"To be effective thinkers, we must go beyond taking thinking apart." This is where standards come into picture in the complicated abstraction of thinking. We have to carefully construct our thoughts to be explicit. Nine factors assembles the perfect, sublime thought: clarity accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, significance, and finally, fairness.
It's so true, isn't it? I feel so much more confident breaking a thought of mine down and just decipher each part to make it more clear. I now know what to do to relay my thought to another: ensure my wording is on the same level as the other person, the importance of my thought is enough to keep the other person interested or focused, and so on.
I must mention this one quote from the purple book that I just love; "Only when we construct and use intellectual standards can we effectively assess thinking."
what happens when you THINK you're on the same page with someone but you're not? Miscommunication is the reason for friendships ending, marriages ending, wars, and other such conflicts. With all the differing life experiences, opinions, points of view and such, it's a wonder that any of us are ever on the same page!
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