3 Profound Books to Re-Wire Your Mind for Better Decisions.
How does understanding your mind help?
Your Brain produces up to 70,000 thoughts per day.
Ola!
Isn’t it more?
Not only today, but each day, you are bombarded with tension, worries, happiness, sadness, and even more.
In addition, you keep making decisions all the time, sometimes good and sometimes bad choices.
You keep adding unnecessary baggage without paying much attention to how your mind works.
You need to stop it!
You need to re-wire your mind to make it work in your favour.
But is there a way to do that?
For every problem, there will be a solution. However, the solution will work effectively if you apply it appropriately.
Without beating around the bush, let’s get straight to our solution.
Here is a straightforward solution: Reading Profound books.
Without a doubt, reading the deepest books written on the minds is the ultimate and the best solution to rewiring your Brain.
But guess what? To make it easier for you. I have listed down the top three most profound books of all time.
Here they are:
1. NOISE by Daniel Kahneman ( and two co-authors)
First and foremost, you need to be aware of your thinking patterns; once you’re aware of it, this, in turn, helps you reduce bad judgements and decisions.
To better understand your thinking patterns, a book named “ NOISE” undoubtedly offers a profound advantage.
What is the crucial takeaway from this book?
The author describes the NOISE as the variability in judgements that should be identical.
Isn’t it confusing?
Okay, let me explain it to you through examples.
Imagine two doctors giving different diagnoses to identical patients.
Now imagine that the same doctor is giving a different diagnosis depending on whether it is Tuesday or Friday and whether they have or haven’t yet had lunch.
Don’t blame the noise. However, it is a hidden flaw in human judgement.
2. Think Again by Adam Grant.
Rethinking is one of the vital thinking tools; if you wish to acquire it, you must choose courage over comfort.
You are prone to N number of problems or situations where the majority of people chooses two options.
For example, once the elections are over, the talk around town is about whether the elected PM is best or worst!
In this book, Think Again, the author explains a concept named Binary bias.
What is binary bias?
It is a basic human tendency to seek clarity and closure by simplifying a complex problem into two categories.
Nonetheless, re-thinking is a powerful tool that helps you eliminate ‘binary bias’ and discover the truth.
3. Rationality by Steven Pinker.
Are you aware of the powerful tools of Reasoning?
If not, here are a few powerful tools for Reasoning: Logic, Critical Thinking, Probability, and Casual Inference.
This book helps us understand how these tools help us make better choices and address societal issues.
Rationality is evidence-based thinking.
Final words:
As I’ve said before, learning how the mind works seems to be intimidating at first. However, in the long run, you will be well-equipped with straightforward solutions to your worries.
Don’t be afraid to take the forefront today by exploring the three profound books mentioned above.
Can’t wait to hear how these books helped your life?
Thank you for reading.
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