only you can see the big picture for you
There are six pillars to the Clarity BES purpose-directed approach to solving problems, streamlining processes and addressing opportunities:
Stillness. The first thing you have to do is still your mind. Stop all those thoughts, many of them completely irrelevant to the situation at hand, racing through your mind. The same applies to all those fears and insecurities, lack of confidence and questionable assumptions that are nothing more than distractions and obstacles to achieving the best result from your current situation. The basic idea is that you have to “make space”, a blank canvas upon which you will create your masterpiece. Use your favorite form of meditation or some of the ideas in my book to achieve this.
Purposes. When a problem needs to be solved, people often assume that the “purpose” is to get things back to the way they were before the problem arose. Setting the right purpose is an essential part of harnessing the full power of your thinking. What exactly do you want to achieve and why? Do you want to put things back the way they were so people will get off your back? Do you want to come up with a solution whereby this problem will stop recurring? Do you want to see if this problem is just a symptom of something else and if, with the same effort, you can stop the initial problem and many other problems from recurring? Refer to my book if you are looking for pointers on how to do this.
Ideal. Once you know what your purpose is, the sky is the limit. You can really let your imagination fly. Even though you have successfully created your “blank canvas” at the stillness stage, it makes sense to focus on an ideal solution out in the future – it could be three months or three years depending on your situation. A focus on the future will help ensure that current politics or short term priorities do not get in the way of a great solution. It gives you a license to be at your creative best. A word of warning: Many people make the mistake of homing in on the first good solution they think of. They stop thinking after that, not realising that their first ideas were precursors to one or more vastly superior solutions. See my book for more on future solutions and selecting the best.
Recommended. You already have an ideal future solution. This is a great vision that will guide your immediate actions and the follow-up and development you will pursue going forward. This is real nitty gritty stuff and using a structured approach, such as the “System Matrix” described in my book, enables you to take a birds eye view that will help ensure that all the bases are covered.
Installation. You are now ready to draw up a comprehensive action plan. Your recommended solution was only fleshed out to the level of detail necessary. Your action plan will provide latitude for all the people involved in the implementation, to apply their own ideas and creativity for the best possible results in their given area.
Timeline. This is short for “betterment timeline” and constitutes a strategy to ensure that you stay on course for your ideal future solution. It also involves monitoring the impact that any unforeseen changes may have on the quality of your ideal future solution and the ongoing development of a sequence of ideal future solutions as required for the best possible results.
“SPIRIT” is an acronym where each of the six letters represents a pillar – from deciding on your purpose through action, results and onward to even better results.
The e-Book, SPIRIT Managed Thinking, is a widely researched, highly practical guide to channel your thinking and come up with great solutions that are both imaginative and implementable. It is written in plain English. It takes approximately 90 minutes to read, cover to cover, and it is designed to have a positive and invigorating effect on how you approach problems and develop solutions with consistently clear thinking. Read Chapter 1 and see if you like the style.
But enough said about the book for the time being. What about you?
If your requirements include one or more of the following, then you have come to the right place:
- You need to do some serious thinking about a problem, an opportunity, or a decision you have to make
- You want to cut through all the smoke and mirrors and get to the nub of the issue
- You want to be able to think flexibly and not be a slave to your assumptions (subconscious or otherwise)
- You want to always be able to see the big picture and use it as a reference frame that will help you to solve problems and make decisions better and faster every day
- You want to be able to let your imagination fly, harness your creativity, develop workable alternatives for every situation and confidently decide on the best way forward
- You don’t have much time. You want to come up to speed quickly with an approach that’s based on solid foundations and can be applied immediately
Read Chapter 1 and the ‘SPIRIT’ acronym (summarised on the back cover) now. You will be able to quickly decide if it offers you the possibility of real value.
SPIRIT Managing Thinking is not some esoteric, new-age philosophical approach. It is a highly researched, highly practical approach to channel your thinking and come up with great solutions that are both imaginative and implementable.
Please read on for more background information.
Creative Thinking and Results
In the 90 minutes it takes to read it, this short book guides you as you develop your skills to identify opportunities, create and design solutions and make decisions, more creatively and for the rest of your life!
SPIRIT Managed Thinking is a practical method to develop your out-of-the-box thinking skills. Easy-to-understand and concise, it is a technique you can start using after just ninety minutes – the time it will take you to study the fundamentals of SPIRIT Managed Thinking.
Based substantially on the work of Profs. Nadler and Hibino, SPIRIT Managed Thinking is an extrapolation of decades of research from some of the best minds in the modern era. Written to be simple to understand and practical, SPIRIT Managed Thinking can be adopted immediately – without having to trawl through libraries of published materials and research archives.
The system is designed to have a direct, positive impact on the way you approach challenges – and consequently, the results that you achieve. By practicing it, you will build the sort of confidence that only comes from knowing how to think and create top grade solutions in any given situation.
It represents the distillation of many years studying, sifting, adapting and applying a range of research, theories and principles, all relating to thinking more effectively and achieving better results. SPIRIT Managed Thinking is presented in in a readable and concise format and offers supporting techniques and perspectives throughout.
If your needs are business or professional, personal or interpersonal and you want to identify opportunities, create and design solutions, make decisions, or solve problems, SPIRIT Managed Thinking will jump-start your creative thinking process as soon as you start practicing it. When you’ve read it, please come back to this site under “contacts” and let us know how you’ve applied SPIRIT Managed Thinking and the results that you have achieved.
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