Posts Tagged ‘knowledge’

The right attitude is an important factor for any process. Still it’s often ignored and its influence is generally highly underestimated.

I’ll tell you a little example. If you think you suck in life (and therefore have a negative attitude) your success will be very limited. I don’t want to go into great detail here, but basically, having a negative attitude leads to a vicious circle: You think you fail, therefore you fail. This failing increases your negative attitude, making it even more likely for you to fail in the future.

Fortunately, this vicious circle works very similar with a positive attitude. Well, the circle ain’t really vicious in that case but the principles remain the same: Having a positive attitude directly increases your success. This success reinforces your positive attitude. (Read Why a Positive Attitude Leads to Success for a detailed explanation on why a positive attitude leads to success.)

But not only does your attitude influence your success. Getting knowledge and understanding is dependent on your attitude as well for the same reasons.

So what exactly is the right attitude for learning, reading or thinking?
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Thinking. Most people do it from time to time, but few know how to do it efficiently. People think and then they forget what they just thought. Then they do this one more time. Then another time. And another time. And finally they jump to the conclusion that thinking sucks, so they turn on their TV and start consuming. Great!

Of course, it doesn’t need to be like this. There are other people who think about the things they perceive and don’t forget all of it after a couple of seconds. People who are able to increase knowledge and understanding by thinking. People who use the right technique, be it consciously or unconsciously.

So how can you too become a productive thinker?
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