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THINK STRAIGHT: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life by [Darius Foroux]

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I know something about you without knowing you. I bet you spend A LOT of time in your head. You know, thinking, worrying, stressing, freaking out -- call it whatever you want. I call it a preoccupied mind. And with what?

99% of your thoughts are useless. William James, once the leading psychologist in America, and one of the founders of the philosophical school of pragmatism, put it best:

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

Pragmatism believes that the mind is a tool. Your mind should work for you, not against you. People who don't master their mind, don't believe it's possible.

They say: "I can't help but thinking these things."

Well, you can TAKE CONTROL of your mind with enough practice. I've done it. And in THINK STRAIGHT, I share exactly how. It's a quick read and you can use it to immediately to improve your thinking.

You have the ability to decide what you think. Or, you can choose NOT to think.

And that is one of the most important and most practical things you can learn in life. Before I learned that skill, I would spend hours and hours inside my head. Just think about how much you think.

"I wonder what my boss thinks?"
"What happens if I screw up and lose my job?"
"What if my business never takes off?"
"Does she love me?"
"Why does my life suck?"
"What if I get cancer?"
"I can't finish anything. What's wrong with me?

And the list goes on.

THINK STRAIGHT reveals the recipe for taking control of your mind so you can improve your life, career, relationships, business.

I wrote this little book in a way that you can read it more than once. And I hope that this book serves as an anchor to you--especially during trying times.

The mind is the most powerful tool on earth. Change the way you think. And you'll change your life.

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Darius Foroux is the author of 7 books, and founder of The Sounding Board. A past student of business, he writes about productivity, habits, decision making, and wealth building His ideas and work have been featured in TIME, NBC, Fast Company, Inc., Observer, and many more publications. 500K+ people read his blog every month, which he started in 2015 and uses as his main platform to connect with individuals across the globe who read his work or need guidance. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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H. Oenry

Sophomoric

Reviewed in India on 10 August 2018

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Some chapters are good, especially liked the advice on maintaining a journal. But overall the book seems written by someone who is not an expert in human psychology or productivity, just someone who is trying to earn money through various online businesses, blogs etc, and this book is just another stone in that pond. Churning out quantity rather than focusing on quality. The author advises things like not thinking about the past but focusing on the future, and just assumes it happens. He does not seem to realize that it's not that simple for most people. There are various emotional reasons why people remain invested in past habits. In general this kind of tone is persistent throughout the book, where he seems to be giving staid advice to robots instead of trying to understand and advise complex human beings. This seemed particularly apparent in the second half of the book.

For books with deeper insights into human Psychology and advice based on expert research, consider reading Influence by Robert Cialdini, The Organized Mind by Daniel Levitin, Deep Work by Cal Newport, among many others. For generally motivating titles, Anthony Robbins' books work much better.

260 people found this helpful

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Suhel

Old Wine in New Bottle

Reviewed in India on 25 June 2018

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Its ok-ok. Nothing new. Just old wine in a new bottle. The most difficult part for me was there was no continuity in chapters. Each chapter brought a new concept which hardly linked with the previous one. If you have read few of the famous self help titles before then do not buy this.

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Ashish

This is a quick, interesting and very useful read.

Reviewed in India on 7 July 2018

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This is a lovely little book full of practical insights on possibly the most common problem every individual on this planet faces- random, useless & more importantly potentially damaging thoughts coupled with one's inability to stay clear of the same. For anyone who has read on this subject, there is nothing absolute new here but author has done a remarkable job of distilling right information and packing the same for consumption. The chapters are short and author doesn’t beat around the bush- attacks the point straight and head-on. You can derive explicit action item from every chapter, sample from one chapter-"Only think about things you can control. That automatically eliminates about 99% of your thoughts because there’s very little you control in life.. "

I got the kindle edition at a killer price of Rs.9 due to an ongoing promotion which makes this sweet. I would highly recommend this, it is a quick, interesting and very useful read.

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Nishant

This was an OKAY BOOK!

Reviewed in India on 1 July 2018

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The writer has covered every topic on pragmatic thinking but has not explored them in depth. Authors are constantly indulging in short books but I would recommend them to research well and publish books that have some really good content, worth exploring. This is probably a 2 hours stuff without any special thing to offer!

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Himanshu Sachdeva

This book is useful and you may want to read it more than once!

Reviewed in India on 16 January 2019

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I've been following Darius' work from a long time now. Discovered him first through Medium. I read couple of critical comments on this book on goodreads before reading which were discouraging but trusting Darius from his blog, I bought this book anyway and I can say they were biased comments. I can read this even again now. It's truly useful for everyone who wants to learn how to think clearly. I also loved the examples from his own life which he has shared in the book. Thanks Darius for sharing your thought process. Love you book.

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Rugved

Not so good

Reviewed in India on 4 July 2018

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The only acceptable things in this book are just the title of all chapter. The description of chapters are boring or not so much learning.not so much line for underlining.

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Chaitanya

Thinking pragmatically

Reviewed in India on 30 June 2019

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The language of the book is simple and the book deals about pragmatic thinking. The importance of clear thinking is highlighted and author has presented his way of looking at things and controlling his thoughts by examples. I believe there could have been a summary at the end of this book but nonetheless this book is good and does inspire the reader to control his/her thoughts.

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Quick

Reviewed in India on 21 May 2018

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Very simple and quick to read.
One thing I take away from this book is that.
Always ask questions about your thoughts eg " is this the useful thought" and then choose which works for you.

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Sue Cartwright

Get your thoughts under control

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 February 2018

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This is a superb book written by Darius Foroux (now available in paperback) where thorough research, great story telling, personal experience and practical wisdom combine to present a practical guide to controlling your thoughts so that you can decide what to think, rather than being a slave to your cognitive, and often inaccurate, thinking.

As we all know, this isn't something that comes easily, it requires conscious effort and training to get our thoughts under control, relieve stress and help us develop a method of thinking that improves the quality of our thoughts which have a direct impact on the quality of our lives.

Darious shows us how 'life is not linear' and how to 'connect the dots' by forming our own dots through learning, making mistakes, reflecting and beneficial knowledge. He explains the importance of filtering out useless or harmful thoughts that prevent us from moving forward and keep us stuck in cycles of fear, procrastination, anxiety, self-doubt and so on.

With the key premise to 'only think about things you can control' and how important it is to avoid making decisions based on bias, outdated beliefs, or even logic and science, Darious shows us how to see facts merely as interpretations, and why we need to think things through and stop making quick decisions.

Training our minds to serve us better and serve us well is a process and 'Think Straight' provides a series of ideas and concepts that drive home the following positive message:

'If we live our lives every day with the idea that we should strive for doing/creating useful things that matter to others, we end up spending our time on things that actually make a difference. When we do that, life automatically has meaning - to everyone.'

Wonderful work and to keep up with superbly written weekly articles with practical tips to improve your productivity and personal effectiveness, I suggest following Darius on Twitter @DariusForoux.

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Moses

Excellent book on thinking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 December 2018

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A good read. Brief and to the point. The author uses his failures, experiences and the use of pragmatism to help understand how thinking and utilizing action is so important.

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R. Walker

A great mindset

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2019

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I liked the subject matter of the book because it matches what I'm thinking about right now. It's shown me ways of thinking that I never used to know and has given me some great ideas about how I should/could go forwards with my life. 10 out of 10 for the author for his knowledge on the subject.

Kieran Mc Donald

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 December 2017

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Great wee book to read over and over again,well researched with lots great tips for anyone who wants to learn how to Think Straight.

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Daniel Kwiecinski

Começou bem, mas...

Reviewed in Saudi Arabia on 15 October 2020

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O autor começa bem e ate fiquei empolgado no inicio do livro, achando que encontraria uma metodologia para pensar de forma clara... mas logo percebi que seria uma leitura rasa.

Rapidamente você percebe que cada capítulo basicamente é ele contando uma historia de vida dele e dando aquilo como motivo do porquê fazer o que ele sugeriu... o que eu achei bem superficial... coisas como "seja voce mesmo" ou "não olhe para trás"...

Se você procura algum tipo de exercício ou método para aprender a pensar mais claramente, não encontrará neste livro...

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