Basics of sound thinking - how to think better to live a better life

The book "Basics of Sound Thinking, it is a convincing guide based on the latest research about the way people think. Dr. Wu Kaiyun reviews in the pages of this book some of what she presents in the renowned material "Thinking" which she teaches to her students at Yale University where she explains through evidence-based clarification that it is better for us to understand how our minds work, because that helps us become wiser and smarter, and also helps us become more kind. This book raises the question: why do people not want to become better at thinking? The author Wu Kaiyun answers from within the field of cognitive psychology, and chooses topics related to real-life problems faced by people taken from different aspects of their lives, and tests the possibility of following practical strategies that we can apply to think better. Among them is that each of us should be fair to ourselves, so our self-confidence should not be low, which happens when we selectively search for reasons to reinforce our lack of confidence, or spend all our creative energy finding the worst possible interpretation of our misfortune. It is also unfair to ourselves to be overconfident, ignoring our limits, and placing ourselves in situations we cannot handle. In other words, the decision we make for ourselves should be as neutral as possible, and we will not be fair to ourselves if we do not consider our future, but without sacrificing our present for the future. We should also be more fair to others, and the best thinking is fair because it is less biased. And the way to a more equitable society will be more straightforward when we ask people about their needs and desires, rather than assuming we already know them. The author: Wu Kaiyun An. Number of pages: 271