SUMMARY

 Summary

        Let’s   be honest. We don’t know for sure what make us successful. We can’t pinpoint. Exactly what make us happy? But we know with certainly what destroy success and happiness. This realization, as simple as it is, is fundamental. Negative knowledge (what not to do) is much potent than positive knowledge (what to do).

       Eliminate all error and better thinking will follow. We cannot say what bring us success. We cannot pin down only what blocks or obliterates success. Eliminate the down side, the thinking errors and the upside will take care of itself. This is all we need to do.

        Thinking is a biological phenomenon.  Evolution has shaped it just as it has the forms of animals or colours of flower. Our brains are designed to reproduce rather than search for the truth. In other word we use our thoughts primarily to persuade. Whoever convinces other secure power and thus access to resources. Such assets represent a major advantage for mating and for rearing offspring.

       Intuitive decisions, even if lack of logic was better under certain circumstances. So, called heuristic research deals with this topic. For many decisions we lack the necessary information, so we are forced to use mental shortcuts and rules of thumbs. In short, we often decide intuitively and justify our choice later. Many decisions take place subconsciously. A fraction of a second later, we construct a reason so that we feel, we made a conscious choice. More important is the difference between intuitive and rational thinking. Both have legitimate applications. The intuitive is swift, spontaneous and energy saving. Rational thinking is slow, demanding and energy guzzling. 

       Nature doesn’t seem to mind if our decisions are perfect or not, as long as we can maneuver ourselves through life and as long as we are ready to be rational when it comes to the crunch. And there’s one other was where we let our intuition take the lead. When er are in our own “circle of competence”.  This is our circle of competence, the field we intuitively understand and master.

“Positive thinking is a starting point of happiness. Happiness is the starting point of success.”

“Before thinking about changing anything, change your own thought process first.”