Metacognition: Thinking About Your Own Thinking

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Metacognition, or thinking about your own thinking, is one of the most important skills that a person can cultivate. When you can learn from your own behaviors and actions, you can become more strategic, self-reliant, flexible, and productive.

Metacognition

Your Key Learning Skill

Metacognition is absolutely one of the most important skills you can cultivate during your life. Essentially it consists of being able to create action plans and adapt your strategies if you perceive the plan may not go well.

Metacognition involves:
* self-reflection
* self-responsibility
* drive and initiative
* goal setting
* time management

There are numerous ways to engage in these strategies and this lens will strive to give you resources and tools to help you improve your metacognition.

Metacognition Resources

Metacognition Basics: Metacognition consists of three basic elements:

* Developing a plan of action
* Maintaining/monitoring the plan
* Evaluating the plan
Strategies for Developing Metacognitive Behaviors: 1. Identifying "what you know" and "what you don't know."
2. Talking about thinking.
3. Keeping a thinking journal.
4. Planning and self-regulation.
5. Debriefing the thinking process.
6. Self-Evaluation.
MindTools: Personal Goal Setting: Goal setting is a powerful process for personal planning. By setting goals on a routine basis you decide what you want to achieve, and then move step-by-step towards achieving these goals.
Getting Back To Work: Personal Productivity Toolkit: I procrastinate. You procrastinate. We all procrastinate. Let's get back to work.
Human Self-Reflection In History: Human self-reflection is present from the earliest historical records. Humanity has always taken great interest in itself. The human faculty of introspection, the urge of an individual to discover more about its essence, invariably leads to inquiry about the human condition and the essence of humankind as a whole.
Mind-Tools:Time-Management Skills: How to get the most out of your time.

Who is Your Lensmaster?

Creator of Circumstance: Metacognition, critical thinking, creativity, and productivity galore!

Thinking About Your Thinking ~ Books

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

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Lifehacker, the Productivity & Software Guide

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