Building the thinking habit is important because it helps you live with a purpose. How can we build the thinking habit? Here are some tips.
※ Be curious.
Curiosity is powerful. It also helps you recognize the ideas when they come. Curiosity is an important attitude to have in building the thinking habit.
※ Read widely.
If you want to come up with good ideas you need to feed your mind with good ideas.This will give you fresh, new ideas. Don't just read from the fields you are familiar with. Read from other fields as well.
※ Read actively.
Not only should you read widely, but also you should read actively. Find some ideas and think about how you can use them. My favorite way to do this is by highlighting the book I read. I will then put the actionable ideas in my idea journal.
※ Keep an idea journal.
When you find a good idea, don't just keep it in your mind. Instead, write it down to catch the idea. Keeping an idea journal makes you more alert to new ideas. You will quickly recognize them because you already have the habit of catching ideas.
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Of course, it doesn't do you much good if you just write down ideas. Take time to read these ideas every now and then. In my case, I mark the ideas that I consider important and review them regularly. This often opens the way to new ideas.
A、Go over your ideas.
B、Design your own ideas.
C、One way to do that is to read.
D、It makes you like finding new ideas.
E、Otherwise, the idea might be gone forever.
F、This helps me get the most out of the book.
G、In this way, others ran also benefit from your ideas.
