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An analytical mind - what is it?

The analytical ability of a person is the ability to think logically (reason). When they say that a person has an analytical mindset, they want to emphasize that his ability to think has a strict logical sequence. Such a person is able to collect facts, analyze them and build such a chain of these facts, which would lead to the correct conclusions (to the most likely results).

Almost all people have a habit of reasoning (expressing their opinions aloud) or thinking (thinking over their opinions), but not everyone is able to build the correct logical chain from their knowledge, which means that decisions (conclusions from their reflections or judgments) will not always be the same. This is where the saying begins: "How many people - so many opinions." If everyone reasoned in the same logical way, then the opinion would be practically the same, but in life everything is different. And a logically thinking person will always notice inconsistencies in the reasoning of other people whose thinking is illogical.

Where does illogical thinking come from? In addition to the fact that a person is endowed with the ability to think, he has a tendency to emotionally react to all sorts of life situations, and no one has canceled instincts that defy logic in its mathematical sense. The logic of instincts differs from the logic of scientific knowledge. A person's thinking, emotionally colored and driven by instincts, does not have the ability to arrange facts in the correct order with mathematical precision. Hence the divergence of views on the same events stem from.

But this does not mean that people with an analytical mind are not subject to emotions and instinctive behavior. It's just that the brain of a person with analytical abilities, accustomed to non-stop analyzing everything that comes in its way, out of habit will analyze any situation without mixing emotions or natural instincts with it.

The analytical mind is a gift of nature, but whether it is worth developing analytical abilities if there is no inclination for them is a personal choice of each person. First, you need to think about how to use these abilities in the future, are they needed in everyday life? An analytical mind, as a rule, is necessary in situations where a person is inclined to engage in scientific or writing, advocacy or medicine, investigation or research, because the results of his activity will be used by other people, and these results must be flawless, unmistakable.

To develop analytical skills, daily practice is necessary. To get started, you can do a few exercises that will allow you to track your own way of thinking and find differences from the way of thinking of another person:

When listening to other people's opinions that are different from yours, try to take their position and structure the facts in such a way that you get conclusions that are similar to those of the other person. So you will find inconsistencies in the course of the other person's thoughts and draw conclusions about where he was wrong, and maybe where you were wrong.
Try to analyze any situations that you face. Consider them from different angles, try to come up with several ways out of a difficult situation or several ways to develop it.
Read detective novels and try to identify the culprit halfway to the end of the novel.
Get a problem book called "Entertaining mathematics" with answers and solve problems from it every day. It's fun, educational and will allow you to hone your brain.

People with an analytical mindset exploit their abilities every minute, but do not notice any intellectual load. When you understand that analysis (analytics) is not brain strain, but entertainment, consider that you have already developed analytical abilities in yourself.