Thanks so much for the uptick in listening! We always have a high rate for listening completions, but we saw a geometric increase in number of listens this week. So, for that reason, I decided to give you this episode in our Better Thinking Series (rather than more of the requested "pray better" series. Also, have a couple more series in the hopper: EMF and LD discussion. It will be a spicy and useful fall. Even if you have distractions that are really important.

So, how to think better, must include failing to be triggered. Wow! people have intentionally trained students to slip into emotional rather than logical thinking! Further, I notice shenanigans in business might tempt a normal person to just get angry or just get scared or just get depressed, rather than press through with logical thinking -- and thereby solve problems.

We consider these dynamics today. Notice how people try to shift you to emotion. Are they covering up something and hoping you don't notice something? Thus reducing your evidence. Maybe they want to weaponize you, making you a weapon in their campaign? First, you must notice this. Then, you must be able to control your emotion -- and keep thinking.

We have two goodie handouts up. The Parsing Stories Handout goes with the next episode, but does have a little triggered point. Don't be so triggered that you can't to the challenge! LOL The challenges are more for adults, or near adults. Please use this to increase your ability and then teach your children in real time, as you live life together. It is much harder for me to come up with examples with children, at least for now.

This relates directly to students with learning disabilities, but at least if they are in government school, they are spending so much time struggling with school and academics, that they miss the training in social behavior and logic. In other words, they might be stuck in decoding letters and words and missing the deeper meaning. So, teaching them directly about this. Of course, they can get it -- entirely -- just let them have an opportunity. I remember a boy in my daughter's dyslexia class. He had so very many problems, but if he were on a stage, with hecklers, he could manage them better than anyone I know of. So, of course they can understand this how to think better series. They just need access, opportunity, and mentors!

How about telling us about a situation where you won against this method, in our comments section?