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Get Smart! by Brian Tracy — WisdomDeck honest review
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Get Smart!

by Brian Tracy

Ten ways of thinking that Tracy says separate high achievers: long-term, slow, informed, goal-oriented, result-oriented, positive, flexible, creative, entrepreneurial and rich thinking. It is a thinking-styles book, short and schematic, best for naming your defaults.

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Read it if…

you want a quick inventory of your thinking habits against ten useful ones.

Skip it if…

you want depth on any one of them; each gets a few pages.

Three things you will actually use

  1. Long-term thinking is the master skill.
  2. Slow thinking prevents most expensive errors.
  3. Flexibility is a form of intelligence.

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Pick the thinking style you most lack and practise it on one decision this week.

Our verdict

Ten thinking styles, briefly.

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