You Are Not So Smart

195 - Clearer Thinking - Spencer Greenberg

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Dec 14, 2020
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ADVICE

Use ClearerThinking.org Tools

  • Visit clearerthinking.org for over forty free interactive tools to improve your critical thinking and decision-making skills.
  • These tools include training programs on biases, habits, values, and life decisions, all designed to apply academic insights practically.
INSIGHT

Mind as a Walled Garden

  • Spencer Greenberg uses the metaphor of a garden surrounded by a tall wall to describe conscious mind within the subconscious brain.
  • Information crosses this wall, showing how the subconscious communicates with and influences conscious thought.
ADVICE

Apply the FIRE Method

  • Use the FIRE method to decide when to trust your gut: Fast, Irrelevant, Repetitious, Evolutionary decisions favor intuition.
  • For important or novel decisions, apply reflective thinking aided by system two cognition.
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