The Rules of thinking : a personal code to think yorself smarter, wiser and happier / Richard Templar

THINK FOR YOUSELF 2 : 1. Avoid echo chambers 4 -- 2. Don't be scared 6 -- 3. Consider the movie 8 -- 4. Beware self-interest 10 -- 5. Keep hold on your heartstrings 12 -- 6. Don't be gullible 14 -- RESILIENT THINKING 16: 7. Know who you are 18 -- 8. Seek out Support 20 -- 9. Take control 22 -- 10. Be flexible 24 -- 11. Be self-aware 26 -- 12 It is what it is 28 -- 13. Don't get over distracted 30 -- 14. Like yourself 32 -- 15 Be ready to cope 34 -- 16. Better out the in 36 --17. Cut yourself some slack 38 -- HEALTHY THINKING 40 : 18. Think yourself happy 42 -- 19. Focus on other people 44 -- 20 Be in the present 46 -- 21. Stress in optional 48 -- 22. Normality isn't normal 50 -- 23. evaluate you emotions 22 -- 24. laugh at yourself 54 -- 25. Keep learning 56 -- 26. No one likes to be incompetent 58 -- 27. Practice makes progress 60 -- 28. Turn off the action replays 62 -- 29. Side step bad habits 64 -- 30 Appreciate semantics 66 -- 31. keep the bar steady 68 --32. Look for the spin 70 -- ORGANIZED THINKING 72 :33. Believe in being organized 74 -- 34. Lear to love a list 76 -- 35. Think outside your head 78 -- 36. Don't overload your RAM 80 -- 37. Make deadlines your friend 82 -- 38. Don't indulge decision making 84 -- 39. Get creatively organized 86 -- THINKING CREATIVELY 88 -- 40. Train your brain 90 -- 41. Feed your mind 92 -- 42 Get in the3 mood 94 -- 43. Open up 96 -- 44. There are no rules 98 -- 45. Spot the box 100 -- 46. Think like someone else 102 -- 47. Make connections 104. 48. Make mistakes 106 -- 49. Forget about other people 108 -- PROBLEM SOLVING 110 : 50. Clear your emotions out of the way 112 -- 51 Make sure there's really a problem 114 52. Check you're solving the right problem 116 -- 53 Loosen up 118 -- 54. Don't settle for your first answer 120 -- 55. If it's plausible it's worthwhile 122 -- 56. Find a way in 124 -- 57, Don't get bogged down 126 -- 58. Try a new angle 128 -- 59. Don't panic 130 -- 60. Get help 132 -- THINKINGBTOGETHER 134 : 61. You're better together 136 -- 62. Play to everyone's strengths 138 -- 63. Think like a hive 140 -- 64. Leave your ego behind 142 --65. Keep an eye on the quit ones 144 -- 66. Question groupthink 146 -- 67. Conflict is ok 148 -- 68. Think up a storm 150 -- 69 Have stupid ideas 152 -- 70. Keep in synch 154 -- MAKING DECISIONS 156 : 71. Decide what you're deciding 158 -- 72. Don't start at square two 160 --73. Set yourself boundaries -- 74. Untangle the knots first 164 -- 75. Go for Goldilocks 166 76. Vet your advisors 168 -- 77 Be your own advisors 168 -- 78. Don't jump to conclusions 172 -- 79. Understand your emotions 174 -- 80. Balance logic and emotions 174 -- 81. Learn to compromise 178 -- 82. Find option C 180 -- 83. Assess the cost of a bad decision 182 -- 84. Regret is a ways of energy n184 -- 85. Be honest about procrastinating 186 -- CRITIVCAL THINKING 188 : 86. Read John Donne 190 -- 87. Don't be plated for a fool 192 -- 88. Stand back and take in the view 194 -- 89. Look for what comes next 196 -- 90. Don't bother your pretty little head 198 -- 91. Consider the odds 200 -- 92. Facts are neutral 202 -- 93. Don't trust statistics 204 -- 94. Understand cause and effect 206 -- 95. If you can't prove it's true, that doesn't mean it isn't 208 -- 96. Don't in just because you want to 212 -- 98. Be devil's advocate 214 -- 99. Don't go into lockdown 216 -- 100. Opinions aren't fact's 21 -- THE RULES OF CALM 220 : 1. Get a sense of perspective 222 -- 2. Visualize the best-case scenario 224 -- 3. Look back on yourself 226 -- 4. Cast yourself catastrophizing 28 -- 5. Don't flap 230 -- 6. Have a plan B 232 -- 7. Mind your vocab 234 -- 8. Choose you friends carefully 236 -- 9. Be your own friend 238 -- 10 Stop fightning 240 --

To some extent this book isn't about how to think at all. Many of the Rules are about how to remove the barriers that get in the way of good, clear thinking. How to avoid self-interest, sidestep assumption, dodge the pitfalls. Once you do that, it's easy to think clearly. It would be implausibly convenient if there just happened to be exactly 100 Rules of Thinking. So these are the key 100, which are more than enough to change your thought patterns significantly for the better. Once you've mastered these Rules, you'll be much better placed to notice more of your own. Please feel free to share them on my Facebook page if you'd like to, and help other people join you as a fully-fledged Rules thinker.