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Thinking styles - StumbleUpon

Thinking styles - StumbleUpon
The following is edited and adapted from It is intended to supplement personal understanding and enhance critical self-examination of yourself as a communicator. Styles of Thinking "How do people think about things?" Harrison and Bramson, through their research detailed in their text The Art of Thinking, found that in Western society there are five distinct styles of thinking. Most people show a marked preference for one or two of the styles. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Synthesists "Synthesists are apt to appear challenging, skeptical, or satirically amused, even when you can see no cause for any of that." A Synthesist can juggle both arguments and counter arguments mentally and recognize the validity of each and form new ideas from that conflict. The first common strategy of the Synthesist is that of "Open Argument and Confrontation." Their second common strategy is "Asking Dumb-Smart Questions." Synthesists like to be observers of conflict. Synthesists like to speculate. Idealists Pragmatists Analysts

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10 Truths To Keep Your Relationship Healthy I think it's easy to make things more complicated than they need to be. Here are some basic rules of the relationship road that will keep you headed in the right direction 1. Successful relationships take work. How books work. This generation. SCORE 195 You're one in a million. SCORE 151 Seven hours. SCORE 453 "A.S.P.I.R.E." A Study System Text of the A.S.P.I.R.E. exercise: A: Approach/attitude/arrange Approach your studies with a positive attitudeArrange your schedule to eliminate distractions

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