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The naysayer mindset

The naysayer mindset

From the course: Unlocking Creativity (Blinkist Summary)

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The naysayer mindset

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- [Narrator] Blink number six, naysayers are most effective in pairs and when they ask encouraging questions, rather than promoting a particular agenda. Contemporary culture encourages critique, people are prompted to leave reviews on Amazon, YouTube, Yelp, Uber, and countless other platforms. This tendency goes deep. In high school and university, teachers emphasize the importance of critical thinking. As a result, students spend the lion's share of their time identifying weak points in the work of others, rather than developing their own ideas. Critical ability comes to be acquainted with intelligence resulting in the fault finders rather than the solution creators reaping all the praise and promotions. Call this mentality, the naysayer mindset. It's not that naysayers aren't important. Indeed, the author's own research indicates that having a devil's advocate on a team lessons shared information bias, the tendency…

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