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The Thinker’s Toolkit explains the mental tools you need to solve problems faster, understand emotions, and make better decisions. These time-tested tactics come with some material support: a 4-color pen, a thinking notebook, and “mental cleanup” pads.[…]
Build Confidence in Your Mental Databanks with Mental Hygiene
There is misinformation in your mental databanks. I guarantee it. Sometime in your personal history, you've overgeneralized or dropped context or missed something. Yet you rely on information from your mental databanks in all your thinking! How can you be sure you're...
What’s So Hard About Managing Time?
It's simple. "I need to manage my time" is a euphemism for "I am choosing not to spend time on important stuff." Sometimes the "important stuff" is work. Sometimes it's rest or recreation or relationships. But if you're dissatisfied with how you spend your time, your...
The Importance of a Value Orientation Toward Past Actions
In my previous article, I argued that you need to motivate all action by reference to values rather than threats. I explained how you justify the goal in terms of values before you act and then stay focused on gaining values while acting. In this article you will see...