Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills

INDEX

9 Dot puzzle, 160, 172

A

Abductive Thinking, 164–171

checkerboard illusion, 165

exercises, 171

getting started, 170

old dog, 166

Takeaway, 171

Absolute truths, 86, 90, 93, 100–101

Absorption capability, 192, 195, 197

Accuracy, 195–196

Agreement, 124, 150, 153

Always a way, 24–26

Ambiguity, 30–32

Anaya, Ivan Fernandex, 104

Answer, 51, 82

I don't know, 39

knowledge, 33, 41

perspectives, 137

Thinking Coach, 74–78

Think Outside the Box, 160

Triangular Thinking, 136–140

Why?, 36

Anticipatory Thinking, 57–61

exercises, 61

getting started, 60

a miss, 63

Takeaway, 61

what's next?, 59

Applications, 58, 68, 77

Approval, 153, 181–182, 187

ASAP, 183

Assumptions, 110–113

automatic mode, 110, 112

bad, 119

conversation, 127

critical thinking mode, 110

invalidate, 39, 112, 118, 150–151

Takeaway, 113

validated, 145

Automatic mode, 5–6, 8, 19, 62, 88, 110, 112, 124

Automatic thinking, 1, 4, 19, 84, 108, 120

B

Bacon, Sir Francis, 33

Because!!, 34, 39–41

Beliefs, 89, 107–109, 121–122

change, 107

different, 107

filter, 105, 114

ideological, 109

Takeaway, 109

values, 104–105

Benefits, xv, 1–2, 7, 9–11, 79, 196–197, 205

Better mousetrap, 155

Biases, 7

Boeing, 59

Boundaries:

beyond, 172

box, 159, 161

knowledge, 39

outside, 161

Box:

boundaries, 161

inside, 161

outside, 155–156, 159–163

premise, 161

Triangular Thinking, 138–139

Brain:

changes things, 166

hides information, 8

makes things up, 6, 99

throws things out, 5–6, 99

Bucket, 23–27, 99–100, 204

empty, 23–26, 100

exercises, 26

filled, 23, 108 ...