The 5 Thinking Styles
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- Discovery Demands 5TP: The Evolution of Perspective
The 5 thinking styles that we use when thinking about anything. Understand your approach for better results and new possibilities.
“There are 5 sides to every story.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
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The Table Shows the Common Attitudes Used for Thinking
The 5 Thinking Styles
- nihilism
- pessimism
- realism
- optimism
- utopianism
The 5 Thinking Styles
Related Thinking Categories to Be Aware Of
3D: Daily Dose: 2020
#Thinking #Categories: 2020-03-11
- When speaking about things, it is best to be aware of which of the “five categories of thinking about the nature of things” you are addressing.
- “What something was or was not” is a separate category and topic.
- “What something is or is not” is a separate category and topic.
- “What something will be or will not be” is not a separate category and topic.
- “What something could be or could not be” is a separate category and topic.
- “What something should be or should not be” is a separate category and topic.
3 More Examples of The 5 Thinking Positions
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The 5 Thinking Styles
Quotations from Various Sources
Listed Alphabetically
“Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.” —Chung Tzu
“I’m not sure I want popular opinion on my side–I’ve noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.” —Bethania McKenstry
“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” —Anatole France
“Let reason go before every enterprise, and counsel before every action.” —Ecclesiasticus 38:33
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” — Confucius
“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.” —George Bernard Shaw
“There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.” —Alfred Korzybski
“To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything, or nothing, about it.” —Olin Miller
“To say dualism is bad or wrong is the worst kind of dualism.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
“We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.” —Eric Hoffer
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The 5 Thinking Styles
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- 1. Pages by Topic
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- 3. Quotations by Topic
- 4. Poems by Topic
- 5. Scripture by Topic
- 6. Websites by Topic
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The 5 Thinking Styles
9 Skills & Topics Menu
- 1. Anger Skills & Topics
- 2. Blame Skills & Topics
- 3. Communication Skills & Topics
- 4. Coping Skills & Topics
- 5. Counseling Skills & Topics
- 6. Praying Skills & Topics
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- Read and discover how CBT, REBT, & Stoicism evolved into one system: STPHFR.
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- Read and master the life skill of perspective-taking using the best system ever: the 5TP.