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The Afterthought includes a self-assessment quiz on the 14 chapters which include the 11 thinking skills. Then advice is offered based on the low, medium and high score for each chapter / skill. For example, for a skill that scored low, bring someone onto the team who is proficient and scores high on that skill. The author encourages you to think well, making it your greatest tool for creating the world you desire.

Skill 11: Bottom‑line thinking brings clarity, sharpens decisions, boosts morale, and secures the future, as shown in Frances Hesselbein’s leadership. Identify the true bottom line and make it your focus, build a strategic plan to reach it, align people with it, and create a consistent system to monitor progress so you gain maximum return and unlock your full potential.

Skill 10: Unselfish thinking focuses on others’ journeys and collaborates for shared growth, modeled by George Washington Carver. It brings fulfillment, adds value, strengthens character, and creates lasting impact. Practice servant leadership, notice others’ needs, give quietly, check your motives, act now, and build a legacy that lifts people higher and inspires those who follow.

Skill 9: Shared thinking lifts you beyond solo limits by combining strengths, because none of us is as smart as all of us. It accelerates progress, strengthens ideas, sparks innovation, and multiplies value. Value others’ insights, shift from competition to cooperation, set clear agendas, involve the right people, reward good thinkers, and cultivate a culture where ideas grow together.

Skill 8: Questioning popular thinking frees you from old ideas, conventional wisdom, and groupthink. Popular thinking can discourage real thought, offer false hope, resist change, and produce only average results. How? Think before you follow, value different perspectives, question your own assumptions & successes, try new approaches, and get comfortable with discomfort to achieve uncommon results.