This is a non-technical blog, just simply understanding the order or level of thinking including the complexity in built. Lets start with present. I personally believe we spend too much time thinking abut past. Life Is Simply a Series of Present Moments
Here we are informed that the past is simply all the present moments that have gone by. The only important time is the present, for which we think about the least. Furthermore, the present is simply future present moments waiting to go by.
Stages of Deep Thinking
Before we look at strategies you can use to become a deep thinker, let’s briefly look at the stages of deep thinking known as the Three Levels of Thought.
Level 1: Lower Order Thinking. The individual is not reflective, has a low to mixed skill level, and relies solely on gut intuition.
Level 2: Higher Order Thinking. The individual is selective on what to reflect on, has a high skill level, yet lacks critical thinking vocabulary.
Level 3: Highest Order Thinking. The individual is explicitly reflective, has the highest skill level, and routinely uses critical thinking tools.
To enter into the Highest Order Thinking, try the following strategies.
Strategies to Become a Deep Thinker
Increase Self-Awareness by Thinking About Thinking
Imagine you could become aware of how you learn. We know that we must have a baseline of previous knowledge about something to use Metacognition. Think of your Intelligence as what you think and Metacognition as how you think. Let’s look at a series of questions you can ask yourself by using the Elements of Thought.
Purpose. What am I trying to accomplish?
Questions: What question am I raising or addressing? Am I considering the complexities in the question?
Information: What information am I using to get to my conclusion.
Inferences: How did I reach this conclusion? Is there another way to interpret the information?
Concepts: What is the main idea? Can I explain this idea?
Assumptions: What am I taking for granted?
Implications: If someone accepted my position, what would the implications be?
Points of View. From what point of view am I looking at this issue? Is there another point of view I should consider?
Meta-Questioning is higher order questions we can use to explore ideas and problems. Here are some examples.
Challenge Current Learning Methods Through Meta-Questions
Why did it happen?
Why was it true?
How does X relate to Y?
Why is reasoning based on X instead of Y?
Are there other possibilities?
Let’s look at a practical example.
When you say: “I can’t do this.” Change this to: “What specifically can I not do?”
You say: “I can’t exercise.” Then ask: “What is stopping me?”
You say: “I don’t have time.” Now ask yourself: “What needs to happen for me to start exercising?”
You discover: “What time wasters can I eliminate in order to create more time to exercise?”
Then imagine how you could start exercising: “If I could exercise, how would I do it?”
This is just a start of better thinking in my approach. Would love to understand your view as we can better do with us all together. Please share your inputs. at ravindrapande@gmail.com
Here we are informed that the past is simply all the present moments that have gone by. The only important time is the present, for which we think about the least. Furthermore, the present is simply future present moments waiting to go by.
Stages of Deep Thinking
Before we look at strategies you can use to become a deep thinker, let’s briefly look at the stages of deep thinking known as the Three Levels of Thought.
Level 1: Lower Order Thinking. The individual is not reflective, has a low to mixed skill level, and relies solely on gut intuition.
Level 2: Higher Order Thinking. The individual is selective on what to reflect on, has a high skill level, yet lacks critical thinking vocabulary.
Level 3: Highest Order Thinking. The individual is explicitly reflective, has the highest skill level, and routinely uses critical thinking tools.
To enter into the Highest Order Thinking, try the following strategies.
Strategies to Become a Deep Thinker
Increase Self-Awareness by Thinking About Thinking
Imagine you could become aware of how you learn. We know that we must have a baseline of previous knowledge about something to use Metacognition. Think of your Intelligence as what you think and Metacognition as how you think. Let’s look at a series of questions you can ask yourself by using the Elements of Thought.
Purpose. What am I trying to accomplish?
Questions: What question am I raising or addressing? Am I considering the complexities in the question?
Information: What information am I using to get to my conclusion.
Inferences: How did I reach this conclusion? Is there another way to interpret the information?
Concepts: What is the main idea? Can I explain this idea?
Assumptions: What am I taking for granted?
Implications: If someone accepted my position, what would the implications be?
Points of View. From what point of view am I looking at this issue? Is there another point of view I should consider?
Meta-Questioning is higher order questions we can use to explore ideas and problems. Here are some examples.
Challenge Current Learning Methods Through Meta-Questions
Why did it happen?
Why was it true?
How does X relate to Y?
Why is reasoning based on X instead of Y?
Are there other possibilities?
Let’s look at a practical example.
When you say: “I can’t do this.” Change this to: “What specifically can I not do?”
You say: “I can’t exercise.” Then ask: “What is stopping me?”
You say: “I don’t have time.” Now ask yourself: “What needs to happen for me to start exercising?”
You discover: “What time wasters can I eliminate in order to create more time to exercise?”
Then imagine how you could start exercising: “If I could exercise, how would I do it?”
This is just a start of better thinking in my approach. Would love to understand your view as we can better do with us all together. Please share your inputs. at ravindrapande@gmail.com
