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This book will show you how to think independently and not be subjected to other people controlling your mind with their thoughts and ideas. It will teach you how thoughts originate, come alive, and eventually cause you to pursue a course of action. You can and will be free of other people’s desire to influence your thinking. You will learn to be an independent thinker, where your thoughts will benefit you and you alone.
The world is controlled by rich and powerful people who have a vested interest in how and what you think. They use the tools of advertising, mass media, and powerful and influential leaders. People who think independently will not be duly influenced by all of the above. They will wield their thinking process to do what is best for them.
This book is an attempt to teach you how to think. When we learn to think, we will make fewer mistakes and have a smoother life. This is because when you think before you act, you are able to take most, if not all, of the emotions out of the situation. You will be calmer and more in control of yourself. When you react, you have set your intellect and thought process aside, and you strictly act out of emotion. The same holds true for decisions: if you make a decision based on emotion, it will be, on average, 99% wrong.
Learning how to think before you act or make a decision will eliminate a lot of problems in your life. In the days gone by, when you went to school, you were taught how to think and to see from all sides. The best debater could put together a valid argument for the opposite viewpoint as well as his own. Today, as I see it, pupils are taught what to think instead of how to think. Seeing only one side leads to radical thinking and action. Their mind is no longer free but is a prisoner of an idea or a set of ideas. Their mind is boxed in. This can never be to their benefit.
After reading this book, it will hopefully make you think differently about thinking. This is the purpose of this book. And remember, you can embrace a culture that functions below the waist or a culture that functions above the neck. Your choic