Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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I really enjoyed this book. Really useful to our daily life given that we're always making decisions.

One of these you should have read and understood and it will change your life to the core.. amazing contribution to humanity by Shane.. so very thankful!

Having read Shane's books on Mental Models (which I also highly recommend) I was really looking forward to this book.This book explores the skill of Clear Thinking and Shane brings to life various ways with which you can first create a space to reason in your thoughts, feelings and actions and using that space to think clearly.The book is great at creating an awareness of how we may think by default whether it's through biological instincts or other conditioning we have. It helps you understand your strengths and weaknesses and then leveraging those, creating a pause between thought and action and leveraging clear thinking to make great decisions.There are some fascinating insights in behavioural science and Shane uses very interesting and engaging stories to bring to life concepts and some really useful principles in action.This is information that's not easy to find in any other regular book so it's been very useful learning for me. Think of this book as firstly helping you understand what typically affects you and everyone else, it then helps you identify working with your strengths and weaknesses, it brings to light various examples of principles in action through powerful storytelling and it then provides you with a framework that you can use to better control your own thinking and decision making.It is a book worth studying, it's great for reference, I keep it at my desk as I am exploring these concepts and certainly has opened up eyes to things I had not considered to improve my thinking.

I have been reading Farnam Street Blog for almost 10 years now and I regularly listen to The Knowledge Project Podcast of Shane Parrish. Can't think of anyone else who consistently spreads this kind of quality content, largely for free. A couple of years ago I also followed the program The Art of Focus, which helped me reshape my habits and manage my time in a way that pays dividends to this day.This book provides a good summary of the insights that underpin all of his work. I like that all of the abstract/conceptual lessons in the book are followed by concrete real-life examples, which makes it easier to connect them to situations in your own life.Some of the subjects in this book: the importance of the "small, ordinary moments" in your life and how getting those right eventually compounds in living a meaningful life; all the ways that our defaults (emotions, ego, social default and inertia) get us into trouble and how to recognize them and not let them control you; how to build strenth and learn to think clearly; self-accountability and taking radical responsibility for your decisions and behaviour; self-knowledge; self-confidence; safeguard strategies to protect yourself; how to define a problem and how to explore & evaluate possible solutions; how to learn from your decisions, etc.If you like this book, also consider buying the series "The Great Mental Models" of the same writer. All of the books and blogposts written by Shane Parrish and his team provide content that you can read and re-read throughout your life. Each time you will find new lessons.