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7 Effective Ways to Sharpen Your Thinking Skills
Do you know how to think?
How often do you spend time actually thinking?
Do you spend time analyzing not only your thoughts but the way you process them?
Most people spend the vast majority of their time doing absolutely no thinking at all. You think you think a lot, but really, your mind is just filled up with mental chatter.
Most of your problems in life come from your inability to think properly. You spend too much time reacting instead of being conscious of your thoughts and behavior in the moment.
I’m no expert in the art of thinking, and that’s the point.
The more you develop the ability to think, the less you believe in the idea of expertise at all. You constantly look to evolve.
The goal? There is no goal.
That’s why it’s so fun. Good thinkers have enough curiosity, skepticism, and hunger for information to keep them occupied for a lifetime.
Let’s look at some of the best ways to level up your thinking.
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