How to develop strategic thinking?

All people are different, that's the degree of development of their hemispheres of the brain is different. Some can be considered analysts, others - strategists. The latter can foresee the result of their actions for many days, months, or even years ahead. How to develop strategic thinking is in this article.

How to develop your strategic thinking with the help of exercises?

Here are some of them:

  1. Imagine any subject. He can be both animate and inanimate. For example, a tree. It is necessary to clearly imagine the picture: what kind of tree is it, where it grows, how many meters above the ground is the first branch, to what depth the roots go. Who lives in this tree, what is their task? The main thing is to present the picture in full, in all the smallest details.
  2. Recall any conflict in which willy-nilly had to participate. It is necessary to come up with at least three variants of their actions, which would make it possible not only to smoothly exit this situation, but with benefit for themselves.
  3. It is very important to learn how to identify the cause-effect relationships of various phenomena. This skill can also be trained, and for this, in any situation, under any circumstances, one must try to isolate the root cause, and then trace the whole chain of further actions and try to predict the consequences.

There are many games developing strategic thinking - chess, checkers, backgammon, mafia, sea battle, capital, the same puzzles and a designer. There are computer games that also develop a similar skill. The theory of games can be traced in all spheres of human life - planning cases for a week ahead, team motivation, choosing a nutrition system for weight correction, etc. All this allows you to choose the correct way to resolve a difficult situation based on the experience that already exists. Constantly getting new knowledge, you can become a good strategist.