Our thoughts can often feel messy and unclear. This can lead to poor decisions, delays in getting things done and a feeling of being overwhelmed. Clear thinking is a skill that everyone can learn. It can help in building a better life. The book shares a set of simple rules to help you think in a smarter, wiser and happier way.
Make wiser decisions and learn the right time to compromise.
Learn to think well with others and set your ego aside.
Stop procrastinating and obsessing about things you cannot change.
Keep your brain active and grow your creative thinking.
Build strong thinking habits that help you deal with life's challenges.
The Rules of Thinking is a practical guide that helps you improve your mindset and ways of thinking. These guiding principles show you how to think for yourself, solve problems and make better decisions. The book explores strong and healthy ways of thinking. It covers organised, creative and critical thinking. The book encourages calm thinking to help stay balanced and clear in thoughts.
After reading this book, you will have the tools that help you think more clearly and effectively. You will become someone who understands their own mind in every way. This book is for anyone who wants to be happier and more successful in their life and work.
Think for yourself?
1 Avoid echo chambers?
2 Don't be scared?
3 Consider the motive?
4 Beware self-interest?
5 Keep hold of your heartstrings?
6 Don't be gullible?
Resilient thinking?
7 Know who you are?
8 Seek out support?
9 Take control?
10 Be flexible?
11 Be self-aware?
12 It is what it is?
13 Don't get over-distracted?
14 Like yourself?
15 Be ready to cope?
16 Better out than in?
17 Cut yourself some slack?
Healthy thinking?
18 Think yourself happy?
19 Focus on other people?
20 Be in the present?
21 Stress is optional?
22 Normality isn't normal?
23 Evaluate your emotions?
24 Laugh at yourself?
25 Keep learning?
26 No one likes to be incompetent?
27 Practice makes progress?
28 Turn off the action replays?
29 Sidestep bad habits?
30 Appreciate semantics?
31 Keep the bar steady?
32 Look for the spin?
Organised thinking
33 Believe in being organised
34 Learn to love a list
35 Think outside your head
36 Don't overload your RAM
37 Make deadlines your friend
38 Don't indulge in decision-making
39 Get creatively organised
Thinking creatively
40 Train your brain
41 Feed your mind
42 Get in the mood
43 Open up
44 There are no rules
45 Spot the box
46 Think like someone else
47 Make connections
48 Make mistakes
49 Forget about other people
Problem solving
50 Clear your emotions out of the way
51 Make sure there's really a problem
52 Check you're solving the right problem
53 Loosen up
54 Don't settle for your first answer
55 If it's plausible, it's worthwhile
56 Find a way in
57 Don't get bogged down
58 Try a new angle
59 Don't panic
60 Get help
Thinking together
61 You're better together
62 Play to everyone's strengths
63 Think like a hive
64 Leave your ego behind
65 Keep an eye on the quiet ones
66 Question groupthink
67 Conflict is OK
68 Think up a storm
69 Have stupid ideas
70 Keep in synch
Making decisions
71 Decide what you're deciding
72 Don't start at square two
73 Set yourself boundaries
74 Untangle the knots first
75 Go for Goldilocks
76 Vet your advisors
77 Be your own advisor
78 Don't jump to conclusions
79 Understand your emotions
80 Balance logic and emotion
81 Learn to compromise
82 Find option C
83 Assess the cost of a bad decision
84 Regret is a waste of energy
85 Be honest about procrastinating
Critical thinking
86 Read John Donne
87 Don't be played for a fool
88 Stand back and take in the view
89 Look for what comes next
90 Don't bother your pretty little head
91 Consider the odds
92 Facts are neutral
93 Don't trust statistics
94 Understand cause and effect
95 If you can't prove it's true, that doesn't mean it isn't
96 Don't believe it just because everyone else does
97 Don't believe it just because you want to
98 Be devil's advocate
99 Don't go into lockdown
100 Opinions aren't facts
The Rules of Calm
1 Get a sense of perspective
2 Visualise the best-case scenario
3 Look back on yourself
4 Catch yourself catastrophising
5 Don't flap
6 Have a Plan B
7 Mind your vocab
8 Choose your friends carefully
9 Be your own friend
10 Stop fighting
Had Enough Yet. . . ?
It's not all about you
Get them emotionally involved
No one has to be like you
