The 5 Thinking Styles

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5 Styles Based On the 5 Thinking Positions


“There are 5 sides to every story.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice


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The 5 Thinking Styles

The Table Shows the Common Attitudes Used for Thinking

The 5 Thinking Styles

  1. nihilism
  2. pessimism
  3. realism
  4. optimism
  5. utopianism

Related Thinking Categories to Be Aware Of

3D: Daily Dose of Discernment: 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” that you are addressing.
  1. “What something was or was not” is a separate category and topic.
  2. “What something is or is not” is a separate category and topic.
  3. “What something will be or will not be” is not is a separate category and topic.
  4. “What something could be or could not be” is a separate category and topic.
  5. “What something should be or should not be” is a separate category and topic.

3 More Examples of The 5 Thinking Positions

  1. 5 Survival Styles
  2. 25 Relational Styles
  3. Passive to Aggressive Using 5TP

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The 5 Thinking Styles

5 Thinking Styles Table

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5 Thinking Positions & Styles


Book Devoted to 5TP

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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The 5 Thinking Styles


  • Read and master the life skill of perspective-taking using the best system ever: the 5TP.

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  • Read and discover how CBT, REBT, & Stoicism evolved into one system: STPHFR.

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  • Read and discover the world’s best breathing exercise for centering and peace of mind.

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  • Read and master the life skill of perspective-taking using the best system ever: the 5TP.

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