[Neurons] 2021 Neurons #40 WE NEED BOLD THINKERS

[Michael Hall]

From: L. Michael Hall   

2021 Neurons #40

July 5, 2021

Bold Thinking Series #1

 

 

WE NEED BOLD THINKERS (#1)

 

"We are a species built for bold thinking."

Peter Diamondis and Steven Kotler

 

Let's say that is true- that we are a species built for bold thinking.  Are
we?  What do you think?  I'll make it personal: Do you think boldly?  Do the
people around you think boldly?  Actually, I think we need to modify that
quotation- "We are a species who have the capacity for bold thinking."  We
have the capacity- the potential, yet unless that potential is identified
and develop, then we don't think boldly.  That would explain all of the
small thinkers, the negative thinkers, the pessimistic thinkers, etc. that
surround us, run our companies, and govern over countries.

 

Now I decided to write a series on bold thinking to supplement what I've
written on other kinds of thinking- critical thinking, metaphorical
thinking, humorous thinking, hypnotic thinking, etc.  I'm doing this in part
because this is one of the characteristics of Neuro-Semantics- enabling
people to more boldly think and imagine.  After all, Neuro-Semantics began
with the boldness that is inherent in the Meta-States Model.   When I found
that model, I began to boldly present it in the field of NLP, but not
because I had found it, but because of what I had found.  In finding the
structure of self-reflexivity and how mind can set frames, self-organizing
attractors, and can revolutionize the mind, emotions, and personality- I had
found an incredibly bold way to make transformational change.

 

What's needed is a world where there are better thinkers, and when people
learn how to think better, they will think in more bold and audacious ways.
Boldness follows clarity.  That's obvious.  What's not so obvious is that
Neuro-Semanticists can significantly contribute to enabling people to think
better.  So much of the thinking that goes on in the world is of such low
quality that it actually is the source of a great many human problems.  But
we can change that.   With Neuro-Semantics we can raise the quality of
people's thinking- and empower people to solve the problems in our personal
lives and the lives of our societies.

 

Yet above and beyond better thinkers, we need bold thinkers.  Like a good
critical thinker, a bold thinker is actually a tremendously powerful person.
In thinking about this, here is a list of qualities that came to my mind:

1) A bold thinker boldly cuts through the fluff in ideas and language.

              2) A bold thinker thoroughly examines things.

              3) A bold thinker aims for the specificity of precision.

              4) A bold thinker plays the long-game, thinking consequently.

5) A bold thinker sees through the darkness of problems to the light of
solutions.

6) A bold thinker embraces the difficult, rather than backs away from what's
hard.

7) A bold thinker embraces others and so thinks collaboratively.

8) A bold thinker lets the passion of meaning drive her thinking.

              9) A bold thinker stirs things up for the sake of creativity.

              10) A bold thinker gets turn on when things fail. 

 

While we usually think of boldness as relating to actions, we can apply it
equally well to thinking.  In fact, the problem that many people suffer is
that they are too timid, wimpy, and fearful in their thinking.  They think
pessimistically, fearfully, and depressively.  It's hard being around such
people and that's especially true if you are that thinker!  They exude a
dark cloud of pessimism when they enter a room.  And that dark cloud can go
viral so they infect lots of other people.  There are entire families so
contaminated.  There are entire companies and even entire countries.

 

Get ready to become a bold thinker, or at least more bold in your thinking.
You don't have to be "right" or "know perfectly" to think boldly.  Requiring
that only limits your thinking.  Thinking is designed to be how you move
forward.  It is not a test of your value or worth.  Think boldly, make
mistakes, learn from them, update your information, then think even more
boldly! 

 

 

L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Neuro-Semantics

P.O. Box 8

Clifton CO. 81520 USA

www.neurosemantics.com 

 

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