Additional Reading: The Thinker

Mr. Trump,

Thank you. I always look forward to your posts. I enjoy productive and creative thinking, and you usually provide fuel for that. My only suggestion is more. So are you planning any collaborative thinking projects with the good Dr.? I can only imagine the energy in the room - the best kind of power - Brain Power!

A good mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Parallel thinking is best understood in contrast to traditional argument or adversarial thinking.
With the traditional argument or adversarial thinking each side takes a different position and then seeks to attack the other side. Each side seeks to prove that the other side is wrong. This is the type of thinking established by the Greek Gang of Three (Socrates, Plato and Aristotle) two thousand four hundred years ago.
Adversarial thinking completely lacks a constructive, creative or design element. It was intended only to discover the 'truth' not to build anything.
With 'parallel thinking' both sides (or all parties0 are thinking in parallel in the same direction. There is co-operative and co-ordinated thinking. The direction itself can be changed in order to give a full scan of the situation. But at every moment each thinker is thinking in parallel with all the other thinkers. There does not have to be agreement. Statements or thoughts which are indeed contradictory are not argued out but laid down in parallel.In the final stage the way forward is 'designed' from the parallel thought that have been laid out.
A simple and practical way of carrying out 'parallel thinking' is the Six HatsTM method which is now being used widely around the world both because it speeds up thinking and also because it is so much more constructive then traditional argument thinking. For more information, visit this site: http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/07/17/ea-sports-madden-m...

Parallel thinking is best understood in contrast to traditional argument or adversarial thinking.
With the traditional argument or adversarial thinking each side takes a different position and then seeks to attack the other side. Each side seeks to prove that the other side is wrong. This is the type of thinking established by the Greek Gang of Three (Socrates, Plato and Aristotle) two thousand four hundred years ago.
Adversarial thinking completely lacks a constructive, creative or design element. It was intended only to discover the 'truth' not to build anything.
With 'parallel thinking' both sides (or all parties0 are thinking in parallel in the same direction. There is co-operative and co-ordinated thinking. The direction itself can be changed in order to give a full scan of the situation. But at every moment each thinker is thinking in parallel with all the other thinkers. There does not have to be agreement. Statements or thoughts which are indeed contradictory are not argued out but laid down in parallel.In the final stage the way forward is 'designed' from the parallel thought that have been laid out.
A simple and practical way of carrying out 'parallel thinking' is the Six HatsTM method which is now being used widely around the world both because it speeds up thinking and also because it is so much more constructive then traditional argument thinking. For more information, visit this site: http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/07/17/ea-sports-madden-m...

I never heard of Edward de Bono before, but the reviews of Six Thinking Hats look interesting, so I'm ordering this later today. Thanks for the interesting read!


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This sounds very interesting.
You are keeping the Free Library on Block Island, R.I. very busy trying to borrow copies of your suggested Summer Reading books. They enjoy searching and I was surprised to hear the college libraries didn't have the War of Art.
They vowed to find a copy though. So we're all having a great time learning something new and enjoying the summer on this beautiful island.
Thank you.

What great suggestions! I checked my local library system, but the books are not there, so it will have to wait until I can go get them (I'm about an hour from a bookstore, and ordering on-line would mean a wait of a few days). I'm looking forward to getting them. The description reminded me of something my dad said (God rest him). "Stop beating your head against a brick wall. The wall isn't going to move just because you're beating your head against it. You're just hurting your head."

It's good to see this article. It gives a lot of inspiration to entrepreneurial creativity.

People do tend to overlook these types of thought provoking articles. It's almost like our society forgot how to become better thinkers and educators. Most, fall into the trap of thinking like a robot...or robotic thinking.

Entrepreneurial creativity..."Creating a Positive Path for Success!
our foundation's motto:

The Six Thinking Hats is excellent. As a teacher, I was taught this method of instructing children to become better thinkers! A simple but highly effective method!
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I am now in the situation where: ...."changes that require you to figure out a new game plan when the pieces suddenly don’t seem to fit any more"... in my life. Maybe I get some advice to my situation from Bono´s books. I am in a situation where I have to take the first step to new life but this step is hard to take, I think too much others feelings, it is my "bad habit". It is hard to step out from secure familiar surroundings to more unfamiliar.

To you Trump: the teacher of trust (the revocable and irrevocable trust). May you and your exquisite family continue to trust each other.

I like Mr. de Bono. Writing 62 books (I will catch up) and earning all those degrees was not an easy task. You and I consider this great man a very successful visionary and revolutionary. The quote that really caught my attention was "Adversarial thinking completely lacks a constructive, creative or design element. It was intended only to discover the ‘truth’--not to build anything." Sometimes adversarial (difficult and unpleasant) negotiations are needed to reach the truth. To me, the ‘truth’ is the lasting foundation of every successful entrepreneurial enterprise, skyscraper, business, social networking, or marriage. Lies eventually fail. An uneducated Wise "Man" who did not write any books, once said that truth is freedom. You know Him, as you will see.

This Hamitic Wise "Man’s" resume includes: Noah had three sons. There names were Shem, Ham and Japheth (Gen. 9:18). This Wise "Man" whose Name is Jesus is a descendant of Ham (through Tamar: Matt. 1:1-16). He was born in the Middle East in a dirty cave in Bethlehem and laid in a filthy manger that animals ate out of (Luke 2:7). His parents took Him, as a young child, to Egypt to save His life from His enemies! (Matt. 2:13). Upon His return, He was then raised in the ghetto of Nazareth (John 1:45-46), and not educated by society (John 7:15-16). But this uneducated Man who was born in the ghetto with the government trying to kill Him, and raised in the ghetto, He became the richest and wisest "Man" that ever lived! (Matt. 12:42) and called you so-called extremely "well-educated" and wealthy religious leaders hypocrites (Matt. 22:15-22). Jesus is a ghetto Rebel with a cause. But an awesomely rich ghetto Rebel.

When He is around there is no need for political trillion dollar medical health plan overhauls, food pantries for the poor, or costly "before their time" funerals; because He miraculously heals all who are sick, He can feed hundred of thousands of people with just a few loaves of bread and some fish (Matt. 14:14-21; Mark 6:34-44; John 21:25), and He can raise loved ones from the dead and He even overcame death Himself when you leaders of "organized religion" thought you had killed Him (Rev. 3:21-22). Religion is evil. Billions of people rightly worship Jesus today, but they worship Him ignorantly. Jesus and I (and you) are successful Entrepreneurs, Business people, Visionaries, Lovers and Revolutionaries. Both Jesus and I are proud descendants of Ham. Jesus the Christ (the Anointing) is in "everybody" (John 17:20-23). Now that’s quite a resume!

One jewel of Jesus’ awesome business advice is this: "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). Free from what? In this present context, it is free from untruthful financial advisors, financial institutions, negotiators, contractors, inferior building materials and free from multi-million dollar law suits. "Thinking" certainly is a skill. And along with "truth" and wisdom, right-thinking is needed to restore this economy that so-called "intellectual" and complicated business and financial lies have destroyed, for us, we the people.

Sincerely, your friend,
Dr. Nimrod Erech M. Christ Nimrod

Mr. Trump, i wish you can share your book about lateral thinking.. I hope you can by the biography of Dr. Jose Rizal, our national hero from the philippines. You will learn a lot. "the lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress"

Parallel thinking is best understood in contrast to traditional argument or adversarial thinking.
With the traditional argument or adversarial thinking each side takes a different position and then seeks to attack the other side. Each side seeks to prove that the other side is wrong. This is the type of thinking established by the Greek Gang of Three (Socrates, Plato and Aristotle) two thousand four hundred years ago.
Adversarial thinking completely lacks a constructive, creative or design element. It was intended only to discover the 'truth' not to build anything.

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