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This document discusses the importance of clear, effective thinking for making good decisions. It suggests that people often rely on "easy thinking" instead of their full cognitive abilities. While fast decisions may seem preferable, taking more time for careful consideration often leads to better outcomes with fewer mistakes. The document then provides strategies for improving thinking, such as taking a long-term perspective, practicing self-discipline, and engaging in "slow thinking" by pausing to reflect before responding instead of reacting immediately. It advises asking whether a situation calls for fast or slow decision-making.

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Get Smart

This document discusses the importance of clear, effective thinking for making good decisions. It suggests that people often rely on "easy thinking" instead of their full cognitive abilities. While fast decisions may seem preferable, taking more time for careful consideration often leads to better outcomes with fewer mistakes. The document then provides strategies for improving thinking, such as taking a long-term perspective, practicing self-discipline, and engaging in "slow thinking" by pausing to reflect before responding instead of reacting immediately. It advises asking whether a situation calls for fast or slow decision-making.

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Your ability to think clearly determines the decisions you make and the actions

you take.
There are many different ways of thinking that enable better decisions.
Because:
 Better decisions free up your time and improve results.
 Allow you to gauge situations from different perspectives.
 Profoundly mark the quality of life.
Most of us slip into a comfort zone -- “easy thinking and decision-making.” We
use less than our cognitive capacity because we become lazy and jump to simple
conclusions.
Still, this isn’t about being faster.
A better approach is to be effective. If it takes longer to come to a better
decision, so be it. In the long run, this will pay for itself over and over with
fewer messes, more free time, and less anxiety.
Follow some simple, practical, and powerful ways of being wise and improving
personal strengths.

Long-Time Perspective Versus Short-Time Perspective


Resolve today to develop long-time perspective. Become intensely future oriented.
Think about the future most of the time. Consider the consequences of your decisions
and actions. What is likely to happen? And then what could happen? And then what?
Practice self-discipline, self-mastery, and self-control. Be willing to pay the price today
in order to enjoy the rewards of a better future tomorrow.

Slow Thinking
We react and respond to what’s happening around us with little deliberate thought.
The superior thinking process is also triggered by stimulus, but between the stimulus
and the response there is a moment or more where you think before you respond. Just
like your mother told you, “Count to ten before you respond, especially when you are
upset or angry.”
The very act of stopping to think before you say or do anything almost always
improves the quality of your ultimate response.
It is an indispensable requirement for success.

One of the best things we can do to improve the quality of our thinking is to understand
when we gain an advantage from slow thinking and when we don’t.
Ask yourself “does this decision require fast or slow thinking?” 
Pause. Think. Act. 
This sounds easy but it’s not. One habit you can develop is to continually ask “How do
we know this is true?” for the pieces of information you think are relevant to the
decision.

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