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Write.
- Writing is thinking. The better we get at writing, the better we get at thinking.
- Writing also helps us separate what we actually know from what we think we know.
- Writing is one of the ultimate meta-skills: a skill that allows you to develop other skills. Writing leads to better thinking, communication, reading, and researching skills.
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Seek Adversity.
- In adversity, you learn to create new rules and break old ones. You have to because it’s either do or die.
- The shift from a passive thinker to an active thinker is very subtle on the surface because it happens internally. It requires internal
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Change your opinion.
- Be unattached to information.
- Have the willingness to change an opinion in the face of better data.
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Read a lot and read widely.
Exposing yourself to unique points of view is a good way to spark constant curiosity and to stay open-minded.
Well-read people understand that there are always multiple ways to look at a problem and multiple lenses with which to view the world.
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Create systems, not goals.
For example, creating a system; habit or ritual that promotes writing everyday is more effective than setting the goal of writing an essay a week.
- A system can be measured, refined, and optimized. A goal cannot.
- You can work on the inputs of your system to create better quality...
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Argue with yourself.
- Great thinkers routinely and intelligently try to counter their own arguments.
- They go back and forth until only the most rational and strongest argument exists based on the knowledge they have.
- This is also the mission of any good scientist. The scientist tries to prove them...
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Don’t jump to conclusions.
A good critical thinker has built up the habit of not jumping to conclusions, especially in the absence of data.
They only make a judgment once they’ve studied a topic in some depth and can justify their position with sound reasoning.
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Seek to overcome meta-ignorance
Most people lack insight about the weaknesses in their intellectual or emotional skills. They overestimate their abilities, which leads to over-confidence.
- There are always things we know we know, and things we know we don't know - those pro...
Write by hand in your journal
The slowness of writing by hand is actually better for connecting with your thoughts as you write them.
Since it takes longer to write everything, you end up thinking deeper thoughts and really considering how you feel about what you’re writing.
The Illusion of Explanatory Depth
We are overconfident about what we think because we're familiar with the material.
We think we know more than we actually do because it's available to us. And when knowledge is put to the test, our familiarity with things leads to an (unwarranted) overconfidence about how they ...
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