Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice - Either/Or Thinking

[Guest guest]

Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice - " Either/Or Thinking "

Have you heard of " either/or thinking? " It's a dangerous but common mistake

that many of us have been conditioned to make.

Either/or thinking, or black-and-white thinking as it's sometimes called, is

a dangerous thing. It's basically just what it sounds like. Either/or

thinkers don't see shades of gray. They want easy answers to difficult

questions, so they see life in terms of winners and losers, good guys and

bad guys, success or failure, right and wrong.

But they fail to realize that right and wrong often depend on time, place,

culture and purpose, among other things. They fail to understand that no one

is all good or all bad, and that " success " and " failure " depend on how you

define them - just like " winning " and " losing " do. These people don't see

the degrees of difference that stretch between most opposites, because if

they did, it would require more complex thinking skills and a willingness to

deal with subtle differences.

Now, I mean it when I say they don't see these things. They build blind

spots, or " scotomas, " to this information, because it threatens their

either/or belief system. So even if it is true, it can't get through. Do you

ever catch yourself doing either/or thinking? Most of us do, from time to

time, but it drastically limits our options.

Deliberate self-awareness is essential - and a strong desire to keep your

mind open to the full range of possibilities will keep you from getting

locked in to an " either/or " world.

Lou Tice

The Pacific Institute

www.thepacificinstitute.com

" TPI teaches people how to manage change, set and achieve goals, lead more

effectively, and think in ways that create success. "

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Blessings,

Charlene

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