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THINKING ERRORS
Thinking errors can not be replaced unless they are first spotted. The way to spot errors is through familiarity. Becoming so familiar with errors that can be easily recognized is the key to mastering the skill of accurate thinking. Below is a list of 15 thinking errors to be avoided if the student is to be successful in mastering accurate thinking.
1. Using names or labels for people, things, or situations to justify not liking them.
2. Jumping to conclusions without taking the time to gather all of the facts.
3. Filtering out the positive in order to point out the negative.
4. Polarized thinking: everything is either good or bad.
5. Overgeneralization: seeing events in terms of always or never.
6. Mind reading: concluding what others think without proof or being told by them.
7. Maximizing: making more out of events than they call for.
8. Minimizing: making less out of the events than they merit.
9. Personalization: taking events and statements personally.
10. Blaming: placing blame on others or things and finding fault with their actions.
11. Poor me thinking: self-pity, gloom and doom.
12. Controlling: attempting to control others, events, and situations.
13. Emotional reasoning: if it’s felt, then it must be real and true.
14. Being right: insisting on being right no matter what.
15. Heavens reward fallacy: bad things don’t happen to good people.
Accurate thinking is perfected by the ability to spot thinking errors and replace them with intentionally structured accurate thoughts.
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