Taming Your Mind

FROM THE DUST JACKET: "TAMING YOUR MIND GIVES US SIX "TOOLS FOR THINKING" THAT WE CAN USE FOR INCREASING OUR ABILITY TO THINK EFFECTIVELY AND MAKE SOUND DECISIONS. WHEN WE LEARN TO USE THESE INTERESTING TOOLS IN OUR MOMENT-TO-MOMENT CONSCIOUSNESS, THEY WILL HELP TO MAKE US MORE HUMAN, UNDERSTANDING, AND ADAPTABLE. ANYONE WHO LEARNS TO USE THE "MAP-TERRITORY ANALOGY" IN HIS OR HER EVERYDAY THINKING WILL GRADUALLY LEARN TO SURRENDER MANY OF THE ROCK-LIKE AREAS OF RIGID THOUGHT THAT DESTROY ONE'S EFFECTIVENESS IN LIFE." INCLUDES: 81 FULL--PAGE DRAWINGS BY TED KEY TABLE OF CONTENTS THINKING ABOUT THINKING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART I: WHAT IS STRAIGHT THINKING? 1. YOUR VERBAL MAPS 2. SURVEYING THE TERRITORY 3. HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK PART II: THE SIX TOOLS FOR THINKING: 4. ONLY A GOD KNOWS ALL (TOOL NO. 1: SO FAR AS I KNOW) 5. THINK IN TERMS OF DEGREES (TOOL NO. 2: UP TO A POINT) 6. LOOK WHO'S TLKING (TOOL NO. 3: TO ME) 7. DIFFERENCES MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE (TOOL NO. 4: THE WHAT INDEX) 8. KEEPING UP-TO-DATE (TOOL NO. 5: THE WHEN INDEX) 9. MARKING THE SPOT (TOOL NO. 6: THE WHERE INDEX) 10. THE TOOLS IN A NUTSHELL PART III: USING THE TOOLS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: 11. GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE 12. MAKING YOURS A HAPPY MARRIAGE 13. EFFECTIVE THINKING IN BUSINESS 14. THE WHY AND WHEREFORE 15. THINKING FOR TOMORROW 3 APPENDICES