The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions

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As a former fighter pilot with two tours in Vietnam, I loved this book. For over a hundred years aerial combatants have shared their death defying stories. The examples Hasard shares, though, are more than simply exciting flying stories. When he describes rolling in with his gun and raining down 100 rounds per second on the bad guys to save U.S. lives, it’s not simply for braggadocio. It helps readers learn about resourcefulness and planning when lives are on the line. And it also helps the executive to deal with adversity in a fluid situation where millions of dollars are at stake in the C-Suite. This book is replete with examples from aviation and industry that will help you to make better decisions. I relished reading this book and wholeheartedly recommend it without reservation." —George Nolly, 315 combat missions over Vietnam, 24 Air Medals and 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, last pilot to complete 100 missions over North Vietnam, Author Rudolf Flesch (8 May 1911 – 5 October 1986) was an author, readability expert, and writing consultant who was an early and vigorous proponent of plain English in the United States. He created the Flesch Reading Ease test and was co-creator of the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test. He was raised in Austria and finished university there, studying law. He then moved to the United States and entered a graduate program at Columbia University, where he earned a Ph.D in English. Flesch flourished as a writing teacher, plain-English consultant, and author. He wrote many books on the subject of clear, effective communication: How to Test Readability (1951), How to Write Better (1951), The Art of Plain Talk (1946), The Art of Readable Writing (1949), The ABC of Style: A Guide to Plain English (1964), and Rudolf Flesch on Business Communications: How to Say What You Mean in Plain English (1972). Being a university student is about learning how to think, not what to think. Critical thinking shapes your own values and attitudes through a process of deliberating, debating and persuasion. Through developing your critical thinking you can move on from simply disagreeing to constructively assessing alternatives by building on doubts.

The system that Lee describes is known as the ACE Helix - Assess, Choose, and Execute. Lee presents a well thought out approach for taking these concepts and applying them to the world that most of us live in. The vast majority of us will never be soldiers, let alone fighter pilots. The decisions we make will most likely not have life or death implications. Yet, these principles will provide a platform for evaluating current circumstances and drawing on the experiences we’ve had to make the best decision within the shortest period of time that is possible.

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As a fighter pilot, one of the things you get used to is always being seconds away from a fiery death. You’re balancing on a razor’s edge of performance, where the success of each flight hinges on the accumulation of thousands of correct decisions. It only takes one wrong move for a flight to end in catastrophe, which, unfortunately, has happened often throughout our history. And all of this is done while keeping the reader entertained through storytelling, perhaps the most powerful way of imparting knowledge and understanding. I couldn’t put it down. Even more than the heart-pounding fighter pilot stories, Hasard has some powerful and practical words of wisdom." While the overall choice I had to make was only whether to slow down or speed up, each course of action led to further decisions. If I elected to slow down, should I pull out of my dive, adding additional stress to the wings, and if so, how hard? Or should I maintain my current dive and just pull the throttle out of afterburner, which would take longer to slow down but minimize the stress? And if I chose to speed up, should I maintain my dive and reduce my control inputs, or should I increase my dive angle to accelerate faster? There were an infinite number of options on how I could execute my decision.

I bought this book for €1 and was disappointed; I imagine it's much more of a let down at full price.) You've been in countless high-stress situations. Dogfights. Engine flameouts. Tough landings. I was hoping you could walk us through a particular moment when you were in trouble and needed to make a clear decision. The Art of Clear Thinking" is not merely a self-help book; it is a captivating journey that challenges readers to question their own cognitive processes and develop a mindset geared towards success. Lee's storytelling prowess, combined with his wealth of expertise, makes this book a game-changer for anyone striving to perform at their peak. There are several key stages involved in developing your ideas and constructing an argument. You might like to use a form to help you think about the features of critical thinking and to break down the stages of developing your argument.When you're in a situation like that, what are the things that you do to keep yourself focused and make the clearest decision possible? At Mach 1.6, the jet began shaking: The extreme stress of the air resistance—over three hundred times what a car experiences at highway speeds—began causing the aluminum-alloy wings to flutter, sending vibrations throughout the plane. They were rapidly increasing at a rate that was not sustainable to the airframe. Developing critical thinking skills is essential to your success at University and beyond. We all need to be critical thinkers to help us navigate our way through an information-rich world.