How to Practice Thinking Like a Thought Leader - Viewfinder Partners
How to Practice Deep Thinking
Most knowledge workers train like amateurs. Economist Tyler Cowen treats thinking like elite athletics. Core training principles:
Write daily from opposing viewpoints, not just your own
Ask "what did I learn today?" every single evening
Crack cultural codes across disciplines for universal insight
Review weak responses
So, if you really want to be a thought leader and create impact through your knowledge, you must become an independent learner first.
That means:
• Improving your thinking skills.
• Loving the process of thinking.
• Challenging yourself, consistently.
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Ryan Law’s five traits of good thought leadership:
Personal: Everything we share in thought leadership has to, in some way, come from you and be uniquely yours. It has to be a product of the experiences you've had, the lessons you've learned, the problems you've solved, and the people and network you have built up.
Credible: It isn't enough just to
Go for the Insights
Analyzing things and extracting valuable insights by closely inspecting something is a road I’d recommend for those who want to stand out from their peers.
Those “things” could be thoughts and ideas from people you admire.
What you do is, you take one key idea from someone and you analyze to: a) expose something that otherwise... See more
Analyzing things and extracting valuable insights by closely inspecting something is a road I’d recommend for those who want to stand out from their peers.
Those “things” could be thoughts and ideas from people you admire.
What you do is, you take one key idea from someone and you analyze to: a) expose something that otherwise... See more
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