Welcome to the 41 new thinkers who joined the Hold That Thought newsletter this week!

Every Thursday I share three useful things to help you turn your overthinking into expert thinking. Here are this week’s picks, loosely themed around changing perspective:

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Sometimes it can seem impossible to go from thinking a persistent, unhelpful thought to an empowering one — it may be too big of a leap for our minds to make.

Bridge that gap with a Thought Ladder​

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“Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment?”

— On the neurological underpinnings of geekdom by Harvey Blume in the Atlantic, September 1988

More on neurodiversity from Thinking Person's Guide to Autism​

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From binaural beats to brain surgery, here's every way to change your mind, from Neurotechnology Researcher Milan Cvitkovic​

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In that 3rd link, I found new perspective and zeugma. Did it get you, and you it?

Reply and share your favorite zeugma, recent pun, visual metaphor or design thinking tip that changed you in some small way.

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Hello! My name is Kim Witten and I’ve spent four decades overthinking absolutely everything. I’ve turned this ability into a superpower to get stuff done and now my mission is to help others do the same. Read more about my journey​

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