[Neurons] 2021 Neurons #42 BOLD THINKERS CHANGE THE WORLD

[Michael Hall]

From: L. Michael Hall   

2021 Neurons #42

July, 12 2021

Bold Thinking Series #2

 

 

BOLD THINKERS CHANGE THE WORLD (#2)

 

Yesterday a bold thinker (Richard Branson) went into space.  And next week
another bold thinker (Elon Musk) will do the same.  They are thinkers who
are changing the word.  So first and foremost, the call to think boldly is a
call to think optimistically and strategically with a view of changing the
world for the better.  Bold thinkers boldly embrace, explore, define, and
work on solving the problems that stop us from being fully alive/fully
human- the domain of inner space.

 

If we ask, "What feeds wimpy and fearful thinking?"  The answer is-dangers,
risks, challenges, problems, conventionality, uncertainty, perfectionism,
instant gratification, and short-term perspective.  That's why to think
boldly is to think in such a way about these very items so that not only do
they not stop you, you use them to propel you forward.  To think boldly is
to not be put off by many of the things which are inherent in any, and
every, significant endeavor.

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

When you think boldly, you work rigorously to cut through the fluff and
vagueness that plagues most thinking and communicating.  The fierce thinker
does not suffer a string of generalities to stand, but digs down into the
specifics to create more precise descriptions.  She cuts through the
sloppiness and fuzziness of over-generalized statements with her sharp
thinking that makes distinctions where others do not.  She uses the
Meta-Model for linguistic clarity.  So to become more bold in your thinking,
learn the Meta-Model.  Learn how to use it rigorously.  Be bold to challenge
vague fluffy statements.

 

I've been doing that for years about the word "race."  That's because given
the fact that there is only one race on this planet- the human race, there
is no such thing as different "races."  It's non-sense to say there are
multiple races.  Anyone who uses the word "race" in that way does not even
know what he or she is talking about.  The same thing with "voter
suppression" when a person is talking about have some criteria like voter
I.D.  That's not suppression, that's voter integrity.

 

2) A bold thinker thoroughly examines things.

The bold thinker knows that "the map is not the territory," that language is
not the reality, and so he thoroughly examines and tests what is said.
"Does it correspond to the territory?"  "Does it refer to anything that
actually exists in the world?"  "How accurate it the mapping?"  "How
useful?"

 

When many people think and speak, they say the first thing that comes to
mind.  As a result they generate featherweight ideas, softball
understandings, and cotton-candy perspectives - all which belong to
elementary school.  They lack a disciplined mind.  When you discipline your
mind, you refuse to accept insipid expressions or words that run out in
senseless and diffuse ways.   When you are in the presence of a bold
thinker, expect that he will trigger you to think.  He will ask questions
hard to answer which, in turn, activates neural circuits that may have been
on vacation for a long time.

 

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

As a bold thinker, she will fiercely push for clarity and precision.  Good
communication starts in the mind and specifically it starts with high
quality thinking.  How many reports or articles convey nothing but a haze of
general ideas that never commit to anything?  In an attempt to crowd
everything into the picture, the speaker moves so far back to take it, that
it is eventually snapped at a distance so that nothing is in focus.  It is
all a blur.   The article is loaded with linguistic weeds, "It is obvious
that..." "There's was no doubt that..."  "I need not mention that ..."
These say-nothing phrases need to be weeded out.  A bold thinker goes for
the facts so that he can ground the idea or proposal in evidence-based
details.

 

Once I thought that this was the unique problem in the field of theology.
Then I entered the field of psychology and "lo and behold," the same
problem!  It's really bad in education, business is not much better- but, of
course, politics has to be the worst.  All these fields and more need bold
thinkers who will demand specificity and precision.

 

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

Those who are bold in thinking think ahead.  They take the long-term view
and do not get caught up with the tunnel-vision of today, or this quarter.
As a bold thinker embraces consequences, she thinks consequently.   The bold
also engage in visionary thinking-for a vision that inspires.  They look far
ahead and prepare themselves for the long game.  They know expertise
requires ten-years and that there is no "instant" mastery.  It is the
long-game that gives you something significant enough and meaningful enough
to invest your life in.

 

Bold thinking has changed the world, is changing it, and will keep changing
it.  The question is whether you will be one of the bold thinkers.  Here's
to your highest and boldest thinking! 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Neuro-Semantics

P.O. Box 8

Clifton CO. 81520 USA

www.neurosemantics.com 

 

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