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What Did You Do with the Wings? (or, Why Does Getting Rid of the Wings Make the Enneagram More Accurate AND Easier to Use?)

by awarenesstoactiion | Aug 10, 2021 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, The Enneagram

By Mario Sikora It’s a question we get all the time: Why don’t you teach the wings? The answer is that, by eliminating the wings, the Enneagram becomes both simpler and more accurate. Let me explain why. Among many who use the Enneagram,...

Common Cognitive Biases

by awarenesstoactiion | Aug 9, 2021 | Article, Blog, Clear Thinking, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora

Part of an ongoing series on Clear-Thinking Skills. This articles excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking,” which is available in paperback and e-book via amazon.com. To really understand the challenges of our built...

Built-in Biases, Continued: Two Systems of the Brain, Cognitive Dissonance, and the Confirmation Bias

by awarenesstoactiion | Aug 4, 2021 | Article, Blog, Clear Thinking, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora

Part of an ongoing series on Clear-Thinking Skills. These articles excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking,” which is available in paperback and e-book via amazon.com. Two Systems of the Brain Daniel Kahneman’s book...

The First Obstacle to Clear Thinking: Our Built-in Biases

by awarenesstoactiion | Aug 2, 2021 | Article, Blog, Clear Thinking, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora

Part of an ongoing series on Clear-Thinking Skills. This articles excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking,” which is available in paperback and e-book via amazon.com. There are many factors that lead to our inability...

First Things First: Foundational Ideas for Clear Thinking

by awarenesstoactiion | Jul 28, 2021 | Article, Blog, Clear Thinking, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora

Part of an ongoing series on Clear-Thinking Skills. This articles excerpted from “How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking,” which is available in paperback and e-book via amazon.com. We Need a Network of Models and Tools We are...

The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear-Thinking Skills

by awarenesstoactiion | Jul 26, 2021 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora

Previous articles in this series focused on the six qualities of the mind we focus on in our work. These qualities are useful in and of themselves, but their main value is that they set a foundation for our ability to implement clear-thinking skills. Yes,...