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"my thinking coach" - what a wonderful prompt! What would a thinking coach do? Do you have one? If not, how could you get one? What fundamental operations in your thinking could be much, much better?

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Blake Scholl

@bscholl

· Sep 23, 2020

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So awesome. In my 20s, my thinking coach taught me to “think on paper.” It’s like first gear for thinking: you go slower but can climb much steeper hills.

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Sep 24, 2020

My collaborators (very much including you!) have generally been my thinking coaches: a project is a great environment for coaching because it’s high-context and feedback can be “inline.” But can’t help thinking a more “dedicated” thinking coach could be quite useful!

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What I *want* coaching on is where I’m ignoring the high order bit, where I’m running on cached thoughts, where/how I should be involving others. I notice that (at least the first two—maybe not the third?) seem to require a ton of context to engage appropriately... a challenge!

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This is a big piece of what I was looking for when selecting an executive coach recently.

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'Cached thoughts!"

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The process of giving cached thoughts feels different from the process of improvising thoughts, in my experience. Noticing that, you can begin to tell them apart.

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Seems similar to a (good) academic advisor? - Dedicated to your work, unlike a colleague. - Having been around a while, they know lots about what others know, and therefore when to involve them. - Likewise, they have a sense of what questions/results are important.

Carlos De la Guardia

@dela3499

Sep 24, 2020

A good boss, advisor, or manager of any kind should have these qualities. I guess a having thinking coach would flip the power in those arrangements though, so you are in charge, rather than them. More like a therapist.

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