How Should We Think About Our Different Styles of Thinking?

Verbal thinkers talk to themselves silently, also known as self-talk, to organize their world. Verbal thinkers easily dash off emails, make presentations. They talk early and often.

The four thinking rungs are all distinct, but they fall into two broad categories: high-rung thinking (Scientist and Sports Fan) and low-rung thinking (Attorney and Zealot). High-rung thinking is independent thinking, leaving you free to revise your ideas or even discard them altogether. But when there’s no amount of evidence that will change your

Put another way, while The Entrepreneur dreams, The Manager frets, and The Technician ruminates.

Word-based thinking is sequential and linear.