How to develop analytical skills

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Play analytical games
There are many games to help you improve your analytical skills. Some of the more popular ones are:

• Chess
• Jigsaw puzzles
• Backgammon
• Sudoku
• Various puzzles

There are many online games, exercises and simulators for developing analytical thinking.

Make lists, mind maps and tables
We all face a host of problems, most of which are related to each other. How not to get confused in this array of information and how to see intersections and trends? For this, there are lists, mind maps and tables. These practical tools will help you manage yourself and become more organized.

You can train your analytical skills by creating lists like this:

• List of their values and life rules
• To-do list
• List of Do's and Don'ts
• Reading list
• List of films
• List of habits to instill in yourself
• List of habits to get rid of

Likewise, you can compile tables of your expenses and income or diet. Think about the area of your life where there is a lot of information and categories. Then create a table or graph to simplify it.

Use the Five Whys technique
This simple and powerful technique will keep you focused on what really matters.

Find the root cause of the problem. Ask yourself the question "Why?" faced with something incomprehensible or difficult. The cause can be so deep that it takes a long time to dig to find it. For example, the reason for poor sales may not be in the quality of services or goods, but in the fact that the site takes a long time to load or requests are processed for a long time.

Use the SWOT technique
Created by Albert Humphrey back in the 1960s, the instrument has stood the test of time and is still useful. You can use it in two ways - as a simple icebreaker (called an icebreaker) to help a team get together to start developing a strategy, or in a more sophisticated way as a serious tool for solving a whole set of problems.

By using this technique, you are creating an entire strategy, rather than trying to deal with one problem.

Let's see how you can use this analytical tool for self-development.

Strengths
Ask yourself the following questions:

• What are your advantages?
• What are you doing better than anyone else?
• What unique and cheap resources can you use?
• What do other people think are your strengths?

By answering them, you will be able to assess your personality in terms of skills.

Weak sides
Answer the following questions:

• What can you improve in yourself?
• What should you avoid?
• What do other people consider your flaws?

The third question is especially important. We are so used to knowing everything about ourselves that we ignore the opinions of others. From the outside, some problems are easier to see.

Possibilities
Answer the following questions:

• What options do you have at the moment?
• Can you turn your disadvantages into advantages?
• What global trends in self-development exist and what can be used?

To see the possibilities, you need to research a lot of information, classify it and draw conclusions. Trend means that you carefully study the whole picture and try to find something in common.

Threats
Answer the following questions:

• What threats do you face?
• Will your skills and knowledge be in demand in 5 years?
• Can technological change damage your life and career?
• Are you in debt?

Be realistic and rigorous in your analysis. The more honest the answers, the more correct conclusions you can draw.

The SWOT tool can also be used when analyzing and creating a strategy for your business.

Learn to program
Knowing how to "communicate" with machines is one of the most valuable skills a person can possess today. Programming also enhances cognitive and analytical skills.

Play the game "Argument - Counterargument"
You don't even need a partner to do this, although that's desirable. Write down on a piece of paper all your beliefs or opinions that you are sure of. Back it all up with arguments. Now find ten counterarguments to each of them. Try to defend the opposite point of view.

This is what you will achieve by doing this exercise, according to Scott Fitzgerald: "You will pass the test for first-class intelligence when you learn to hold two opposing ideas in your mind and still retain the ability to think."

Experiment regularly
Become a kind of scientist who conducts experiments by collecting different information. Write down your assumptions about how you intend to prove or disprove the theory, and then run them.

For example, figure out how to handle a conflict in order to extinguish it. Can:

• Answer reproach for reproach
• Keeping calm
• To ask questions
• Tell jokes
• Refrain from criticism

Each such action has its own consequences. Write down in detail what the tactics led to. Analyze what all this could mean. This will help you find effective ways to communicate with other people.

Review 100 articles on a specific topic and write down the main thoughts
This is a great exercise for getting a big picture of a specific topic and expanding your horizons. As you skim through articles, look for repetitive and unique ideas in structure, semantics, and clarity of language.

Imagine that after the work done, you have dozens of points of view on one question. It is not necessary to agree with them, it is important to know that they exist. This gives a huge advantage in polemics and defending your point of view.

Analyze what is happening in a room full of people
Especially if you don't know them. Analyze the relationship between them, intentions, specific words and gestures. Imagine yourself as a detective trying to figure out what's going on in a room. You can play this game in the club, in the waiting room or anywhere else when you find yourself in a group of people.

Describe the various processes in your life
Want to keep your memory as fresh as possible throughout the day? One of the ways to achieve this is to analyze the processes that are happening to you during the day. Everything is important: actions, phrases, events, behavior, conflicts.

When you collect information, do not try to interpret it in any way. Just write it down. At the end of the week, certain conclusions can be drawn. Thus, you will pump up your analytical skills, as well as begin to understand what is happening in your life.

Create a strategy for your life
The greatest generals were strategists and had excellent analytical skills. They constantly changed their angle of view and looked at the situation in detail, then as a big picture.

To play any strategy game, you must understand the rules (and which ones you can break), the other players and their goals. It takes a smart strategy to get what you want. Sometimes you have to sacrifice momentary pleasure. But let it inspire you that all great people have done this. They knew how to endure and wait to appear on stage at the most important moment.

More Tips
The methods listed and described above for developing analytical skills are the most common. Here's a list of additional tips:

• Try to sketch the idea or problem you are thinking about right now.
• Try making graphs of different trends by year or month.
• List various arguments for implementing any of your ideas.
• Explain complex concepts in simple language using metaphors and analogies.
• Create pros and cons lists for any solution.

The more you exercise, the more your brain gets used to analytical thinking. Remember, practice leads to excellence.

 

[Teacher]

? Recommendations for improving communication skills of a good carder

1. If you are silent, you will not become the soul of the company. Practice taking the initiative. Yes, the first time is inconvenient, but progress follows. Dampen the ego that doesn't want to feel uncomfortable and get started.

2. Self-confidence. Feeling confident is a personal choice, not a gift. If it is difficult to decide on this, try to play the role of a standard of confidence in your head - Schwarzenegger from Terminator, for example. Not knowing how to behave in a given situation, imagine how he would behave. Repeat the result.

3. Tame the fear of the mind. The only reason you are afraid to speak is fear that you will say nonsense, or that they will not understand you, and as a result, everyone will turn away from you. However, these are just thoughts that must be overcome by action. Even if you say nonsense, you will be understood and supported in your endeavor.

4. Practice, practice and more practice. Overcome unsuccessful attempts to start a conversation and discover ways that work. You won't be able to find them without practice. The more failures you experience in the beginning, the more successes and benefits you reap from the interaction later.

5. Smile. Even if the smile is unpleasant for you, make your grimace twist into something positive. Those who smile are more attentive and benevolent. Take advantage of this.

6. Listen actively. Don't just try to talk incessantly. Be polite and considerate of what the other person says. Get really interested in this topic. Penetrate, understand and then interrupt. Better, of course, not to interrupt at all.

7. Practice even more. Yes, we have already written about this, but we will note it again. Practice is the most disgusting thing because your psychological comfort is disturbed. However, it is the most effective component, as it gives you experience and knowledge.

Practice every day. You can even with strangers. Only practice will turn you into a mediocre communicator. No smile, no money, no status, but only the experience of effective interaction. The faster you accumulate it, the better.