Idea 87: Clear thinking

I keep six honest serving-men,They taught me all I knew.Their names are What and Why and WhenAnd How and Where and Who.

Rudyard Kipling

To improve your decision-making capability you need to become a clear thinker. Can you call to mind three people you have met who had or have a reputation for their clear thinking?

The way to improve your skills as a clear thinker is to challenge all that appears to be – in your own thinking or in the thoughts of others – sloppy, inconclusive, blurred, confused, doubtful, foggy, fuzzy, muddled, obscure, unclear, unintelligible or vague. You won't be short of work!

There is a link between having a good analytical mind and being a clear thinker. You have to be able to reduce a complex problem ...

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