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Shining and Critical ways: Problem Solving for Young Adult/College Student; How to Avoid Mistakes; Einstein Tool; Better result in Decision Making/sch
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ISBN10: 1542740134
ISBN13: 9781542740135
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jan 24 2017
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781542740135
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jan 24 2017
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if your mind had its own operating system?
This book invites you to see your thoughts, decisions, and creativity as part of a living OS-one that can be trained, strengthened.
Through vivid metaphors and real-life stories, it is revealed how invisible mistakes, emotional parasites, and mental viruses quietly shape our lives. A frog in warming water that fails to notice danger. A pilot trusting a faulty gauge. A professor battling illusions. These examples remind us that the greatest risks are often the ones we cannot see.
This book invites you to see your thoughts, decisions, and creativity as part of a living OS-one that can be trained, strengthened.
Through vivid metaphors and real-life stories, it is revealed how invisible mistakes, emotional parasites, and mental viruses quietly shape our lives. A frog in warming water that fails to notice danger. A pilot trusting a faulty gauge. A professor battling illusions. These examples remind us that the greatest risks are often the ones we cannot see.
To face them, we are familiar with two essential tools:
- FCN tools: questioning, imagination, mental standards, and the mind's red light-our inner compasses for clarity.
- MESH tools: motivation, effort, self-confidence, and hope-the energy sources that keep the swing of the mind in motion.
Together, they form a living cycle. FCNs activate MESH, and MESH strengthens FCNs. Like a swing that first starts with our efforts and then it carries us higher, this cycle fuels creativity, resilience, and success.
This book is the result of years of reflection, observation, and practice. The human mind can be understood as an OS that manages our thoughts, decisions, and creativity. Unlike a computer's OS, this one cannot be purchased or installed. It is shaped by our education, our experiences, and the lessons we learn from others. If it functions well, it becomes the most powerful guide we have in life. If the old version of our OS malfunctions, it can turn into our greatest obstacle. This mental OS and its tools, its viruses, and its hidden strengths show how questions, imagination, and standards of thinking act as the leaders of the mind, while emotions such as anger, selfishness, and bias often act as parasites that distort our judgment. By learning to recognize these forces, we can protect ourselves from mistakes that are not only common but sometimes fatal. The FCNs such as questioning, imagination, the mind's red light, and the ability to combine data into meaningful conclusions, are the designer pieces of our mental sewing machine, shaping the patterns of our thoughts. The MESH tools are the energy sources that keep the swing of the mind in motion. Together, FCN and MESH tools form a living cycle. This cycle is the engine of creativity, resilience, and success. To make these ideas vivid, analogies and stories are used. A frog in warming water that fails to notice danger. A pilot who trusts a faulty fuel gauge and faces disaster. A professor who battles illusions and learns to rebuild his life with the same damaged mind, which is very important. These stories remind us that invisible events and mental viruses are always present, and that only by training our OS can we detect and overcome them. It is emphasized that IQ alone is not enough. IQ is like the brightness of a car's headlights-it shows us more of the road ahead. But driving skills, developed through practice and reflection, are the true OS that allows us to use that light wisely. Even the brightest light is useless if the driver cannot steer. What matters most is not how high our IQ is, but how well we use it. This book is not a collection of abstract theories. It is a practical guide, a set of exercises, and a mirror for self-reflection. It is written especially for young adults, because the earlier we learn to build and protect our mental OS, the stronger it will serve us throughout life. Yet its lessons remain valuable at every age, because the mind never stops learning, and the OS never stops evolving. The goal is: to help readers recognize the giants, viruses, and illusions that live in their minds, and to equip them with tools to overcome them. By doing so, we can transform mistakes into lessons, doubts into questions, and questions into creativity.
Success is not a destination. It is movement, a swing that never stops, a cycle that grows stronger with every tur
- FCN tools: questioning, imagination, mental standards, and the mind's red light-our inner compasses for clarity.
- MESH tools: motivation, effort, self-confidence, and hope-the energy sources that keep the swing of the mind in motion.
Together, they form a living cycle. FCNs activate MESH, and MESH strengthens FCNs. Like a swing that first starts with our efforts and then it carries us higher, this cycle fuels creativity, resilience, and success.
This book is the result of years of reflection, observation, and practice. The human mind can be understood as an OS that manages our thoughts, decisions, and creativity. Unlike a computer's OS, this one cannot be purchased or installed. It is shaped by our education, our experiences, and the lessons we learn from others. If it functions well, it becomes the most powerful guide we have in life. If the old version of our OS malfunctions, it can turn into our greatest obstacle. This mental OS and its tools, its viruses, and its hidden strengths show how questions, imagination, and standards of thinking act as the leaders of the mind, while emotions such as anger, selfishness, and bias often act as parasites that distort our judgment. By learning to recognize these forces, we can protect ourselves from mistakes that are not only common but sometimes fatal. The FCNs such as questioning, imagination, the mind's red light, and the ability to combine data into meaningful conclusions, are the designer pieces of our mental sewing machine, shaping the patterns of our thoughts. The MESH tools are the energy sources that keep the swing of the mind in motion. Together, FCN and MESH tools form a living cycle. This cycle is the engine of creativity, resilience, and success. To make these ideas vivid, analogies and stories are used. A frog in warming water that fails to notice danger. A pilot who trusts a faulty fuel gauge and faces disaster. A professor who battles illusions and learns to rebuild his life with the same damaged mind, which is very important. These stories remind us that invisible events and mental viruses are always present, and that only by training our OS can we detect and overcome them. It is emphasized that IQ alone is not enough. IQ is like the brightness of a car's headlights-it shows us more of the road ahead. But driving skills, developed through practice and reflection, are the true OS that allows us to use that light wisely. Even the brightest light is useless if the driver cannot steer. What matters most is not how high our IQ is, but how well we use it. This book is not a collection of abstract theories. It is a practical guide, a set of exercises, and a mirror for self-reflection. It is written especially for young adults, because the earlier we learn to build and protect our mental OS, the stronger it will serve us throughout life. Yet its lessons remain valuable at every age, because the mind never stops learning, and the OS never stops evolving. The goal is: to help readers recognize the giants, viruses, and illusions that live in their minds, and to equip them with tools to overcome them. By doing so, we can transform mistakes into lessons, doubts into questions, and questions into creativity.
Success is not a destination. It is movement, a swing that never stops, a cycle that grows stronger with every tur
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