Napoleon Hill

Accurate Thinking

Step 3

Separate the facts from the fictions

1. Guard against internal-my emotions (love, anger, hatred, jeolousy, fear, greed, egotism and procrastination and prevent myself from assuming facts to harmonize my desires.

2. Guard against external-
a)Ask how do you know.
b) Ask what is the motive.
c)Ask 3 other people and do not tell them what is expected and ask discreetly. They must be recognized authority, no ulteria motive, have the habit of telling the truth.Any Any biased statements should be rejected.
d)Ask my logic, six sense and hunches.

Separate the important from the unimportant facts.

3. Do my own thinking, judgement and final analysis and make my own decision subject to my conscious. Do not give any opinions unless they are facts or thought to be facts.