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    CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE


    YOUR LIFE
    Leadership Wired Blog
    By John C. Maxwell.
    November 18, 2013

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    Can changing your thinking really change your life? Consider this: I’ve studied successful
    people for over forty years, and though the diversity you find among them is astounding, I
    believe they are all alike in one way: how they think! That is the one thing that separates the
    successful from the unsuccessful.
    The good news is that it’s possible to learn how to think like a successful person. But before we
    can learn from a good thinker, we need to know what they look like.  You often hear someone
    say that a colleague or friend is a “good thinker,” but that phrase means something different to
    everyone.  To one person it may mean having a high IQ, while to another it could mean knowing
    a bunch of trivia or being able to figure out whodunit when reading a mystery novel.

    I believe that good thinking isn’t just one thing.  It consists of several specific thinking skills. 
    Becoming a good thinker means developing those skills to the best of your ability.  In Built to
    Last, Jim Collins and Jerry Porras describe what it means to be a visionary company, the kind of
    company that epitomizes the pinnacle of American business.  They describe it this way:

    A visionary company is like a great work of art.  Think of Michelangelo’s scenes from Genesis
    on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or his statue of David.  Think of a great and enduring novel
    like Huckleberry Finn or Crime and Punishment.  Think of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony or
    Shakespeare’sHenry V.  Think of a beautifully designed building, like the masterpieces of Frank
    Lloyd Wright or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.  You can’t point to any one single item that makes
    the whole thing work; it’s the entire work—all the pieces working together to create an overall
    effect—that leads to enduring greatness.

    Good thinking is similar.  You need all the thinking “pieces” to become the kind of person who
    can achieve great things.  I believe that those pieces include eleven skills, which I’ve listed
    below.

    After each is a question you can ask yourself to measure your own thinking:

    1. Cultivate Big-Picture Thinking. Am I thinking beyond myself and my world so that I


    process ideas with a holistic perspective?
    2. Engage in Focused Thinking. Am I dedicated to removing distractions and mental
    clutter so that I can concentrate with clarity on the real issue?
    3. Harness Creative Thinking. Am I working to break out of my “box,” exploring ideas
    and options, so I can experience creative breakthrough?
    4. Employ Realistic Thinking. Am I building a solid foundation on facts so that I can think
    with certainty?
    5. Utilize Strategic Thinking. Am I implementing strategic plans that give me direction for
    today and increase my potential for tomorrow?
    6. Explore Possibility Thinking. Am I unleashing the enthusiasm of possibility thinking to
    find solutions for even seemingly impossible problems?
    7. Learn from Reflective Thinking. Am I regularly revisiting the past to gain a true
    perspective and think with understanding?
    8. Question Popular Thinking. Am I consciously rejecting the limitations of common
    thinking in order to accomplish uncommon results?
    9. Benefit from Shared Thinking. Am I consistently searching the minds of others to think
    “over my head” and achieve compounding results?
    10. Practice Unselfish Thinking. Am I continually considering others and their journey in
    order to think with maximum collaboration?
    11. Rely on Bottom-Line Thinking. Do I stay focused on the bottom line so that I can gain
    the maximum return and reap the full potential of my thinking?

    Based on your answers to the questions, where are you strongest? In what kind of thinking do
    you need to grow? Develop in any of those areas, and you’ll become a better thinker. Master all
    that you can—especially the process of shared thinking, which helps you compensate for your
    weak areas—and your life will change.

    For specific guidance on developing as a good thinker, my book, How Successful People Think,
    devotes a chapter to each of the above skills. We’ve also created a companion workbook.

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