What Kind Of Thinker Are You?

1. Oh no! You lost your wallet. Do you...

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...carefully look where you last saw it?

...suddenly remember that it's beside your bed?

...spot it sneakily poking out of your bag?

...wander off, unconcerned: it'll turn up.

2. You're looking for inspiration! Do you...

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...gaze toward the heavens, feeling ponderful?

...look up a friend for some intense chat?

...stare piercingly at the world with wild eyes?

...chin-strokingly deconstruct the nature of inspiration?

3. Your close friends would describe you as...

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...the planet's most formidable shopping machine.

...an implacable enemy of injustice.

...someone who seriously knows how to listen.

...the person they turn to when they want to burst out laughing.

4. If you ruled the world, it would be compulsory to...

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...put down your mobile phone when you're talking to someone.

...stop spreading massive lies via social media.

...be friends with one person who is absolutely nothing like you .

...look around you for five minutes each day with an open mind.

5. Help! I need some good careers advice. Should I...

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...study really hard because, you know, that's pretty obvious.

...keep my eyes open, because the perfect opportunity is somewhere out there.

...read widely, think big, don't plan too much, stay open to inspiration.

...start watching some successful people really closely. Online. Then be more like them.

6. In a few decades' time, you reckon...

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...the robots will be telling us what to do.

...we'll all be getting on much better than ever before. Cheer up!

...bof. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

...who knows? Only morons think they can predict the future.

7. When you think hard about thinking, do you think...

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...if I'm observing myself, who is the "me" watching, and who is the "me" being watched?

...isn't it amazing that we can observe our own minds in action!

...isn't it amazing that observing our own minds in action can make so little difference to the bottomless depths of human folly!

...what the bloody hell does that question even mean?