Thinking Tips

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Final thinking calls for careful attention to logic.
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To be logical, you must attend carefully to the meanings of your words.
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Value words, like good and bad, guide your thinking.  To be in charge of your thinking, take charge of your value words.
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You can think fast by ignoring some things.  If you ignore something important, you may get to do it over.
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If you are looking for something good, do you know what you mean by good.
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The mystery of the third way.  Not either-or.  Both.
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Overthinking is overdone.  Try unthinking. 
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If you must think, do it with your mouth closed.
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Unthinking:  Look for ideas you can reverse. 
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Unthinking:  Look for conclusions you can doubt. 
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Unthinking:  Look for assumptions you can question.
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How much thinking does it take to equal an ounce of doing?
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Pick a word that is important in your current thinking.  What ideas does it suggest to you?
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Words connect to ideas.  What ideas do your current words connect to?
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Be wise.  Concretize.
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Too soon old.  Too late smart. 
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Stretch your brain.  Look for remote connections. 
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If you rush, you may miss your connection.
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Zen thinking: Put it on the back burner. Sleep on it.
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Owl:   Who?  When you think of action, ask who.  Who is going to do the action?  Who is going to get things started?
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Empath: You are never alone when you know the people in your head.
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Whys Guy:  Why?  Why are you concerned about this?  Why would anybody be interested in this?  Why would anybody act on this?
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Mulling team:  You already have all to brain tools you need.  You just need to find the tools that fit the job.
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Nobody does anything in the abstract.
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Abstract can be harder than concrete.
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The Thinker is just a rump on a stump until he gets up and does something.
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For draft thinking, make notes on draft paper.
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You know what it means to abstract something.  Do you know what it means to concretize something?
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When?  When does this have to be done?  What would the schedule be?
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Luke: What's in there?
Yoda: Only what you take with you.
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You know this how?
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You don't have to know everything.  You just have to know how to find out anything. 
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The Thinkerer 05/08/2008
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