Dr Robert Anthony: Most People Don't Know "How" To Think...‏

Most of us have been taught to follow the crowd. We subscribe to "tribal" thinking, which is the thinking of the masses. It is not easy to break from this type of thinking, or non-thinking. A lot of people find this a huge stumbling block because they believe what social, political, religious and other authority figures have told them is "true".

There is a lot of fear tied up in leaving the tribe. However, you will never experience true freedom or riches unless you learn to think for yourself. But to do this, you must be capable of critical thought - which is something the members of the tribe cannot do.

Put another way - most people don't know how to think. They have been told WHAT to think for so long, they no longer know HOW to think. What's the lesson for you?

I'm convinced that true freedom and riches requires you to think contrary to what the tribe is thinking. And it ALWAYS requires you to question the beliefs you hold. On everything. This is not easy because we are addicted to certainty.

We would rather be certain about our beliefs than face the fact that what we believe may not be "true". But the more you question what the tribe believes the more you will realize that they are hypnotized. You don't have to wait for them to wake up from the trance. You can do it right now!