MindTime Media Library Compare Future, Past & Present Thinking Concepts
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COMPARE FUTURE, PAST & PRESENT THINKING CONCEPTS FUTURE THINKING
PAST THINKING
PRESENT THINKING
GENERAL ADJECTIVES
Active Agreeable Creative Dynamic Extroverted Energetic Hopeful Imaginative Impulsive Ingenious Innovative Intuitive Open to new experiences Optimistic Resilient Spontaneous Visionary
Analytical Cautious Contemplative Curious Cynical Fair-minded Independent Informed Introverted Judicious Neurotic Obsessive Prudent Reflective Reliable Skeptical Studious
Action-oriented Conscientious Dependable Determined Disciplined Doer Efficient Emotionally stable Inflexible Methodical Organized Practical Reliable Resourceful Stable Structured
TYPE OF THINKER
Scattered thinker
Deep thinker
Deliberate
LIKES TO THINK ABOUT
New ideas
Abstract theories
Practical Information
THINKS BEST BY
Brainstorming with others
Contemplating, reflecting alone
Planning, doing
MENTAL ENERGY
Quick and dynamic
Slow and reflective Focussed and deliberate
NATURE OF THOUGHT
Ethereal and flighty
Deep
Rhythmic
PREFERRED WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Flexible and dynamic, few rules, chaos is OK
Quiet and studious
Tidy and organized, functional
DESK IS
Complete chaos
Organized chaos
Neat and clean
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FUTURE THINKING
PAST THINKING
PRESENT THINKING
LEADERSHIP STYLE
Inspirational and charismatic
Informal and transformational
Managerial and transactional
COMMUNICATION STYLE
Ideas and metaphors
Verbose and wordy
To the point
PERSUADES BY
Articulating a vision Presenting well informed and cogent arguments
Knowing how to do things
APPROACH TO TASKS
Starts more than can finish
Completes projects in plenty of time
Methodical and timely
DECISION MAKING
Quick, intuitive, and spontaneous; based on best opportunity at the time; based on gut feeling
Slow and analytical; based on having the best information available, agonizes over decisions and second-guesses
Expedient and practical, makes decisions by what fits in best with existing plans
LEARNS BEST BY
Experimentation, trial and error
Research, reading, Reading observation instructions, following a manual, doing
CREATIVITY
Experimentation
Insight
Practice
GUIDED BY
Hope
Truth
Harmony
SEEKS
Opportunity
Evidence
Control
FUTURE THINKING
PAST THINKING
PRESENT THINKING
VALUES
Change, creativity, flexibility, ideas, spontaneity, innovation
Authenticity, evidence, fairness, history, accuracy, knowledge, security
Planning, control, continuity, stability, status quo
IS DRIVEN TO
Explore
Validate
Organize
ORIENTED TOWARDS
Change
Tradition
Status quo
WORK OR CAREER
Entrepreneur Salesperson Deal maker CEO
Academic Architectural engineer physician, CFO
Administrator Civil engineer City planner Accountant COO
SOCIAL INSTITUTION
Business
Academia
Government
FEARS
Loss of hope
Loss of information Loss of control
SUCCESS DEFINED BY
Ideas
Theories
Projects
LOVE
Impulsive
Cautious
Realistic
ROLE
Innovator
Researcher
Planner
FOCUS POINT
What could be
What was
What is
KEY QUESTION
What if?
Why?
How?
DRIVES
Change
Research
Order
MANIPULATES BY
Persuasion
Withholding information
Control
FUTURE THINKING
PAST THINKING
PRESENT THINKING
SELF ESTEEM FROM
Celebrated ideas
Validated ideas
Goals achieved
KNOWN FOR
Ingenuity
Being Informed
Resourcefulness
NEEDS
Options and open ended scenarios
Information, data
Rules and structure
LIFESTYLE
Avant-garde
Traditional
Contemporary
LIFE APPEARS
Random
Set in stone
Planned
LIVES
Spontaneously
Cautiously
Practically
WORLD VIEW
Big Picture
Measured
Practical
LOOKS FOR
Opportunities
Meaning
Usefulness
BELIEVES IN
Possibility
Truth
Stability
RESPECTS
Anarchy
Evolution
Status quo
WORKS BEST WITH
People
Data
Things
GUIDED BY
Intuition
Rationality
Practicality