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How to Think More Effectively

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A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity

We know that our minds are capable of great things because, every now and then, they come out with a brilliant idea or two. However, our minds are also unpredictable, spending large stretches of time idling or distracting themselves.

This is a book about how to optimise these beautiful yet fitful instruments so that they can more regularly and generously produce the sort of insights and ideas we need to fulfil our potential and achieve the contentment we deserve.

Among other things, we learn how to grasp fragile and flighty thoughts before they disappear through anxiety and fear; at what times of day to try to work and for how long; how to make use of our boredom and instincts, and how to overcome timid and predictable approaches to the largest problems. The result is an operating manual to that most wondrous, though intermittent and always baffling, organ: the human mind.

Thinking types include:

  • Strategic Thinking
  • Cumulative Thinking
  • Independent Thinking
  • Philosophical Thinking
  • "Mad" Thinking
  • Envious Thinking
  • Analogical Thinking
  • Empathetic Thinking
  • Love Thinking
  • Sceptical Thinking

Paperback book | 138 pages | 175mm x 127mm

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Customer Reviews (4.4 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Ellie ★★★★★

I've read a lot of productivity books that just tell you to wake up at 5am, but this one actually digs into how your mind works when it's stuck. The section on letting thoughts wander instead of forcing focus genuinely changed how I approach my writing.

Richard X. ★★★★★

This book doesn’t just tell you to think better—it walks through why the mind sputters on a brilliant idea and how to catch those moments. The chapters on insight and creativity felt practical, not preachy, and I’ve already used the techniques to tackle a work problem that had me stuck for days.

David V. ★★★★★

I was skeptical that a book could actually teach you to think better, but the way it breaks down how our minds stumble into great ideas and why they don't happen more often really clicked for me. The chapters are short enough to read during a commute, yet each one left me with a concrete takeaway I