Thinking is a Learned Skill

                Thinking is a learned skill.

Speaking fearlessly clear thought is key.

A man is talking to God. “God, how long is a million years?”

God answers, “To me, it’s about a minute.”

“God, how much is a million dollars?”

“To me, it’s a penny.”

“God, may I have a penny?”

“Wait a minute.

You had to think to make cents out of the story. J

Thinking requires connecting ideas, segues. 

It requires memory & organization which means visualization, separating this from that.

IT requires comparison and scale which brings in the concept of continuums.

Thinking requires multiple points of view (POV)

Thinking requires the EGO to get out of the way so that

         You can make a mistake

                  You don’t have to be right

                           You go past ‘I already know that.’

Mathematics with numbers, computation skills, equations, permutations, calculations are the reason Algebra exists to teach the basics of thinking. The How.

The Why of thinking is contained in this thought from Martha Heyman  

“Only human beings have the time (and capacity) to ponder, to find out where they came from, to imagine how it feels to be someone else, to envision the whole and their place in it, to wonder what they are suppose to do with their large brains and their leisure time.”

How to exercise your thinking muscle:

         Take risks

                  Make decisions

                           Change POV

                                    Ask questions

                                             Be deliberate

                                                      Have a place to think

                                                               Have a time to think

                                                                        Have a purpose to learn the skill

         Celebrate and share your original thought.