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Circular thinking focuses on pulling in more of what you want. It is a belief that the answer will come when everyone is included. It seeks to find what is meaningful and allow that understanding to infuse everything we do. Without circular thinking we could not change, feel contentment or develop relationships.
The opposite of circular thinking is linear (vertical) thinking. In this type of reasoning, progress is made in a step-by-step fashion and a response to each step must exist before advancing to the next one.
Women tend to think in an analytical or circular mode. Women are often dealing with multiple types of work at the same time, and have necessarily developed a thought function that brings together various components, a whole series of functions with wave-like modality: flavors, colors, models; a whole series of functions with wave mode.
Men prefer a logical, linear, sequential, and angular thinking. It is common for men to think about one and only one thing at a time, women do not. Men tend to follow a linear reasoning which starts from one point and leads to another, which seeks the point of solution of a problem in a linear way. Fear-activated emotions lead to a linear style of thinking. Here logic, focus, objectivity, and discipline push back against the danger fear has identified for us. Without this instinct we could not survive.
Imagine yourself facing a challenge. Does column one or column two feel like the best way to proceed?
Column 1:
1. Define the goal
2. Develop a strategy
3. Make a plan
4. Set time lines, costs, tasks
5. Activate the plan
6. Measure progress
Column 2:
1. Gather and welcome everyone effected.
2. Ask each person to express their feelings.
3. Interactively share information
4. Recognize a pattern, follow an idea
5. Give language to what is meaningful
6. Respond to the information and redesign
Column one is a linear thinking process and column two is a circular thinking process. Scientists often think linearly while artists tend to think more circularly. Men on average tend to lean towards linear thinking while women are more circular.
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Hudson, K. (2017, November 3). Are You a Circular or a Linear Thinker? | 2 Ways of Knowing Project. 2 Ways of Knowing. https://2wkblog.com/2017/11/03/are-you-a-circular-or-a-linear-thinker-2/
R. (2019a, April 18). N. 33 | THE WOMAN’S THOUGHT? CIRCULAR. MAN’S? LINEAR. Regenesi. https://www.regenesi.com/blogs/circular-economy/the-womans-thought-circular-man-s-linear