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The 3 Tiers of Thinking (And Better Ways to Think Clearly)

The path that leads to your wisdom is a great path to your enlightenment

Thomas Oppong
4 min readApr 30, 2021
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We don’t learn how to think in school — it’s a massive mistake.

Thinking better is a vital skill for life.

Our ability to make better judgement and life-changing decisions depend on our thought patterns. And those patterns are shaped by beliefs and assumptions we pick up from our immediate family, our environment and the influences we are unconsciously and deliberately exposed to in life.

If people are taught how to think rationally, analytically and clearly, they will learn to be less wrong more often.

If you don’t know how to think clearly, you could spend most of your life trying to correct your past mistakes. A single better decision change the trajectory of your life.

The good news is, you can teach yourself to think rationally and logically. You have everything you need to improve how you think.

The question is: will you make time to learn how to think clearly?

“Learning how to think means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.” David Foster Wallace…

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Thomas Oppong
Thomas Oppong

Written by Thomas Oppong

Making the wisdom of great thinkers instantly accessible. As seen on Forbes, Inc. and Business Insider. For my popular essays, go here: https://thomasoppong.com

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