Personality Grooming

Thinking begins with- A question A need A problem Good thinking uses the skills of- Analysis Association Classification Comprehension Comparison Deduction Evaluation Flexibility Fluency Forecasting Generalizing Hypothesizing Interpretation Observation Planning Predicting Questioning Sequencing Synthesizing Theorizing AND MORE! Good thinking results in- New skills, concepts, decisions, actions, discoveries, ideas, or methods; new questions or needs.

1. Identify basic attributes of the first item, event, or group. 2. Identify basic attributes of additional items, events, or groups. 3. Identify those attributes similar to both items, events, and groups.

From Generalization to Supporting Data 1. Examine the generalization. 2. Seek supporting data, cases, or evidence. 3. Seek sources of additional supporting data. 4. Find supporting data in the sources. 5. Apply to the generalization.

Deciding among objects or alternatives. 1. List objects or alternatives to choose from. 2. Establish critria for selection. 3. Check each alternative or object to see if it meets the criteria. 4. Select the action(s) or description(s) that best meets the criteria.

The ability to appraise ideas, proposals, points of view, procedures, activities, behaviors, statements, positions, or issues. 1 Decide what is to be judged. 2. Use appropriate standards. 3. Gather evidence showing the extent to which the standards are met. 4. Consider evidence and make a judgment.

PREPARATION Collecting background information for the problem under consideration. INCUBATION Relaxing, allowing images from the unconscious to surface. ILLUMINATION Comes sudddenly and unexpectedly: The “aha!” stage. VERIFICATION Testing, proving, or carrying out

Expressing a quality apart from an object displaying it 1. State the abstract concept to be developed. Example: Freedom 2. Give positive examples of the concept. These characters are free: Peter Pan, Mary Poppins 3. Give non-examples of the concept. These characters are not free: Hansel & Gretel in the witch’s cottage 4. Examine and list only those attributes which apply solely to the concept. Freedom of choice, of speech 5. Define the concept. Not subject to the control or outside domination of another.

If one is willing to spend four to six years learning a profession, why not take another week or two and learn a few principles about clothes, manners, and the art of conversation? Even if there has been no formal education, why not learn some of the fundamental rules of society that might readily assist your landing a job in the first place, or moving up the corporate ladder in the second place?