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MESSAGE FOR WEEK BEGINNING 9th January 2006 Watch Yourself Think
Most people need to do more thinking. This does not just mean coping with a situation or deciding which routine to use. Most thinking involves analysing a situation, identifying a standard element and then applying the standard response. This is excellent - but only part of the thinking.
There is a need to observe your own thinking in action. What are the strong points? What are the weak points? Do you make use of concepts? How do you agree? How do you disagree?
Watch your own thinking and watch the thinking of others. Note habits that are effective and those which are misleading.
In order to watch your thinking in action you need to be thinking about something other than your usual work. So in my next message I shall outline the setting up of special 'Thinking Clubs' to provide a forum for active thinking
Edward de Bono |