Independent Thinking Archives | The Unconventional Route

How to Stop Lying to Yourself and Making Excuses

Lying to yourself and making excuses turns you into an easily-offended, deluded drain on society. Here’s how to stop.

Self-justification is your over-protective mother of an ego coddling your feeble, fragile identity. Here’s how it works, with examples.

How to actually change someone’s mind using proven psychological and negotiation techniques (and patience).

The trick to knowing how to win and argument is to be aware of our neanderthal-ian instincts and then do the opposite.

How to avoid making the mistakes that make most of us increasingly close-minded as we age, and how to keep an open mind instead.

Try these exercises that show you how to be more open-minded because, “Those who cant change their minds can’t change anything.”

The 13 easy steps to conduct a blind taste test, fun blind taste test ideas, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Get motivated, leave your fears behind, and escape the status quo with these inspirational quotes about thinking and living outside the box.