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Increase Your Flexible Thinking Skills

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Course Description

Overview

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Get actionable, science-backed techniques for improving cognitive flexibility—the ability to switch mental gears quickly and efficiently.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome to this course
1. What Is Cognitive Flexibility, and Why Is It Important?
  • Cognitive flexibility defined
  • Cognitive flexibility vs. other traits
  • The benefits of cognitive flexibility
2. Challenges to Cognitive Flexibility
  • Mental habits that breed rigidity
  • Behaviors that create ruts
  • External impacts on cognitive flexibility
3. Daily Boosts to Cognitive Flexibility
  • Becoming an observer of your thoughts
  • Making innovation a habit
  • Tolerate discomfort while moving forward
Conclusion
  • Practice is the point

Taught by

Andrea Bonior

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