1138 | Jordan B. Peterson: “If You Can Think and Speak and Write, You Are Absolutely Deadly.”
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Sean Croxton
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🗓️ 13 April 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Jordan Peterson highlights the importance of critical thinking, effective public speaking skills, and eloquent writing, for these are necessary skills for a thriving career and continuous opportunities.
Jordan shares his valuable insight that nowadays, battles are won with the precision of words and sharpness of wit. According to Jordan, if you can think, speak, and write well, nothing and no one can get in your way.
Knowledge is power. However, knowledge isn’t power unless applied. It’s not enough that you know something. It’s how you effectively apply and use what you learned that makes a huge difference in your life, career, and building your network. Expand your mind, sharpen your wit, and study yourself. Remember, you are your greatest investment.
Source: Jordan Peterson - The Best Way To Learn Critical Thinking
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, today's QWOD is, if you can think and speak and write, you are absolutely deadly. |
| 0:10.0 | Here we go. |
| 0:36.3 | Welcome back to the QWOD today. |
| 0:45.4 | Today's QWOD is, being able to think, not just being able to think but using your |
| 0:59.7 | ability to really critically think, to look at different sides of issues and formulating |
| 1:09.6 | your own beliefs, your ideas and your opinions about things. |
| 1:14.2 | What's going on in our society? |
| 1:16.5 | An increasing pace is we're not thinking we're just accepting ideas from others and repeating |
| 1:24.6 | them. |
| 1:25.6 | I'm a conversationalist, I love to talk and ask about exchange ideas and ask why somebody |
| 1:32.0 | thinks what they're thinking so I can understand it more. |
| 1:35.0 | It is getting more and more challenging to find people who actually can support their |
| 1:41.8 | own opinions these days. |
| 1:45.2 | Not all of the time, but a lot of the time, that's the case. |
| 1:50.7 | And you aren't looking at all sides of something or as many sides as you can and you can't |
| 1:55.7 | support your own thoughts and your opinions. |
| 1:59.2 | It's very hard to speak them because there's a lack of confidence in them. |
| 2:04.2 | Because deep down you kind of know that there's gaps in your information, there's gaps in |
| 2:09.3 | your knowledge. |
| 2:10.5 | There's things that are missing and somebody can just literally come up to you and shred |
| 2:14.8 | all of your ideas very easily if they are a critical thinker. |
| 2:20.3 | And so thinking is huge. |
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