Thinking Clearly and Analytically
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Thinking Clearly and Analytically
Insights on Logical Thinking for Leaders -- with a Puzzling Perspective
Curated by James Schreier
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3 Mistakes All Successful Leaders Know to Avoid

3 Mistakes All Successful Leaders Know to Avoid | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
This expectation contradicts both common logic and human nature.
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April 14, 2020 2:44 PM
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Coronavirus: 3 ways to protect and boost your mental health

Coronavirus: 3 ways to protect and boost your mental health | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
How the COVID-19 pandemic may affect our brains, stress and mental health and the mental health habits we can embrace to help us now and in the future.
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April 6, 2020 7:54 AM
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How To Eliminate Mental Blocks As An Entrepreneur On Road To Success?

How To Eliminate Mental Blocks As An Entrepreneur On Road To Success? | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
To stay ahead of the competition, it’s essential to continually remap and rewire our trades and ourselves, and simple way to achieve this is by encompassing an entrepreneurial mindset.
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March 30, 2020 6:26 AM
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The TeachThought Podcast: The Importance Of Critical Thinking In Navigating The Modern World

The TeachThought Podcast: The Importance Of Critical Thinking In Navigating The Modern World | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
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March 16, 2020 10:15 AM
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Social distancing the only cost-effective solution to coronavirus for now 

Social distancing the only cost-effective solution to coronavirus for now  | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
The only solution to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak and prevent serious strains on health systems and economies across Europe is to employ preventive measures like staying home, taking care of children, shopping on behalf of grandparents, EU sources told EURACTIV.com.
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There is a  lot of thinking clearly and analytically -- logical thinking -- that is needed and missing during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Three quick brain teaser games to test your perceptual and cognitive skills

Three quick brain teaser games to test your perceptual and cognitive skills | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
An always delightful way to learn more about our brains and minds is to experience so-called optical illusions and to see how we react to them. Below you have three fun ones to tease, and probably …
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February 24, 2020 11:24 AM
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10 Leadership Principles for 2020

10 Leadership Principles for 2020 | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
As we enter the new decade and year with a more fragile humanity than in the preceding years, there is a sense of concern and lack of clarity of what is in store for all of us...
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Another story identifying "critical thinking" as a key part of leadership today!

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February 10, 2020 10:25 AM
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Bluntness Bombs for 6 Logical People Skills Reasons

Bluntness Bombs for 6 Logical People Skills Reasons | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
Leadership: When leading change, use great communication not bluntness. Being blunt bombs out for 6 logical reasons. Guidance fr The People Skills Coach™.
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February 3, 2020 9:00 AM
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12 quick brain puzzles to welcome a sharp new year

12 quick brain puzzles to welcome a sharp new year | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
___ Q: What is by far the most outstanding and surprising of all humankind’s successes? A: Waking up in the morning. Q: Of our many tools, which is one of the most powerful, and yet the most pliabl…
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January 27, 2020 11:44 AM
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Facts vs Stories

Facts vs Stories | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
There is a common style of journalism, that you are almost certainly very familiar with, in which the report starts with a personal story, then delves into the...
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January 14, 2020 11:57 AM
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Book Clubbin': Amplify Your Brainstorm Sessions with the Six Thinking Hats

Book Clubbin': Amplify Your Brainstorm Sessions with the Six Thinking Hats | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
In Edward De Bono's Six Thinking Hats, he discusses a process that enables people to think from multiple perspectives by wearing a variety of different colored hats.
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I've trained 100's of individuals in the Six Thinking Hats technique.  Very powerful for clearer thinking,  better meetings, and.  But the headline on this is interesting:  Dr. De Bono calls "brainstorming" an incredibly weak technique.  Replace brainstorming with Six Hats Thinking!

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December 30, 2019 11:47 AM
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The best optical illusions of 2019 will melt your mind

Austin-based game developer Frank Force has won the Best Illusion of the Year prize for his mind-bending yet simple animation of twisting rings that seem to be rotating in different directions simultaneously.
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December 23, 2019 12:28 PM
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Study: For better memory and thinking skills at age 70 (and beyond), play cards and board games from age 11

Study: For better memory and thinking skills at age 70 (and beyond), play cards and board games from age 11 | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
___ Cards, board games could ward off cognitive decline (UPI): "Playing cards and board games like chess, bingo and Scrabble might be the mental workout you need to keep your wits as you age, Scott…
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So real, so relevant!

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April 20, 2020 10:00 AM
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8 Job Skills To Succeed In A Post-Coronavirus World

8 Job Skills To Succeed In A Post-Coronavirus World | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
While we will not be getting back to normal after COVID-19, we will be embracing a "new normal." Since our global economy has been badly dinged by safe-at-home orders, as we rebuild, there will be new job skills in demand.
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April 13, 2020 8:02 AM
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7 ways to deal with unreasonable executive expectations during coronavirus

7 ways to deal with unreasonable executive expectations during coronavirus | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
Once costs are cut due to COVID-19, the next quick fix is to add more work and hope it all gets done. Here's how the rest of us can deal with it when too much work comes down the pipe too soon.
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COVID-19,  so many consequences, even challenging our ability to think clearly and analytically.

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March 30, 2020 9:00 AM
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Four tips to practice good mental hygiene during the coronavirus outbreak

Four tips to practice good mental hygiene during the coronavirus outbreak | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
__ Just a few days ago my son’s college, the University of Washington, announced it would be cancelling all in-person classes and finals to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. One confirmed…
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March 23, 2020 9:42 AM
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Implications Wheel -- Coronavirus Update

Implications Wheel -- Coronavirus Update | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it

The Implications Wheel is a powerful to help leaders and organizations think much more clearly about what's ahead.  "What about the future?"

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March 9, 2020 10:00 AM
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Train your brain to think outside the box with these fun riddles

Train your brain to think outside the box with these fun riddles | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
  Q: What do our thought processes have in common with walking through the jungle? A: We only make real progress after acknowledging going in circles. Q: What is the worst kind of echo?
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March 2, 2020 9:00 AM
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Will self-driving vehicles lead to a surge of brain training?

Will self-driving vehicles lead to a surge of brain training? | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
__ Brain training may be required for occupants of driverless vehicles (Traffic Technology): "A much-touted perceived benefit of autonomous vehicle technology is that working and a variety of leisu…
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February 17, 2020 9:00 AM
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A brief history of artificial intelligence

A brief history of artificial intelligence | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
Despite huge advances in machine learning models, AI challenges remain much the same today as 60 years ago...
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February 10, 2020 10:23 AM
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Our Success Is Limited Only by the Stories We Choose to Believe

Our Success Is Limited Only by the Stories We Choose to Believe | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
Like Neo from 'The Matrix,' we can only do great things once we tear down the fictional world our minds have embraced.
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February 3, 2020 9:00 AM
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How busyness leads to bad decisions

How busyness leads to bad decisions | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
When we’re under pressure our mental bandwidth narrows – and that means we focus on the wrong tasks. So what’s the remedy for unproductive ‘tunnelling’?
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January 20, 2020 9:00 AM
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3 Powerful Mind Tricks to Finally Outsmart Your Mental Blocks and Achieve Your Greatest Goals

3 Powerful Mind Tricks to Finally Outsmart Your Mental Blocks and Achieve Your Greatest Goals | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
A mental block doesn't have to be immovable--with the right tricks, you can overcome anything in your path, even if it's your own mind.
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How To Be A Better Leader Using This One Thing

How To Be A Better Leader Using This One Thing | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
Duality in leadership isn't about choosing this OR that; it's about integrating this AND that.
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December 30, 2019 9:00 AM
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Business logic flaws: How to address them during application design

Business logic flaws: How to address them during application design | Thinking Clearly and Analytically | Scoop.it
Business logic flaws refer to security weaknesses or bugs in the functional or design aspect of an application that typically go undetected by existing web application scanners. They allow attackers to misuse an application by circumventing its business rules, and are often disguised as syntactically valid web requests that carry out malicious intentions to violate the intended application logic.
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