Learn constructive curiosity

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It is easy to get confused when learning strategic thinking, believing that your decisions are the only correct ones, even if they end up being fundamentally wrong. Sometimes others tend to see things that we ourselves cannot discern.

Blind spots are easy to identify by listening to outside opinions and listening and considering points of view that are different from our own. Get feedback from family, friends, and colleagues.

Don't try to stick to your own opinion yahoo email list unless you have proven information or people willing to back up your point of view. Ask people around you the following questions:

What's wrong with my strategy?

How can I improve it?

If you were in my place, what would you do?

What step would you take in my place?

What might prompt you to change your chosen strategy?

Develop adaptive properties and qualities
Use the information you gain from self-analysis to adjust your strategy. Develop adaptability in your plans for the future based on past experiences.

What worked, and how, and should have worked?

What didn't work at all?

What mistakes did you make?

Logical strategic thinking can equally be applied to planning for the future and learning from past stages. Visualize your forecasts. Look at your experience and try to understand what you are missing and what needs to be done to build the future for you and your loved ones that you have in mind.

Develop adaptive properties and qualities

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To do this, you don't need to look for any special, breakthrough ideas. It's enough to make simple, correct decisions that should bring you at least one step closer to achieving your goal.

Most people are wrong in assuming that they lack strategic thinking because they have not come up with any innovative ideas. However, it does not necessarily mean innovative solutions, but rather the skill of building the right connections.

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Top 6 Books on Strategic Thinking
To learn more about strategic thinking, you can read the following books:

Sun Tzu "The Art of War". It is an ancient Chinese treatise on military tactics, strategy and politics. Despite the fact that it was written a long time ago, it is still relevant today. It can be used by managers of any level who want to understand what strategy is and how to win any battle.

Kenichi Ohmae "The Thinking Strategist: The Art of Business in Japanese". The author is a management consultant who believed that you can develop any skill, including becoming a good strategist. To do this, you just need to build a certain way of thinking. After reading the book, you will learn to ask the right questions, think and make decisions in a new way.

Avinash Dixit, Barry Nalebuff "Game Theory". Describes the process of making strategic decisions. Using simple and understandable examples from life, two professors show the interaction of people with each other, as well as how a chess game can help build a successful business.

Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tscheppeler "The Book of Solutions. 50 Models of Strategic Thinking". This book can be called a reference book, which contains about 50 models of strategic thinking, supported by brief annotations and illustrations. The manual will be especially useful for beginners who want to see the overall picture to choose the right direction of movement.

Avinash Dixit, Susan Skeet, David Reilly "Games of Strategy". A Google researcher and two economics professors talk about strategy games, their structure and goals. Thanks to this book, you will be able to develop a number of useful management skills, and as a bonus, learn to play chess.

Richard Rumelt "Good Strategy, Bad Strategy". A practical guide aimed at developing strategic thinking, the author of which is a professor at the School of Management at the University of California. In general, the book is about why any company needs a clear strategy. Real examples demonstrate the differences between good and bad strategy.