
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.
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
- Long-term thinking is the master skill.
- Slow thinking prevents most expensive errors.
- Flexibility is a form of intelligence.
Do this first
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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