{"id":26596,"date":"2021-12-08T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/?p=26596"},"modified":"2023-04-04T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:58:03","slug":"am-i-naive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/am-i-naive\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I Naive? How to Tell (And Fix It)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_663\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-26596-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/magneticmemorymethod\/Am_I_Naive__How_to_Tell_And_Fix_It.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/magneticmemorymethod\/Am_I_Naive__How_to_Tell_And_Fix_It.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/magneticmemorymethod\/Am_I_Naive__How_to_Tell_And_Fix_It.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/magneticmemorymethod\/Am_I_Naive__How_to_Tell_And_Fix_It.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Am_I_Naive__How_to_Tell_And_Fix_It.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/anthony-metiviers-magnetic-memory-method-podcast\/id790315802?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.magneticmemorymethod.com%2F%3Fp%3D26596\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26597\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/am-I-naive-feature-image-300x300.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"am I naive feature image\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/am-I-naive-feature-image-300x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/am-I-naive-feature-image-150x150.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/am-I-naive-feature-image-60x60.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/am-I-naive-feature-image.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/am-I-naive-feature-image.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=210&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We are all naive sometimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And make no mistake:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That can be a very good thing in the right context.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Because the core of scientific, philosophical and personal progress requires the ability to see the world with fresh eyes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the same token, being naive can also be <strong>incredibly destructive<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can force you to miss out on so many of life\u2019s pleasures because it can make you:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irrational when rationality is needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skeptical when active participation is required<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emotionally destructive when only reason can save the day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But here&#8217;s the very good news:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to learning how to be less naive, the improvement process could not be simpler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this post covers how to increase your wisdom in precise terms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s get S.M.A.R.T.E.R together!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(I&#8217;ll tell you what the acronym means later. I promise!)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Am I Naive? The Top Seven Signs of a Naive Person<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists have shown that being naive is essential to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/social-sciences\/naive-theory\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cognitive development as kids<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We literally cannot tell the differences between things without allowing curiosity to help us distinguish the difference between things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, as kids we scientifically test the world. We learn to avoid hot surfaces by being naive about what they are and how they harm us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that the number one way to know if someone is being naive is pretty simple.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>One: Lack of Experience<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to know how to stop being naive, ask this simple question every time an opinion floats to your mind:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I actually have the experience required to make my opinion valid?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/questioning-everything\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questioning everything<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in this way will instantly make you a smarter person. You\u2019ll certainly stick your foot in your mouth much less often.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is true because intelligent people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/philosophical-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ask questions<\/a> \u2013 or at least acknowledge that a topic is in question \u2013 before making final statements about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26598\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/questions-and-notebook.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"questions and notebook\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/questions-and-notebook.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/questions-and-notebook-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/questions-and-notebook-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/questions-and-notebook-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/questions-and-notebook-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/questions-and-notebook.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But naive people?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not so much. You can often tell by the speed of their answers that they simply lack the background knowledge required to give an intelligent response.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Two: Lack of Self-Awareness<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people suffer from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dunning-Kruger effect<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This takes place when a person is not smart enough to know that they aren\u2019t educated in a particular topic area. It\u2019s very destructive, and one need only look at the comments on various social media sites to see how rampant this problem is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Three: Poor Vocabulary\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09500693.2019.1710782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scientists have warned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the vocabulary of our young people is rapidly shrinking?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This connects to our first point about how experience helps us differentiate different things in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We rarely do this through experience alone. Our language helps us process the experience and deepen it through communication with others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if we don\u2019t know the words for objects and experiences, our ability to understand and connect them with other aspects of reality shrinks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Four: Gullibility<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having a larger vocabulary has been shown to help you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-read-faster\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">read faster<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which helps you avoid being easily cheated or deceived. The more you know, the more you can know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, there are people out there who talk for hours about things like the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/mandela-effect\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mandela Effect<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with zero evidence that it exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26599\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26599 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-men-is-talking.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\" men is talking\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-men-is-talking.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-men-is-talking-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-men-is-talking-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-men-is-talking-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-men-is-talking-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-men-is-talking.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch out for people who misuse scientific-sounding terminology to take advantage of the gullible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They don\u2019t realize that other people exploit their lack of scientific literacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They do this by showing them ads to sell them products packed with other sensational material. Entire industries direct themselves at consumers with limited mental processing power.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Five: Lack of Critical Thinking Skills<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, I don\u2019t mean to put only a few people on the spot. Incredibly smart people also display gullibility from time to time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desperate health situations, lack of time to think and other situations can cause even people with very <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-increase-iq\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">high IQ scores<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to blunder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, people with critical thinking abilities often realize their mistakes much quicker. Often, they\u2019re able to reverse course before any significant damage has been done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can do this because they\u2019ve had some training in critical thinking, like the kind you can get on this blog. Here are some resources if you\u2019d like to beef up your brain so you can think through important issues faster and make fewer mistakes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/critical-thinking-strategies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 Critical Thinking Strategies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/analytical-thinking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analytical Thinking<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/abstract-thinking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abstract Thinking<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/concrete-thinking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concrete Thinking<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/logical-vs-rational\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logical vs. Rational Thinking<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/best-critical-thinking-books\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14 of the Best Critical Thinking Books<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Six: Lack of Willingness To Change<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They say that the only constant is change. But one of the top signs of a naive person is inflexibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nietzsche put it best when he said that asking someone else to change is like asking the entire universe to change. But isn\u2019t that often what naive people do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I suggested in my TEDx Talk, which centered on a naive passage of my own life, we know that we can\u2019t change others:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Two Easily Remembered Questions That Silence Negative Thoughts | Anthony Metivier | TEDxDocklands\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kvtYjdriSpM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But we can change ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you want to stop being so naive, make sure to check out the various ways that you can change yourself in the section below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Seven: You Do Not Put Time Aside For Thinking<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Believe it or not, thinking is not a natural activity. We descend from animals and our autopilot instincts are geared for survival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that thinking not only has to be learned, but in order to keep it sharp, it also has to be practiced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sure sign of a person being naive is when they say that they made a \u201csnap decision.\u201d Some people will even brag that they are \u201cimpulsive\u201d or like to \u201crely on intuition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True, life sometimes forces us to make choices on the fly. We may have to listen to our gut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it\u2019s never ideal and it\u2019s naive to think so. As Chip and Dan Heath point out in their book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decisive<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, much research shows that not taking a time to think things through harms us much more than we think.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, societies arou<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd the world are so collectively gullible that we valorize impulsive celebrities and spend hours following the trainwrecks of their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily, you can avoid belonging to the herd, so let\u2019s turn our attention to simple ways to get more experience, become more intelligent and enjoy reality at an increasingly mature level.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>How to Stop Being Naive in Eight Steps<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, there are many ways to reduce gullibility and become an accurate thinker on a quest for constant improvement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s have a look at some of the best.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step One: Take Time To Analyze Things Thoroughly<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snap decisions are deadly. And once you\u2019re in the habit of making them, it can be hard to change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it actually doesn\u2019t take that long to make intelligent decisions. But you do need to take the time it requires to think things through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26600\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-thinker-sculpture.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"a thinker sculpture\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-thinker-sculpture.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-thinker-sculpture-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-thinker-sculpture-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-thinker-sculpture-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-thinker-sculpture-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-thinker-sculpture.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One model I love is the W.R.A.P. technique in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decisive<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This approach applies to many situations where you will benefit from thinking things through. It works like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Widen your options<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reality test<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attain distance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare to fail<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To give you an example, let\u2019s say you hear about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-stop-subvocalizing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">repressing your subvocalization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from a so-called speed-reading expert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you take this expert at his or her word and plunk down your hard earned cash on their training, you can widen your options by looking up what credible scientists say about this issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, you can reality test the person\u2019s claims by seeing what they\u2019ve accomplished in life with their approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, you can take a break to get some distance between yourself and the topic and let your brain ruminate on autopilot through a process called <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/focused-diffuse-thinking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">diffuse thinking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26601\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-has-a-green-cup-in-her-hands.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"a woman has a green cup in her hands\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-has-a-green-cup-in-her-hands.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-has-a-green-cup-in-her-hands-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-has-a-green-cup-in-her-hands-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-has-a-green-cup-in-her-hands-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-has-a-green-cup-in-her-hands-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-has-a-green-cup-in-her-hands.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you decide to go ahead and invest in the idea after taking time to deliberate, be willing to fail. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the same token, you should accept that in some areas of self-education, it pays to fail. If you don\u2019t go through a course or two created by charlatans, you risk not sharpening your BS-detection skills, which also requires you to prepare for failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In sum, taking time to think in a structured manner is a great way to suffer less from being naive in life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step Two: Take Personal Responsibility<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gullible people often avoid seeing how they steered themselves into harm\u2019s way. But that\u2019s an avoidance strategy and one that prevents you from growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even worse, you can wind up trapped in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Learned_helplessness\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">learned helplessness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As researcher Martin Seligman has shown, it\u2019s easy for humans to accept and even come to love the things that hold them back. But it\u2019s also readily possible for anyone to learn to reject the limiting factors in our lives. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3433056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies have shown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-reset-dopamine-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feel good dopamine<\/a> increases when you take actions that increase your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/mental-strength\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mental strength<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to become more resilient and learn from your naivety, you need to acknowledge its presence in your life, accept it and then plan to do better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting some time on the calendar to study critical thinking or improve your memory through a program like the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/masterclass\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magnetic Memory Method Masterclass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a great way to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step Three: Reduce Screen Time &amp; Mindless Consumption<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was a time when people thought that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/is-intelligence-fixed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intelligence was fixed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But research that identified what has come to be known as the Flynn Effect showed that in the 20th century, people were in fact getting smarter and smarter in each and every generation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26602\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-smart-young-man-has-lots-of-ideas-.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"a smart young man has lots of ideas\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-smart-young-man-has-lots-of-ideas-.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-smart-young-man-has-lots-of-ideas--300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-smart-young-man-has-lots-of-ideas--1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-smart-young-man-has-lots-of-ideas--768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-smart-young-man-has-lots-of-ideas--758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-smart-young-man-has-lots-of-ideas-.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This trend continued until recently, but now some researchers think that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/memory-and-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intelligence<\/a> may be spiralling downwards. They even call this a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0160289615001336?via%3Dihub\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reversal of the Flynn Effect<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in some areas of human knowledge and skill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One explanation for why this downward trend is taking place is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/digital-amnesia\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">digital amnesia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As the Internet moves closer and closer to creating zero latency online environments, people become increasingly hooked to their devices. Indeed, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/netflix-show-to-teach-subscribers-how-to-fall-asleep-4166405\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CEO of Netflix once said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that their only competitor is sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By spending more time reading books, even if you\u2019re a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/slow-reader\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">slow reader<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you\u2019ll give your mind for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/reflective-thinking\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reflective thinking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that fast-paced online environments usually train your brain to avoid. They are designed to keep you clicking without thinking, whereas reading offline is all about connecting with the thoughts of others in a sustained way.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step Four: Improve Your Vocabulary In More Than One Language<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of people will tell you to travel to give you more life experience. But let\u2019s face it: the beaches and areas of historical interest around the world are packed with as many naive people as your hometown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A better way to gain world perspective is through language learning. This is because working with languages is what James Hordern calls <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">knowledgeable practice<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part is that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-memorize-vocabulary\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">memorizing vocabulary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is fast, easy and fun. I regularly review my copy of Word Power Made Easy to keep my English sharp and read in other languages at least 3-5 times per week.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step Five: Design Your Own Long Term Learning Projects<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of people randomly pile books into their Amazon shopping cart, or collect suggestions on Goodreads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But savvy lifelong learners are curators of their knowledge. They may read broadly, but usually within highly concentrated areas of interest for dedicated periods of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26603\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-is-taking-lots-of-books.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"a woman is taking lots of books\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-is-taking-lots-of-books.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-is-taking-lots-of-books-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-is-taking-lots-of-books-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-is-taking-lots-of-books-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-is-taking-lots-of-books-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-woman-is-taking-lots-of-books.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I took so many courses at university, my brain has been trained to think in terms of semesters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To this day, I search the Internet not for lists of the best books on a certain topic, but for university syllabi put together by experts. I try to find the biggest and most authoritative textbook on a topic that I can, and then read at least 2-3 of the books it discusses within.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This style of learning allows me to lean on the curation process of experts as I develop my own expertise. Then, when I throw in wildcard discoveries along the way, I automatically read them at a higher level and avoid falling into gullibility because a critical foundation for understanding the topic has already been established.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For any topic I\u2019m studying, I seek to include books from at least these categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">History of the topic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theory of the topic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practical applications of the topic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critical biographies related to the topic<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you seek the best possible books from each of these categories and spend 3-6 months focused on them and supplementary materials, you won\u2019t be naive about that topic for long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And stick with your reading plan. Remember: Variety definitely is the spice of life, but the truth in the cliche won\u2019t help if you keep changing disciplines. You can dive deep into topics and connect them a lot better if you spend periods of focused time on fewer topics in more detailed ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26605\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/back-side-image-of-a-reading-woman.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"back side image of a reading woman\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/back-side-image-of-a-reading-woman.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/back-side-image-of-a-reading-woman-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/back-side-image-of-a-reading-woman-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/back-side-image-of-a-reading-woman-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/back-side-image-of-a-reading-woman-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/back-side-image-of-a-reading-woman.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part is that your focus will compound in value because you\u2019ll have learned the meta skills of how to learn and see many more connections thanks to your depth of study.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step Six: Carry A Notebook Everywhere<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can think of few things that have helped me more than carrying a notebook 99.9% of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although it\u2019s true I use memory techniques, there\u2019s nothing better than working thoughts out on paper and planning with my hands. Plus, having a journal is very helpful for quickly creating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/memory-palace\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memory Palaces<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a powerful tool for remembering things quickly).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides planning and keeping track of ideas that emerge, notebooks are great for self-assessment, gratitude journaling and generally <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/expand-your-mind\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expanding your mind<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step Seven: Practice Objectivity<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the hardest things for chronically naive people is to realize that reality exists independent of their thoughts and opinions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This mistake happens because they are primarily subjective when they would benefit from being <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/objective-reasoning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">objective<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> thinkers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No doubt about it, being objective is hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fixing this issue starts by understanding that your brain practically forces you to be emotionally invested in everything you see and do. We are driven to navigate the world by the laws and forces of evolution in the same way that gravity holds us fast to the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To become more objective despite having the chips stacked against you, you can make objectivity one of your first learning projects. Study the sciences of psychology, decision making and game theory. Make a concerted effort to become a philosopher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26606\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/learning-and-drinking-tea.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"learning and drinking tea\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/learning-and-drinking-tea.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/learning-and-drinking-tea-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/learning-and-drinking-tea-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/learning-and-drinking-tea-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/learning-and-drinking-tea-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/learning-and-drinking-tea.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of this project, build a network of people around you who can help stress test your ideas. I suggest joining paid groups rather than free ones. Whereas many of the free ones are filled with low quality posts that will trap you in naive thinking, a solid investment in a discussion group based around deep dives into challenging content will serve you very well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019d like to be part of one of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.magneticmemorymethod.com\/rwm-subscribe\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my upcoming groups<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, consider letting me know!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step Eight: Know Your Personality Type<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my own experiences of being gullible revealed a lot to me about an area I\u2019d never thought about in the context of investing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For years, I\u2019d been so focused on academic matters and later developing this blog, I had spent almost no time thinking about or studying the different ways I might retire one day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because I practice what I preach, I followed a lot of the steps I\u2019ve discussed above. For example, I looked for the foundational books on investing and spent months focused on reading them thoroughly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also took courses and spent time with a topic expert to go over my plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said something very interesting to me:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you invest in a way that goes against your personality type, you\u2019ll always be miserable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I listened deeply to what this expert had to say about personality types when it comes to investing. I journaled about it in my notebook, talked with yet other people and these processes helped me make the right decisions. I know now that I avoided being gullible around a lot of decisions that so-called experts in the field call wise investing, but what actually amounts to uneducated greed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26607\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-beard-man-is-talking-with-a-woman.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"a beard man is talking with a woman\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-beard-man-is-talking-with-a-woman.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-beard-man-is-talking-with-a-woman-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-beard-man-is-talking-with-a-woman-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-beard-man-is-talking-with-a-woman-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-beard-man-is-talking-with-a-woman-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a-beard-man-is-talking-with-a-woman.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This particular topic is not very interesting to me, but I\u2019m glad I planned time for it and spoke directly with the experts themselves to help formulate my plans. To make sure you avoid the traps of naivety, I suggest you do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>You Don\u2019t Have To Stop Being Naive 100%<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I mentioned in the introduction, we benefit from keeping an open mind and cultivating curiosity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the same token, we don\u2019t want to keep our minds so open that our brains fall out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, we want to strive to be what I call S.M.A.R.T.E.R or serious, mature and ready to embrace reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is important because the wisest people amongst us know one thing to be true above all:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of us know what we don\u2019t know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the most intelligent person alive is still shrouded by monumental ignorance. That person must be because the future is not and cannot be known. Plus, so much of the past was never recorded, and mountains of human knowledge that was preserved at one point has since been lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But we can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-think-logically\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">learn to think logically<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and develop <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/problem-solving-model\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">problem solving models<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It just takes a willingness to get started and keep going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it helps to be able to remember the steps that we\u2019ve discussed today. If you&#8217;d like help with that, please register for my <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/free-memory-improvement-kit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FREE Memory Improvement Kit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/blog-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12718\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Magnetic-Memory-Method-Free-Course.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"Magnetic Memory Method Free Memory Improvement Course\" width=\"620\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Magnetic-Memory-Method-Free-Course.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Magnetic-Memory-Method-Free-Course-293x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 293w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Magnetic-Memory-Method-Free-Course-60x60.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Magnetic-Memory-Method-Free-Course.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=124&amp;ssl=1 124w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Magnetic-Memory-Method-Free-Course.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=372&amp;ssl=1 372w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Magnetic-Memory-Method-Free-Course.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=496&amp;ssl=1 496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will help you rapidly create and use the tools memory experts employ to help them learn faster and remember more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And when you can do that, you can kiss being destructively naive goodbye. 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