Achieving above-average results means investment in accurate thinking. It is the kind of thinking that balances emotions with logic. The average thinker only uses emotions or logic alone to make decisions, but an accurate thinker finds balance. Accurate reflection is where you examine the information and decipher it into fact or fiction, is it true or just an opinion? Once that is established, you decide on its relevance.
Accurate thinking increases your focus positively, altering your results. Relevant facts are the main focus of a precise thinker. The average person bases their opinions on emotions, seeing facts to establish how they feel about it and reach a conclusion. Accurate thinkers are obligated to create a premise when making informed decisions.
What are the traits of an accurate thinker?
Accurate thinkers are open-minded
An accurate thinker takes information with no bias and shifts it through the grinding mill of thought and consideration before deciding on it. So what would a precise thinker do?
An accurate thinker would receive every information and process which aspect is proper and which element is not valid before making a conclusion.
Accurate thinkers profit from continuous learning
Once you are an accurate thinker, you will find that you engage in continuous learning. Your curiosity makes you seek out information and retain it. Because it’s not what you hear that forms the basis of your decision, it is what you process and retain.
Doing this eliminates predominant experiences and preconceived notions and focuses on using only relevant facts to conclude.
Accurate thinkers find the balance in every evaluation in decision-making
Emotion is the strong drive that allows you to do things. Because it cannot moderate itself, it can derail you from the original path other than the desired path. Always remember your actions can either convey intention or hide intention.
Benefits of accurate thinking;
- Undistracted Thinking
Accurate thinking enables you to focus solely on your goals without the added pressure of distractions. You have to decipher which is relevant to what you are doing and what isn’t.
- Quiet Concentration
Accurate thinkers can concentrate on things for a very long time. Albert Einstein concentrated intensely on developing his theories. Nelson Mandela focused intensely on creating a rainbow nation, where the whites and the blacks coexist peacefully, and Mahatma Gandhi concentrates on taking his country back from the British. Mother Theresa equally conceived of a world of kindness and compassion; because of her works, she was able to impact the world.
- Accelerated Achievements
People who think accurately don’t spend time on irrelevant activities; they have more time to focus on their goals. Accurate thinkers spend less time distracted and hence achieved their goals seemingly faster than non-accurate thinkers.
If you are going to achieve your goals, develop the skill of accurate thinking.
Highlights to how the youth can develop accurate thinking
The primary skill of accurate thinking is discipline. If you look inwardly, you will find out what you want; not everything you admire is what you truly want for yourself.
Here are three steps you need to develop the skill of accurate thinking:
- Have a definite goal.
- Develop self-discipline.
- Develop a positive attitude.
In terms of success in life, to what extent can accurate thinking help?
In the workplace, the criteria for succeeding is understanding your job description. One is obligated to achieve their job description. Thus, the starting point for accurate thinkers in the workplace is identifying their job description and giving it their best shot.
What pitfalls should we avoid when it comes to developing accurate thinking?
- Vanity-Don’t be so vain that you believe your ideas are the best. Be open-minded enough to receive input from others.
- Ego – An accurate thinker must understand that the world doesn’t revolve around them.
- Beliefs – Beliefs can be deceitful as your experience is based on what you heard or in most cases societal conditioning.
‘Best opinions follow in the path of listening, synthesizing and then, discerning.’
