How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity (Work series)
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How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity (Work series)
Verbal rules dominate our minds so powerfully that creating and maintaining some mental distance from them can be difficult.
Steven Hayes • A Liberated Mind: The essential guide to ACT
In a series of experiments, interacting with an empathetic, nonjudgmental, attentive listener made people less anxious and defensive. They felt less pressure to avoid contradictions in their thinking, which encouraged them to explore their opinions more deeply, recognize more nuances in them, and share them more openly. These benefits of listening
... See moreAdam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
The older I get, the more I realize that what I may think in any given moment just doesn’t hold that much weight. Thoughts are fleeting; they change with the times. Sometimes they’re random or intrusive. Often they’re unproductive and based more on fear than love. We seek psychic security by thoroughly evaluating “all the choices,” but we feel less... See more
Catherine Shannon • On cultivating intuition
Good decisions create time, bad ones consume it. Good initial decisions pay dividends for years, allowing abundant free time and low stress. Poor decisions, on the other hand, consume time, increase anxiety, and drain us of energy.
Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.
I find for myself that my firs... See more
Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.
I find for myself that my firs... See more