From the course: Tips to Boost Your Analytical Thinking
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Sharpen your analytical thinking with brain games
From the course: Tips to Boost Your Analytical Thinking
Sharpen your analytical thinking with brain games
- We're never too old to play games, and certain games called brain games, can be used to sharpen the mind, and increase cognitive performance. Brain games such as Sudoku, Chess and crossword puzzles, have many benefits. Besides being entertaining, they have the added bonus of engaging you in problem solving exercises, which may require you to recognize patterns, analyze data, or make strategic decisions, all of which are essential components of analytical thinking. Adopting a regular habit of playing brain games for a few minutes each day is a fun way to advance an analytical thinking mindset. These games challenge players to solve complex problems, testing your ability to approach problems with a structured mindset. Many of these games involve pattern recognition, too, incentivizing you to find connections and draw conclusions based on available information. They may even require data analysis, encouraging you to interpret data for decision making. If you are looking for a new form…
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Flex analytical thinking to make better decisions1m 47s
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Tap into higher-order thinking2m 16s
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Uncover the right problem2m 2s
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Add data to your thinking process1m 41s
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Focus on the right data for the problem at hand1m 46s
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Check the size of your samples2m 24s
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Move beyond absolute numbers2m 57s
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Identify the risk of averages3m 11s
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Remember correlation doesn't imply causation2m 45s
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Keep it simple to tap into an analytical mindset2m 38s
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Make large numbers relatable with social math2m 33s
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Teach others to boost your analytical thinking1m 58s
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Sharpen your analytical thinking with brain games1m 28s
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