Become a great strategic thinker | Ian Bremmer

More with Ian Bremmer - How Russia’s war in Ukraine is birthing a new global order: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqqUZB4XnLo

I’d love to see big think become a podcast that dives into these things in hours long discussions

- Recognize patterns across macro themes to anticipate future trends [0:42]. - Regularly challenge and update your personal worldview in response to a changing world [1:52]. - Embrace curiosity and openness to improve strategic thinking skills [2:39]. - Engage with diverse and differing worldviews to enhance strategic thought processes [3:13]. - Build the habit of considering opposing perspectives, much like a workout routine for the mind [4:03]. - Understand and accept that different backgrounds lead to different, but not necessarily opposing, worldviews [3:23]. - Strive to see others as protagonists of their own stories, fostering empathy in strategic considerations [4:54]. - Learn from strategic thinkers like Nelson Mandela, who prioritized long-term values and ethics over immediate gains [5:07].

Strategic/Critical thinking is all about asking the question why. So it has a lot to do with curiosity, but not necessarily has to do with excelling at any specific work. As a student, I’ve always hated school because they never taught me why I should study a specific subject. For example, I’d rather learn what mathematics is used for before learning 1+1=2. As a critical thinker, I have a tendency of trying understand the big picture, like how things work. If I don’t have it, I will never be passionate in doing what I’m doing. I need to know the purpose, and that’s when the real work begins. It’s also why I’m always watching youtube clips on quantum theory and general relativity, documentaries about space although I don’t understand any of it. I watch these to figure out why I exist from the first place, let alone my 9-6 job.

The key to strategic thinking is understanding the goal we want to accomplish or the problem we want to solve. It may sound easy, but it's not. Rather than writing my goal as it is, it's crucial to understand “Why” I want to achieve my goal. Plan wisely!

There might be an economical turmoil but there is no doubt that this is still the best time to invest.

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it. -Daniel Kahneman

Thank you for putting this into words for me. How to connect to those around me has been a challenge and the words are what I need to figure it out. Thank you.

Brilliant strategist Col. John Boyd, once said, "He who can handle the fastest rate of change survives." He's the man who created the OODA Loop which is an acronym for Observe-Orient-Decide-Act.

As an MA design educator, this is a good summary of the way we think about considering the direction or travel of society and the world. Our students designing buildings and space need to design for at least 2 or 3 years into the future - the whole conception of thinking needs to have a strategic view or speculative framework for imaging the situation in a few years time and being conscious of what will shift the current context.

this type of content centers me and reminds me who I truly am. Everytime i feel like i've deviated from what makes me, me, I find myself returning to here.

Mark Twain -" The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." -I can only think of this quote after watching this 6min masterpiece

I had lunch with Nelson Mandela during college and he was amazing in person as well. He had such a peaceful presence. It was profound just being in the aura of someone’s who stance & strength has been credited with helping undo apartheid.

I feel like these type of videos are so much fluff. For example, saying you need to be comfortable being wrong" seems nearly useless because almost everyone watching this THINKS that applies to them. Almost everyone on the planet thinks they're open-minded or an above average driver.

Be open and analytic, embrace learning from being wrong.

I personally enjoy discussing topics with people that differ than i. Sometimes it's tiring if the other person isn't self aware and lacks interest in intaking different world views to enhance their own.

What a time to be alive 👌🏾

People are like electricity in that they almost always take the path of least resistance. As such people find themselves usually "reacting" to situations being unable/apathetic to take note of the world around them so as to see "patterns" emerge and plan ahead to avoid possible entanglements. In other words people are loathe to "critically think" unless placed in a situation which leaves them no choice - which coincidentally is usually when it is too late. So to "train your mind" you must be willing to make the effort to do so. Note what I said: "train" your mind. Do not fall into the trap of circular reasoning whereby people assume things are real and hence true because of course they choose to believe it = and because they choose to believe it - things must be real and hence true..........and round and round they go basing their world view entirely upon their subjective desire to believe a thing while ignoring all "outside" evidence which may not conform to that underlying desire. Such singular ascribing of purported validity based only upon personal belief is the great red flag of ideological fanaticism - and it is antithetical to critical thought. 🤔

Strategic thinker is understanding the goal and making best ways to achieve the goal. Understanding the big picture and making plans for the future . while thinking about the strategy action he should be curious and open. If the strategy is made is should be revisted again after certain time

First law of presenting: do not put words on the screen and then gabble a ton of different words. Our brains have only a single threaded language center and cannot read and listen at the same time. The video does a disservice to the guest speaker.