannot be
changed without changing
our thinking.”
―Albert Einstein
Using Metacognition to Contextualize Monthly Masterclass No. 68

Human Flourishing for Entrepreneurs
3 April 2023 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
There is no formal affiliation between Enclave Academy and The Human Flourishing Program.
https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/
Enclave is Academy is Privileged to Endorse the Stellar Work of The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Do you see people thinking about their thinking?

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Please Visit https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/
Wojciech T. Kaftanski, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow and
Communications Associate at the Human Flourishing Program.
Enclave Academy’s John Dallas
Scholars from the Human Flourishing Program are Frequently Published in Psychology Today.

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Jeffrey Hanson, Ph.D., is a senior
philosopher at the Human Flourishing Program.
Please Visit https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/
Scholars from the Human Flourishing Program are Frequently Published in Psychology Today.

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As you wisely focus on the exponential development of
artificial intelligence, think again about human thinking.
▪ Metathinking Methods
▪ Metathinking Mindsets
▪ Metathinking Muddles
ThinkToThink
Metacognition
™
Columbia University’s Campus | https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/resources/metacognition/

Your learned range of thinking methods and mindsets, and
your vigilance for specific cognitive biases about which to
be on alert, greatly influence your mind’s best-effort thinking.

Each day’s additional
distractions to navigate,
make it more important
to think to think
through each day’s
thinking challenges.
ThinkToThink
Metacognition
™

Moticognition is Enclave Academy’s coined word to
illustrate the importance of motivating yourself to “Go
Meta” (i.e., go beyond) by activating metacognition.
ThinkToThink
Metacognition
™
™

With real-time “inner reality goggles,” what would it do for your
thinking to see your brain’s electrical sparks flying and flashing?
ThinkToThink
Metacognition
™

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With each appearance
and disappearance of
the sun, be aware of the
ways you think to think
through each day’s
thinking challenges.
ThinkToThink
Metacognition
™

Minds open with one word:
When you see the sun appear or disappear, or see the Academy’s circular seal, smile and think, “Oh!”
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On 17 April 2023, in ChicagoUSA, The Ready City, snow surprised us.
▪ Thinking Methods
▪ Thinking Mindsets
▪ Thinking Muddles
ThinkToThink
Metacognition
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Oh!

To Request a PDF of Coach Bush’s Slides:
joe@joebushcoaching.com | 847.373.2258
Educator-coach Joe Bush is a member of Enclave Academy’s
Pro Speakers Bureau of ThinkToThink™ Thought Leaders.
Please contact John Dallas to discuss schedule, requirements,
terms, and professional conditions to retain Joe Bush to speak
during one or more of your leadership development education
events. Special e-mail: jrdallasjr@live.com or call 312.415.2222.
Unlock Your
Potential
Joe Bush
Coaching
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joebushcoaching/

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Questions and Responses

Pause. Think. ThinkToThink. Then proceed.
™
Pre-Decision Metacognition (PDM)
PDM Fuels Best-Effort Thinking (BET)
o Promotions and Increased Compensation
o New Hires
o Terminations (by Any Name)
o Retaining Professional Support
o Purchases of High-Ticket Items
o Investments
o Relationships, Personal and Professional
o Decisions Worthy of Metacognition
“The world as we have
created it is a process of
our thinking. It cannot be
changed without changing
our thinking.”
―Albert Einstein
Were you thinking about your thinking? Did you feel it working?
Critical Thinking is the Foundational Starting Point for this Class
Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? | What’s the “WOW?”
Toggle Between Transactional and Transformational Mindsets
Be On Extra High Alert for Confirmation Bias and Other Traps

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“At the end of each day, ask yourself three questions:
1. What did I learn today?
2. How did I grow today?
3. What will I do differently tomorrow?
Remember, there are no mistakes if you have learned
something in the process.” ꟷJohn C. Maxwell, Bestselling Author

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Self-Intros & Takeaways
Please stand and speak loudly and clearly:
1. Your first and last names, please.
2. The organization you represent this evening, if any. (Are you a student? If so, where?)
3. Your title or principal role within your organization, if employed.
4. Your No. 1 Takeaway from this class to share with others within 24 hours of leaving here.
In the interest of our compressed time together, please be succinct. No “sales pitch,” please.

Share within 24 hours
your No. 1 takeaway.
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Please…

Metacognition is encouraged from earliest education through life.

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In Hoffman Estates, Home of Enclave Academy
Next Third Wednesday Masterclass on 17 May 2023 from 5:00-8:30 P.M.;
metathinking of Eric R. Broughton, EA Entrepreneur-of-the-Year 2018.

Save-to-Memory Closing Said in Unison:

Thank you!
Enclave Academy is a not-for-profit collaborative learning initiative for lifelong learning.
Building and strengthening thinking skills of leaders to enrich their personal and professional
lives and develop their for-profit, not-for-profit, and other ventures in which they invest thinking.
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To this evening’s featured thought leaders and other participants…

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