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The Greatest Thinker of All Time

Gurus and legendary thinkers of the past like Leonardo da Vinci, Aristotle, Queen Elizabeth I, Galileo or Socrates may come to your mind immediately.  

Does this mean the contemporary group of thinkers are better than those in the past?  

If I need to stake my claim on this, I would say the contemporary group of thinkers has a competitive edge because we are equipped with the newest brain model than our forefathers centuries ago. Scientific research has shown that the brain has actually evolved throughout the history of mankind.  


Reference: Falk, D., et al. (2012). Metopic suture of Taung (Australopithecus africanus) and its implications for hominin brain evolution.

How to do this?

We have to probe further into our thinking, to be aware of what we are thinking and to understand our thought processes well. To develop a metacognitive mindset, we can begin by asking questions. By asking the right questions, we can make a good value judgement and better decisions.

Our world has changed dramatically over the years, so should our thinking: in the way we think and how we think need to change correspondingly. To better engage and adapt ourselves in the new world, I will encourage you to spend a brief moment to think about how to manage your knowledge manager – how to input new content, how to use tools to filter appropriate information and how to learn new techniques to think critically. Once you have developed your Brain Capital, you will be ready to “reboot” your brain with the latest version of your operating software - Thinking 2.0

As you start to build and enrich your Brain Capital, you will begin to feel differently and think differently in the way you perceive things and conceive ideas. 

So who is the greater thinker? If you upgrade your Thinking Software, you could possibly become the next greater thinker. 

 

The article is contributed by Mr Eric Cheong, an Associate Trainer at the Management Development & Consultancy, MDIS’ Corporate Training Arm.