Six Simple and Important Ways of Thinking to Improve Your Thinking Ability

As you know, "Think like this. (Written by ) is an emeritus professor at Ochanomizu University, a doctor of literature, a critic, and an essayist. She passed away in July 2020, but she has many famous books, including "The Arrangement of Thoughts," which is famous as the Bible of the University of Tokyo students. 

This book, which is a collection of works published in 2017, is a collection of carefully selected "150 tips for training creativity" from the collection of books published by the author so far. She has written many essays in a broad sense.

 I wrote it as short as possible, but it often flowed redundantly. I'm getting older, hoping to write a shorter, tastier essay. I can't do anything about it anymore. To the place where I thought so, I offered to make a collection of proverbs that would be a hint to improve my creativity and thinking ability by excerpting from my previous works. 

Was the publishing department of. The author is almost helpless in choosing where to use it. This book was created by asking "Thank you". (From "Introduction") The author recalls that he found something interesting while proofreading this book. 

It is said that the quoted short text has a new nuance that is different from what it was in the original text. I analyze that quoting may condense the taste of the text, but it is certainly interesting. Today, let's pick up some from Chapter 3, "How to Improve Thinking". 

Think in the morning

It's good to think about things in the morning for a short time after waking up. I feel refreshed in the morning after a good night's sleep, and I don't know what's inside my head, but it must be cleaner at night than before I went to bed. I decided that what I thought was the best of the day. "Intellectual Lifestyle" (from page 54) The author originally never tried to think about things at night. However, after thinking in the morning, he began to think, "It's a little unnatural to ask for ideas all day long." (From page 54)

I can't accept my knowledge

Knowledge is power, and if used properly, knowledge is "power," but the trouble

is that when you have a lot of knowledge, you don't think for yourself. If you have the knowledge, you don't have to think about it yourself. You can handle and solve things with your knowledge. The more knowledge you have, the less likely you are to think. "" Plus "of" minus ""

(from page 55) If you do something extreme, your thinking ability will decline in inverse proportion to the amount of knowledge. Isn't it convincing idea? (From page 55)

Always ask in Doubt

At the beginning, regardless of anything, when a new thing appears, ask yourself, "What is this?" You might ask, "Why?" Even for things that have become common sense, ask, "Is that really the case?" ""Plus "of" minus" (from page 56).

However, these are somewhat concrete thoughts. Because there is a subject in front of you to ask. Therefore, in order to enter the path of higher freedom and pure thinking, it is not enough to ask "what?" And "why?". In other words, the important thing is to think about the "unknown." (From page 56)

Don't be afraid of mistakes and failures

The basic stance of ideas, inventions, and discoveries is to "doubt common

sense." Since existing authorities are also supported by common sense, it

is inevitable that they are generally uncreative.

When you think about it that way, what happened by mistake and what failed is thought to be creative because it transcends common sense. From "Idea Lessons", you can think of a life with many mistakes and mistakes as a good way to create something new. (From page 58)

Don't speak

Once you have a good idea, you should rarely say it. It is wise to warm up alone, let it lie down, and wait for purification. When I talk, the internal pressure of my head goes down. There is a pleasant sensation like lowering the drinking.

Then, I lose the motivation to keep thinking about it. Or, I lose the motivation to write and summarize in sentences. "Arrangement of

Thoughts" (from page 59) "Talking" itself is already a good expression activity, so if you talk, you will be satisfied with it. That is why we must dare to keep quiet and increase the internal pressure toward expression. (From page 59).

There is a pleasant sensation like lowering the Drinking. Then, I lose the motivation to keep thinking about it. Or, I lose the motivation to write and summarize in sentences. "Arrangement of Thoughts" (from page 59) "Talking" itself is already a good expression activity, so if you talk, you will be satisfied with it. That is why we must dare to keep quiet and increase the internal pressure toward expression. (From page 59).

Deliberately remove from interest

If something goes wrong, I'll leave it for the time being. And

try something that looks interesting. In the meantime, what I was doing at the beginning looks like a flower on the roadside. In other words, it looks like apposition where serendipity is likely to occur.

"Hints for Intellectual Creation" (from page 62) Then, after a while, go back and try again.

Then, it goes smoothly unexpectedly. (From page 62) Think like this. (PHP Bunko) 748 View on Amazon 748 View on Rakuten * Various topics from creativity and thinking to life are compactly summarized in one item per page. As you can read from anywhere, you may come across unexpected sayings by turning the page casually.