Controlled Thinking

Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Thinking is a skill, yet we are never satisfied with this most important skill to our human nature. No matter how good we become in our God given talents throughout our lifetime, we should always want to be better! Usually, the only people who are very satisfied with their thinking skill level are those poor thinkers who believe that the purpose of thinking only is to prove themselves right as 'experts' with regards to their own personal satisfaction in accessing someone else to be wrong.

The main difficulty of thinking is confusion. This is because when thoughts occur within us, we in habitat other resources such as emotion, information, logic, hope, and creativity within our thoughts. If emotions and feelings are not permitted as inputs in the thinking process, they will lurk in the background and affect all the thinking in a hidden way. Emotions, feelings, hunches and intuitions are strong and real. Once emotions have been made visible by acknowledgment from oneself, then an attempt may be made to explore and even change them. Thinking can change emotions. It is not the logical part of thinking that changes emotions but the perceptual part. If we see something differently than we did before, our emotions may alter with the altered perception.

Critical thinking is a very important part of thinking, but it is not sufficient to cover the notion that critical thinking alone is enough to have gained when training a critical mind. However, I believe critical thinking to be important because critical thinking can in habitat constructive thinking; and constructive thinking is positive in attitude. That is, constructive thinking enables modification to an idea proposed for improvement and strength.

Thinking often proceeds to drift and react to what turns up from moment to moment. There is a background sense of purpose, but this is never spelled out either as an overall objective or as sub-objective. Suggestions, judgment, criticism, information and plain emotion are all mixed together in a sort of thinking stew. It seems to be a matter of messing around until a thinker stumbles on some tried approach that seems to achieve what is desired. It is a haphazard exploration of experience strongly guided by negative criticism. The underlying assumption is that reasonably intelligent people provided with enough background information will, in the course of a discussion for the purpose of a decision, list the action options and choose the most suitable.

DeBono, E. (1985). Six Thinking Hats.

There is also the assumption that the thinking will be molded by past experience and present constraints in such a way that an outcome evolves and is purified by criticism. The analogy with evolution is a direct one, for in ‘Darwinism Evolution’ there is survival of the fittest species ideology and in the 'Thinking Concept' there is survival of the best suited idea. The biggest enemy of thinking is complexity, for that leads to confusion. When thinking is clear and simple, it becomes more enjoyable and more effective.

Therefore, I purpose the usage of a new concept to enter your thinking habitats to help you gain a new age of thinking capabilities. This concept merely relies on the ability to simplify your thinking; by allowing yourself to deal with one thing at a time. Instead of having to take care of emotions, logic, information, hope and creativity all at the same time, deal with them separately. Instead of using logic to support a half disguised emotion, just bring the emotion to the surface without any need to justify it. By doing so, you can think better with a more practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exploring new ideas. It’s use can create a climate of clearer thinking, improved communication, and a greater sense of creativity. Allowing a switch in your thinking habitat can decrease confusion in your life’s matters and increase your thought power to successful desired results; in business or in life .

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” Zig Ziglar