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Freedom Step # 3

Freedom Step #3 is THINKING SKILLS - improving your intelligence and ability to think

Most of us take it for granted that we know how to think. But consider the possibility that your freedom starts in your mind. What if the degree of freedom you experience in your life is determined 95% by how you think and the contents of your mind? What if the degree of your freedom is determined only 5% by external factors?

In his "Redemption Song" Bob Marley sings, "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds."

Consider the possibility that the degree of freedom in the world is a function of the thinking skills of individuals.

Often, we don't respond to reality as it exists or occurs, but to our thoughts about or interpretations of reality. We see something, and we say, "It means so and so". Then we respond to the "so and so", rather than to reality itself.

A very important thinking skill is to observe ourselves responding, and to question all aspects of what we see, what we think it means, what we do, and the consequences of what we do.

How to Improve Your Thinking Skills

Read Mind and Matters, The World in a Mirror by Delmar England.

Study How to Improve Your Information.

Explore the information and some of the links in How to Increase Your Intelligence.

Explore the ideas on how to succeed in 10-Day Rewire for Ultimate Success.

Study Semantic Rigidity, Flexibility, and Freedom. This is probably the most important freedom step you can take. Study and learn it well.

Purchase and study A Whack on the Side of the Head : How You Can Be More Creative, Roger Von Oech.

The Benefits of Freedom Step #3

Much of human action occurs without prior thought. In fact, at this level of action, "reason" is often used after the fact to prove that the action was "right". As a result of taking Freedom Step #3, you become much more effective at using the pwer of your mind to produce the results you want.
You become much more conscious of your actions and the condequences they produce.
Instead of being stuck in a mental or intellectual rut, new possibilities open up to you; you become more flexible, adaptable, tolerant, creative, and resourceful.

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