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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 50

Clear your emotions out of the way

Whatever your problem, you need a clear and uncluttered mind in order to address it. We saw in Rule 42 how you have to be in the right mental state in order to think creatively. Well problem solving is a branch of creative thinking, so the same thing applies here. What makes it more difficult is that, if you have a problem, it’s more likely that your mind is buzzing with negative emotions, which will only get in the way.

Quite apart from what’s going on in the rest of your life, the very problem you’re trying to solve may be making you upset, angry, worried, stressed, unhappy. Unfortunately – indeed unfairly – those very feelings will make it harder to come up with a solution. You want to set the ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823