Think About Your
Vision and Mission
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ONE OF THE BESTand most profound books written in the
last few years is Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow.
His insight is that we need to use two different types of
thinking to deal with the variety of situations we face in our
daily lives.
Fast thinking is the type of thinking that we use to deal
with short-term tasks, responsibilities, activities, problems,
and situations. We act quickly and instinctively. In most
cases, fast thinking is entirely appropriate for our day-to-
day activities.
The second type of thinking that Kahneman describes is
slow thinking. That’s when you step back and take more
time to carefully think through the details of the situation
before deciding what you are going to do. Kahneman’s