7 Clever Ways To Keep Getting Smarter Throughout Your Entire Life

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7 Clever Ways To Keep Getting Smarter Throughout Your Entire Life

by Drake Baer at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-broaden-your-thinking-find-ideas-2014-9

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Here are the best tips.

Start thinking about lateral thinking. "Lateral thinking is when an assumption that most people believe is true is challenged, leading to a new line of thought that would probably not have been considered otherwise," explains Anirudh Joshi. He suggests considering what folks thought about the PC when it first came out — a toy for geeks that wouldn't do anything helpful. But people who challenged that assumption and bet on the PC became legends: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and the rest.

This, by the way, is what billionaire investor Peter Thiel trains readers to do in his new book "Zero to One." His favorite question: What is one thing you believe to be true that most do not?

Open up your experiences. "Your thinking will always be limited to your own opinions and experience," says Alexandra Damsker. "So expand your worldview, experience, and opinions as much as possible."

Her recommendations: Listen when people speak, rather than waiting to talk. Give your opinions, engage in arguments, and revise your perspectives. Seek out people with different backgrounds than yours. Take an art class, a comedy class, or go to concerts you'd usually skip.

"Be in your world," she says.

Read aggressively. "You just won't have the time to broaden your thinking by experiencing things all by yourself," says Thyag Sundaramoorthy. "You have to draw from other's experiences as well — and that's why books are written."


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-broaden-your-thinking-find-ideas-2014-9#ixzz3ESWp5D4f




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2. Number 8

8. Don't read Business Insider, with all its lists of 8 ways to do this and 10 best restaurants and 20 coolest cities for people watching

Hint: they are all just "click" vehicles for ad money

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3. So, are you telling me they are a magazine same as any other. I posted

this, as opposed to the other 1000 business insider lists that I skip over, because it really resonates with me. So I thought I'd share.

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7. Yeah, I know ...

I just kind of hate Business Insider, so I couldn't resist making fun of it

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8. I like their take on politics. I usually post at least one of their articles a day.

[djean111]

4. Thanks, an interesting little list.

I have been keeping a journal for a few years now, and find it helpful in ordering and remembering my hilariously ADHD thoughts.
Reads like Ulysses, sort of.

[KatyMan]

5. LOL, Ulysses, now that's interesting :)

I can't journal. I'm such a private person I don't even want me to read my thoughts

[Adam051188]

6. travel

interesting article

[NaturalHigh]

9. Good advice.