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Review by Timmi Ombe -- Effective Thinking
[Following is a volunteer review of "Effective Thinking" by William Taddit.]
Effective Thinking by William Taddit is a book that definitely has a lot of strong takes on things going on today and how society operates as a whole. I do like most of the things presented in the book - just one issue with the racism aspect – but overall, it’s a solid book.
I like the ideas shared by the author, for example: the Principles of Life, which teaches us how to be effective in our lives, and it also teaches us how decisions not following these set principles affects us negatively in our everyday lives; causal thinking, an idea we should promote in today’s society as it helps us study and view things in a better way rather than just settling for answers without thinking causally; effective communications and cultural strategies, my favorite parts of the book. I also like the author’s stance on bias.
The climate change argument was well presented in this book, and I must say, after going through some materials that I was able to find and also going through the referenced materials in the book, I was able to understand and see climate change in a very critical light. The way this book handles how the media operates today is really on point and accurate. The media is always trying to force false narratives on viewers just to try and smear people that they do not align with politically, and that’s a sad thing.
There is conflicting information in the book, like when the author defines racism as “Thinking that you are superior to another race,” and then goes on to say, “Even if someone believes they are superior because of race, they are not racist unless they act in racist ways.” Effective Thinking has a large pool of referenced materials that is also good for reading along with the book as they compliment each other.
The book overall is a great book. The author may be perceived as arrogant sometimes, at least that’s the way I see it, but he really drives home a good point in almost everything he covered. Although the book is politically charged and was probably written for those looking for enlightenment (and also for his grandsons) in the current state of chaos and ineffective thinking in the US, I would definitely recommend the book to non-political peeps too, because there are some really important strategies of thinking that would be very useful to anyone seeking to transverse this chaotic world in an informed and effective manner.
I think I’ll give this book a 4 out of 4 because of the amount of quality information it contains. The editing on this book is also on point. As far as I can remember, I found only one grammatical mistake in the entire book. I look forward to reading more books from William Taddit in the future.
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Effective Thinking by William Taddit is a book that definitely has a lot of strong takes on things going on today and how society operates as a whole. I do like most of the things presented in the book - just one issue with the racism aspect – but overall, it’s a solid book.
I like the ideas shared by the author, for example: the Principles of Life, which teaches us how to be effective in our lives, and it also teaches us how decisions not following these set principles affects us negatively in our everyday lives; causal thinking, an idea we should promote in today’s society as it helps us study and view things in a better way rather than just settling for answers without thinking causally; effective communications and cultural strategies, my favorite parts of the book. I also like the author’s stance on bias.
The climate change argument was well presented in this book, and I must say, after going through some materials that I was able to find and also going through the referenced materials in the book, I was able to understand and see climate change in a very critical light. The way this book handles how the media operates today is really on point and accurate. The media is always trying to force false narratives on viewers just to try and smear people that they do not align with politically, and that’s a sad thing.
There is conflicting information in the book, like when the author defines racism as “Thinking that you are superior to another race,” and then goes on to say, “Even if someone believes they are superior because of race, they are not racist unless they act in racist ways.” Effective Thinking has a large pool of referenced materials that is also good for reading along with the book as they compliment each other.
The book overall is a great book. The author may be perceived as arrogant sometimes, at least that’s the way I see it, but he really drives home a good point in almost everything he covered. Although the book is politically charged and was probably written for those looking for enlightenment (and also for his grandsons) in the current state of chaos and ineffective thinking in the US, I would definitely recommend the book to non-political peeps too, because there are some really important strategies of thinking that would be very useful to anyone seeking to transverse this chaotic world in an informed and effective manner.
I think I’ll give this book a 4 out of 4 because of the amount of quality information it contains. The editing on this book is also on point. As far as I can remember, I found only one grammatical mistake in the entire book. I look forward to reading more books from William Taddit in the future.
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Effective Thinking
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Latest Review: Effective Thinking by William Taddit
