You are right! Being wrong keeps us humble, helping us realize that there is much to learn and it makes us think differently. Being wrong also helps us cross things of the list making life more manageable.

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Interesting post. Let me know what you think!

This is a very deep and provocative post. I’ve been dwelling on the thinking process quite a bit especially since personally undergoing a very recent and still evolving transition into a new mode of thinking. I have to credit books and blogs and my recent business projects for this, but what has been remarkable is the out-of-body perspective I’ve had throughout the process.

Anyway, to delve more into the content of your post…technological enhancements in communication over the past two decades have had a huge impact on information gathering. All of a sudden its possible to reference your thinking real-time. Instead of a retrospective approach, we’ll slowly graduate to a more prospective approach to data-driven thinking meant not to prove but to pave the way for new avenues of thought.

Tim Ferriss has a few posts on Josh Waitzin’s book, The Art of Learning, which seems very reminiscent of de Bono’s book. Check it out if you haven’t already!