5 Ways how to articulate your thoughts into words and improve your clarity of thought

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2020
  • How to get your ideas out of your head and make your thoughts clear. You might know the feeling: You have this brilliant idea, but the moment you want to tell it to somebody else or talk about it, it comes out all wrong. In this video I show you five techniques, I've been testing over the past couple of months, how to capture and how to order your thoughts. They initiate a deep thought process, that will help you improve your clarity of thought and to articulate your ideas.
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Komentáře • 172

  • @bf-thinking
    @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +24

    What do you do when you want to get your ideas out?

    • @josejimenez3371
      @josejimenez3371 Před 3 lety +9

      I almost have a sort of conversation with myself about the topic. Similar to what you say about asking yourself clarifying questions.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +3

      @@josejimenez3371 Yes, that's pretty much what I do when asking clarifying questions. Sometimes I even say that the questions are asked by a master and I'm the student answering the questions (like in the old martial arts movies).

    • @senmingwu
      @senmingwu Před 3 lety +5

      Inner debates, perhaps auto-dialectics?
      And something like stream of consciousness journaling, but as poetic reflection of photography / visual art. Through the poetic form, I'd intuited rules of grammar & causal thinking not studied -- to the point of describing in detail without knowing what was being described. Specifically, conjunctions & 2nd order thinking.
      Also conscious breathing. Simple & effective.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +1

      @@senmingwu These sound like very good ways.

    • @ebonymitchell2720
      @ebonymitchell2720 Před 2 lety +1

      I create a memo on my phone doing voice to text so I can then easily read it later. I feel like when I read it later I can then clarify it more.

  • @delamberty
    @delamberty Před rokem +19

    1. Journaling: Helps you observe your word.
    2. Guided questions: Asks self questions.
    3. List to clarify your ideas: Create ABC
    4. Brain dump: List everything you can think of.
    5. Discussion with friends.

  • @Ana-mp6my
    @Ana-mp6my Před 3 lety +87

    1:00 "It is as if you're trying to catch smoke with your hands" you perfectly described it my friend. Thank you for this video!

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +3

      Great that you like it! Yep, I've been there too often myself. That's why I made this video.

  • @webbit1518
    @webbit1518 Před 3 lety +148

    not being able to articulate my thoughts its ruining my life...thanks for the help

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +8

      Good luck! I hope my tips can help you.

    • @webbit1518
      @webbit1518 Před 3 lety +4

      subscribed!

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +6

      @@webbit1518 Let me know if you have any further questions or have an idea for a video I could make.

    • @webbit1518
      @webbit1518 Před 3 lety +9

      Since you asked about ideas for videos...I have noticed thru my research when people have trouble articulating thoughts it usually has to do with what doctors call "working memory". This is usually the problem when people stutter or stop in the middle of a sentence because they forget the point they were trying to convey. This would be interesting to me. Speech therapist speak about this often.
      Thank for asking my thoughts on the matter.keep up the good work!!

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +4

      @Webbit2019 Thanks! I'll look into that.

  • @ididitwriter
    @ididitwriter Před 28 dny

    I came to this video after I googled how to put thoughts into speach. Whatever metrics the algorithm used was spot on. Thanks!

  • @learningandgaining
    @learningandgaining Před 3 lety +41

    Many thanks for this video, kindly make videos on how to express thoughts clearly because I can't express it sometimes while explaining spontaneously any idea. I feel like all ideas are clutterd

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +5

      I know what you mean. I'll be getting back to the topic. Great that you like it!

    • @trombone7
      @trombone7 Před 2 lety +1

      There are tons of books out there about idea refinement.
      Two that I like are the Genius Machine by Sindell.
      And the six thinking hats by de Bono.
      A practice I do is E.E.I.
      Expert, enthusiast, indifferent.
      Write your idea down from front to back. Then go back and rewrite it, tweaking it considering it a message to an expert in that field, and enthusiast in that field, and someone indifferent to that field.
      This way it helps ensure your idea is rigorous, thorough, and correct (expert).
      That it fosters further insight and generative thought (the enthusiast) .
      And clarifies why your idea is worthwhile and makes the world a better place (to the indifferent) .

  • @collegesuccess
    @collegesuccess Před rokem +6

    Great presentation, which brings to mind the following quotation: "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." -Robert Frost

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před rokem

      And you could add that that which appears the most effortless probably took the most work to get to that point.

  • @RussLalla
    @RussLalla Před 2 lety +13

    You sir are the diamond in the rough on youtube. Thank you for sharing your efforts and carrying us along the journey.

  • @simoncarrillo7565
    @simoncarrillo7565 Před 3 lety +31

    You are right on point this topic is missed by so many people and is yet so crucial, heck it is something we should learn at school at a very early age. You rock !

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +8

      Thanks, man! And if school teach and allow us to use thinking techniques such as this, we would probably learn much more in "traditional" subjects as well.

  • @Orangesnake221
    @Orangesnake221 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I like the second method it’s basically using the socratic method for yourself which I love

  • @Mousey316
    @Mousey316 Před 3 lety +50

    Great video. Generating initial content is, by far, the hardest task. It is often so difficult to be aware of everything that we are really thinking, and when we try to look closely at our thoughts, we often do so with an internal editor that constrains us.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +17

      I agree. In addition thoughts can be a lot like a shy dear that flees the moment you want to observe it more closely.

    • @NicoleShizzle
      @NicoleShizzle Před 3 lety +1

      Wow, that’s 100% me

    • @filmthesis892
      @filmthesis892 Před 2 lety +2

      @@bf-thinking that's accurate description ... Some ideas to get out of mind shyness

  • @hdonstraight
    @hdonstraight Před rokem +1

    Thank you!!

  • @BillyG869
    @BillyG869 Před 3 lety +13

    I always keep a large notebook handy along with pens and pencils...there are these laboratory binders that have a quadrille page on one side alternating with a lined page. First you put the idea on a post it note then use that as a tab to identify the idea in the binder. Keep it next to your bed, in a carry bag daily

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +1

      That's a very good way of capturing your ideas. What do you do after you collected a number of thoughts for an idea?

    • @masonbhunter
      @masonbhunter Před 2 lety

      link to these binders??

    • @cloudrainmakar2408
      @cloudrainmakar2408 Před 2 lety

      Or one can accomplish the same end, by using the same process, but using digital tools (various digital-note-taking tools, digital whiteboard tools, etc)

  • @hernatundag601
    @hernatundag601 Před 3 lety +9

    Love this! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us

  • @ClaudioPascual
    @ClaudioPascual Před rokem +1

    Very helpful. Thanks!

  • @KareObihara
    @KareObihara Před rokem +1

    Very helpful thank you for creating this video!

  • @skrawberrries
    @skrawberrries Před rokem +1

    Thanks for this

  • @junebreeze5620
    @junebreeze5620 Před 3 lety +4

    Thank U. I like the actionable steps to present clear & organized ideas.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety

      You are welcome! I hope it will be useful.

  • @badrGamer11
    @badrGamer11 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you a lot for your relevant content. Very professional and concise. Keep up the excellent work. I wish you all the best.

  • @Superlvlan
    @Superlvlan Před rokem +1

    This is a gem

  • @only4kdrama
    @only4kdrama Před 2 lety +1

    I LOVE HOW YOU EXPLAINED THOSE TIPS FOR US.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      Wonderful that you find my videos useful!

  • @papakarloegor
    @papakarloegor Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you, brilliant video!

  • @lucasyoung8590
    @lucasyoung8590 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you. Very helpful and clear.

  • @johnniewalker1343
    @johnniewalker1343 Před 2 lety +2

    You're amazing, man. Thank you for the video!

  • @QueenOmaNwanyi
    @QueenOmaNwanyi Před 3 lety +1

    AWESOME breakdown. Thank you🤎

  • @avunz125
    @avunz125 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you a lot my friend! Helped me a lot

  • @Sams_Uncle
    @Sams_Uncle Před rokem +2

    Your are OG sir. Thank you for sharing your wisdom 🙏

  • @segeroverseas3809
    @segeroverseas3809 Před 3 lety +4

    It is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks brother ☺️

  • @aletheazabelapadilla7337
    @aletheazabelapadilla7337 Před 3 lety +11

    Thank you so so much, I struggle so much with this.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +5

      I feel you! I'm slowly getting better at articulating my thoughts, but it's a process.

    • @josejimenez3371
      @josejimenez3371 Před 3 lety

      I'm right there with you.

  • @kev-othegamer
    @kev-othegamer Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you.

  • @meldeweese
    @meldeweese Před 2 lety +3

    Very good and very helpful. I agree that not many people discuss how to develop this skill and its so important in the creative process. Thank you.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      Glad it was helpful! Yeah, it's hard to be specific about what you can do.

  • @ProductivePM
    @ProductivePM Před 3 lety +8

    Thank you for this video, I plan to use your techniques using mind mapping. I am proud to subscribe to your channel. All the best!

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety

      Welcome aboard! Good luck with implementing the techniques.

  • @nikhilchaudhari5355
    @nikhilchaudhari5355 Před 3 lety +5

    Very informative, thank you.

  • @janiah749
    @janiah749 Před rokem +1

    This was very helpful, Thank you!

  • @sodayoda4563
    @sodayoda4563 Před 3 lety +1

    Aaaawesome video thank you very much!!

  • @suyashthakur9178
    @suyashthakur9178 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks ❤️

  • @brothercameronm.3818
    @brothercameronm.3818 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you for making this video. I found that it is an extremely effective for learning as well as for recovering from a low concentration level and even for making and expressing ideas, thoughts or questions to get an answer somehow correctly without distraction or intrusive thoughts, but by answering the thoughts at ease, using the method that is described by Brain-Friendly Thinking in the video.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      Wonderful that it's so useful to you!

  • @lifeofamol
    @lifeofamol Před 3 lety +5

    starts at 3:04

  • @yashkohli4631
    @yashkohli4631 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you so much. I would certainly use this technique, Since Im also facing the same problem and it is turning my relations into bad shape

  • @deanVodkahouse
    @deanVodkahouse Před rokem +1

    I've got adhd and brain fog and this is how I feel all the time, I struggle to put together multiple coherent sentences verbally and I also take longer than average person when writing emails too as I can struggle to find the words or for the sentences to make sense.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před rokem

      Sorry to hear that. I hope some of these techniques can help you a little.

  • @abettermousetrap
    @abettermousetrap Před 2 lety +1

    Hello from Vancouver Island. I am trying to wrestle with some new ideas and thoughts at the moment and after a quick search found your video. You have provided some very good tools and food for thought for me to plan my attack to clarify my thoughts. Thank you. Liked and subscribed 10-05-2022

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      Awesome that my video was helpful! Let me know whether you have any specific questions.

  • @linatdavis3325
    @linatdavis3325 Před 3 lety +2

    Really helpful 🙏❤️

  • @mayurthakare8442
    @mayurthakare8442 Před rokem +1

    great video,it gave me a direction to improve my communication skill

  • @Canjeero314
    @Canjeero314 Před 2 lety +1

    thank you so much for making this video, I feel like I always have such amazing ideas but when I explain them to people they have no structure or flow

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      That's how I always feel when I'm shooting a new video (though that has improved somewhat lately). Good luck with articulating yourself better!

    • @lacucinadipapa3932
      @lacucinadipapa3932 Před 2 lety

      And people look at you like " What ? " 😁 Believe me I know the feeling!

  • @heroismist
    @heroismist Před rokem +1

    reallly cool intro tune!

  • @andreyreins5881
    @andreyreins5881 Před 3 lety +1

    I really needed this. Thank you so much!!!

  • @celeb99mu
    @celeb99mu Před 7 měsíci

    It'll be interesting to see how this evolves over the next year. First: use voice-to-text live transcription, and then ask genAI to take all that you've expressed and organize it into a coherent summary.

    • @onigaishimasuohaiyou9551
      @onigaishimasuohaiyou9551 Před 7 měsíci

      "Guided questions" can also be improved if you tell the AI what it should act as and that it should ask follow-up questions to what you tell it. So far, I only tried it with typing my answers. Speech-to-text should help with this as well.

  • @pratikdedhia
    @pratikdedhia Před 3 lety +3

    Nice 👍

  • @m.g.603
    @m.g.603 Před 2 lety +1

    Hello Brian, thank you for this … what are some of your references for these techniques? Could you share an example of where this worked either for you or someone you coached?

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      Here're some references. Some of them are only in German. Don't know whether you speak German (probably not, I guess), but I add them just in case.
      Journaling:
      You find a lot of people talking about this technique on Goolgle an CZcams (I don't have any favourites really).
      Vera F. Birkenbihl called that Gedankenmonitor (thought monitor) or "Kläranlage des Geistes" (sewage treatment plant of the mind). She talks about that in one of her newsletters she would publish when she was still alive, IIRC, and also. Another term she used sometimes was train-of-thought or inner monologue and she talks about that in "Trotzdem Lehren" (teach nevertheless). She mainly published in German, unfortunately, but there's an old audio course in English called Memory Optimizer which she created together with Paul Scheele. Maybe she talks about this or some related techniques in there (haven't bought it yet, so I don't know).
      There's also a book called "Schreibdenken" (thinking by writing) by Ulrike Scheuermann (also not translated to English AFAIK)
      Guided Questions:
      I developed this technique, but I'm sure someone else also thought of that before me. I remember it was when I had to write the literature review for my final year BEng dissertation and I had read so much, but just couldn't tie it down. I met a course mate in the cafe who was waiting for his mock viva and told him about my struggles. He said: "Tell me about your project!". So I did. And he interjected questions to clarify what I said until by the end of our conversation I knew how I wanted to write my literature review. Then later I wanted to replicate the experience without having to rely on someone else and after some trial and error I arrived at the version which I describe in this video.
      List clarification:
      I think Karin Holenstein describes this technique in her book "Genial lernen und lehren mit Birkenbihl-Methoden" (brilliant learning and teaching with Birkenbihl methods). Again, only available in German.
      Brain dump:
      Again there're many people who talk about this technique and you easily find something when you soearch for brain dump (although the term gets used for a lot of things, not necessarily exaclty how I use it here).
      Maybe Ulrike Scheuer also talks about that, can't remember...
      My supervisor also uses the term brain dump when he sends me an email with anything he can think about for a given topic or task. They're very close to what I describe here and are not meant for me to read, but to guide our subsequent discussion.
      Discussion with a friend:
      This is just a technique which I noticed I've done a lot over the years and that I think a lot of people do ("Here's an idea I'd like to run by you..."). I just thought it's important to explicitly mention that here, because it might not occur to everyone to do this.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      One of the examples where this worked for me is for instance this very video (and most of my other videos). Getting my words out in front of the camera is not somehting that comes easy to me. It always costs me a lot of sweat and tears. So, for most of my videos I use at least list clarification and sometimes also a discussion with a friend (in case of this video, my parents - that gave me some useful new ideas for the background part of this video).
      Another example would be a research proposal I wrote in 2020 as a plan B in case the lockdown should continue for more than 6 months (which it sort of did, but in the end we still didn't use the idea for several reasons). After doing the literature research a lot of bits and pieces from what I read were flying through my mind (but several others remained silent). So, I used the technique of guided questions to work through my thoughts (and remembering some of the things which I didn't before). After that I could write down my proposal with relative ease and my supervisor praised me for how I communicated the idea.
      As part of my PhD I also had to do teaching during the first 2 years and at the end of the academic year we needed to write a personal reflection about our teaching activities throughout the year. For that I used list clarification. I first created an ABC-list, then I would categorise the words and select what category or catagories I want to talk about and then went and categorised the words in these categorie into finer groups. After rearranging them a little bit, it was quite easy to write my reflection (even though before I started I felt like "I have no idea what the heck I can write about").
      As for brain dump, I know that my PhD supervisor uses it regularly when writing papers and grant applications.

  • @irascib1e
    @irascib1e Před rokem

    your background reminds me of The Money Store. nice video

  • @rahuldevgun8703
    @rahuldevgun8703 Před 3 lety

    very good

  • @subtrue3882
    @subtrue3882 Před 2 lety +3

    I am crying an hour ago during discussion of my online class because my teacher asked me and I was directly mentally blocked. This is my problem all the time, to explain something and express my thoughts and emotions is very hard for me especially verbal😭

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      Sorry to hear that... Unfortunately, there's a lot of prejudice and judgement involved in teacher's questions. Which increases the pressure and makes the whole problem even worse.
      I hope my videos can help you somewhat.

    • @marvindagoat5620
      @marvindagoat5620 Před 2 lety +3

      I going though the same thing I hate it so much I would blank out when my friends or family would ask me a question 😭

  • @TheOriginalAlexander
    @TheOriginalAlexander Před 5 měsíci

    🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

  • @yantimohhan5200
    @yantimohhan5200 Před 6 měsíci

    My thoughts for today are. No go outside and no shower. Just thinking about you 😂

  • @user-rl8dz8ev6o
    @user-rl8dz8ev6o Před 3 lety +5

    This problem is killing my life, thank you my friend. 🤍

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety

      Great it's useful! Let me know if you have further questions / problems.

  • @Travis_Marshall
    @Travis_Marshall Před 10 měsíci

    3:19 👍

  • @iAdilZaheer
    @iAdilZaheer Před 2 lety +1

    One thing that I wanna ask is that should I journal in my native language or English. I wish to improve my English. I already have a good grip in my native language. If anyone can help. Thank you.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      That depends on in which language you want to develop and express your thoughts. If you want to improve your English, journaling in English can be a good exercise. You can, of course, also journal sometimes in English and some times in your native language.
      My native language is German, but since I started my undergraduate studies in the UK in 2008, I changed my working language to English and keep most of my notes and thinking processes in English. On the flip side, I do struggle now when I need to express these same ideas in German, because many of them I literally never thought in German. After talking about them with several people, I can then think and express these ideas fluently in German as well (but only those ideas which I already expressed or some which are closely related to them).

  • @sanzrival542
    @sanzrival542 Před 3 lety +2

    ❤️

  • @delareiflaventitus5966
    @delareiflaventitus5966 Před 2 lety +1

    I think distraction affect creativity. It is better to stay in boredom than to think about something around again and again.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      There's a difference between "running round in ever maddening circles" (I think that's what you mean when you say "think about something around again and again") and "repeatedly tackling a topic or a problem". In the former case you only tread the same train of thought over and over again (with slight variations), but you don't actively see new aspects or build new bridges. In the later case you put in energy and effort to build something new. That's what we need to be able to do and once we have done this the idea becomes easy to express.

  • @maprilpedroferreira5336
    @maprilpedroferreira5336 Před 2 lety +1

    Hey Martin - missing your videos !

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      Nice of you to say that. Turns out that the final year of a PhD and a CZcams channel don't necessarily go well together... But the next video should come out soonish.

  • @xylope3384
    @xylope3384 Před 3 lety +3

    I have this problem putting my thoughts into words, I don't know where in the brain I should imagine the words, when I think in full sentences I run out of place in the brain when I imagine in words. Where should I place my word thinking in my mind, and how can I imagine whole sentences in my brain?

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety

      I'm not sure what you mean by "imagining words in my brain". Can you try to explain that a bit in more detail?

    • @xylope3384
      @xylope3384 Před 3 lety

      @@bf-thinking for example i say that i want to eat an apple, but when i want to say that in my mind. i immagine the letters, i ,want ,to ,eat,an,apple i an logical order.

  • @Bo00si33
    @Bo00si33 Před 2 lety

    I think this is my issue. I'm testifying in court soon and sometimes I forget what in saying. CAN I IMPROVE THIS IN JUST FIVE DAYS??

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      Without knowing your problem it's difficult to help (and especially on such a short notice).
      My first ideas would be to do a few ABC-lists every day on the topic you need to testify about, so that they're as accessible as can be. Maybe you can also do some sort of role playing with someone who knows court proceedings? That might calm your nerves a bit, again making it more likely that you don't loose your train of thought.
      Good luck!

    • @Bo00si33
      @Bo00si33 Před 2 lety

      @@bf-thinking I think it has to do w trauma bc I'm testifying against my abuser 😪

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      @@Bo00si33 Oh dear, sorry to hear that. I'm afraid I'm not qualified to give advice in this case. Are you in contact with a psychologist? Maybe they can suggest something.
      I hope your abuser gets what they deserve.

  • @iAdilZaheer
    @iAdilZaheer Před 2 lety +1

    The actual points starts at 3:05

  • @kmoses2814
    @kmoses2814 Před 2 lety +1

    Good but make another video showing a practical example of one though you have taken to idea and then word. Follow all the steps you described.
    Thank you

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      Good idea, thanks! Just one thing, though. I don't usually use all the techniques at the same time. Sometimes just one of them or several. That's usually enough to get my idea to a state where I can articulate it reasonably well.

  • @lvt2050
    @lvt2050 Před rokem +1

    Except that Einstein had his wife Mileva Maric (mathematician, with a focus on tensors) that helped him and work with him. Other than that great video!

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před rokem

      From my very limited knowledge, there are unfortunately very few sources remaining that show what and to what extend she contributed to the Annus Mirabilis papers. She might have made substantial contributions to getting the theory into a mathematical form. If she did, this would fall under technique 5 "Discussion with a friend" (a mode of operation that is the norm rather than the exception in science).
      My point here was that it can take an substantial amount of time and effort to clarify the ideas in your mind enough to put them in words that others can understand. And that point still stands whether Einstein did everything alone or whether he and Mileva Maric closely collaborated.

    • @lvt2050
      @lvt2050 Před rokem

      Both Einstein and Mileva are calling it "our work" in their personal letters to one another. Plus, their son many times witnessed their work together. Einstein was weak in mathematics, and tensor knowledge wasn't his specialty, to say the least, but it was Mileva.
      The tensors are the base of theory of relativity, everything is done in them. Without Mileva he would not be able to make it.
      And there are multiple ppl who try to diminish Mileva contribution, its kind a sad.
      Not the mention that after Einstein left Mileava, he always have mathematician following him and helping him.

  • @user-gw6yr3kp7w
    @user-gw6yr3kp7w Před 3 lety +3

    "Learning how to talk (if you missed it)"

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety

      Is that a reference to something?

    • @user-gw6yr3kp7w
      @user-gw6yr3kp7w Před 3 lety

      No I just thought it was funny

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety

      @@user-gw6yr3kp7w I see... :-) You're right, though. A lot of the exercises can also be used if you want to learn how to talk fluently about a subject.

  • @tariqrashidbhat6591
    @tariqrashidbhat6591 Před 3 lety +2

    Can you consider this video in converting and constructing your thoughts into words while speaking

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +2

      Sorry, mate. I'm not sure that I completely understand your question. You don't just passively get your ideas out of your head, but will actively convert and construct them in the process. Does that answer your question?

  • @syedizam7904
    @syedizam7904 Před 2 lety +1

    i cant even articulate thoughts in my mind like i have thoughts but even i cant completely understand them

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      Could you make an example? There might be some things you could try.

    • @poornimanair104
      @poornimanair104 Před 2 lety +1

      @@bf-thinking i think what he meant is the lack of clarity of thoughts. Think of it like when you have a maths problem and sometimes some people have to write it down to understand what steps they have thought of so they know how to go about it. But its not just restricted to maths but in general some people find it difficult to keep a track and get clarity on where they are going with their thought process.
      intially tried searching up videos for that and ended up watching this video (was really informative).

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      @@poornimanair104 That could be what they meant, thanks.
      If that's the case then it might be helpful to know that you don't need to get your whole thought out at once. You can try to put some of that into words (or even into a diagram - that's very helpful for a lot of problems, maths or otherwise). Maybe you realise that you waffle a lot and don't really hit the point you're trying to make, or your end up using a lot of weak wording and weasel words, or maybe you peter out after some time (maybe even ending in "and then I don't really know where to go from here").
      But you still trigger some thought processes that will continue to ramble on subconsciously. And when you're in a state where your thoughts can wander freely (e.g. you're on a stroll, or taking a shower, or listening to music and daydreaming) it can happen that things "suddenly" become clearer to you, or that you "suddenly" have new ideas, or "suddenly" you can add more details. Similar things can happen if you read again what you wrote before or look at your old drawing. And then you can also put that into words (or a diagram). So, over time your own thoughts will become clearer to you.
      Great that you found the video useful, btw. :-)

    • @poornimanair104
      @poornimanair104 Před 2 lety +1

      @@bf-thinking omg thank you soo much for taking the time to reply! You are spot on with what you have written.
      I've always had an overwhelming pressure from my parents and teachers to be more clear, precise and structured with my thought process. Especially when it came to academic matters .
      Glad to know it's common and a 'not- just- me' thing.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety

      @@poornimanair104 It's most definitely everybody and not just you. In fact some of the most proficient thinkers and writers have talked about that fact.
      I also often find when talking to my PhD supervisor, other researchers orfellow PhD students, that we often throw around half-baked ideas. We make mistakes, ask questions that we can't answer, run off in wrong directions, tell us what we don't understand about a topic and so on. All of that's not because we can't think clearly, it's because it's an important part of making sense of it all. We're literally constructing the answers as we speak and read and write (sometimes stretched out over months and years).
      And if we learn something new, we need to go through a similar process. It doesn't matter whether some other people have thought the thoughts before. For us it's new and it requires a real creative acomplishement to tie the elements together.
      Heinrich von Kleist, a German poet from the turn of the 19th century, even wrote an essay entitled "On the gradual construction of thoughts during speech".
      www.ias-research.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kleist-and-Hamburger_-_1951_-_On-the-Gradual-Construction-of-Thoughts-During-Speech.pdf
      Maybe the most comforting quote from this essay is: "(...)when an idea is expressed in a disorderly manner, it does not follow at all that it was also thought in a disorderly manner; rather it could easily be that the least clearly expressed ideas are just the most clearly thought." This guy studied law and philosophy, mind you, and was a professional author...!

  • @zhugeliang3905
    @zhugeliang3905 Před 3 lety +5

    It is even more difficult if English is not your native language.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety +2

      I know what you mean. I'm also not an English native speaker. In this case, surrounding yourself by English lectures, podcasts, articles... on the topics in which you want to express yourself more fluently in English can help.

  • @rajibkudas123
    @rajibkudas123 Před 3 lety +2

    Good video..but it could have been much better if you could explain with an example or idea....

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety

      Thanks, that's a good idea. Maybe I can make a follow up.

    • @rajibkudas123
      @rajibkudas123 Před 3 lety

      @@bf-thinking Thanks for the reply... Please make a video on that... With a short story or Novel Idea...

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 3 lety

      @@rajibkudas123 I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the suggestions.

  • @livwy
    @livwy Před rokem

    great video but im not sure i understand the brain dump would you be able to explain it again?

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před rokem

      Well, the brain dump dcan be used if you already have a lot of ideas, but they're all sort of all over the place. A question here, an insight there, a piece of evidence over there and so on. So, you already got a lot of ideas, but they're all sort of jumbled up. In that case the idea is to get all the little pieces out onto the page without regards as to whether they make much sense in isolation (some people refer to this as gushing or vomiting your thoughts onto the page - or of dumping the content of your mind onto the page, which is where the name comes from). What comes out (at least for me) is usually somewhere between half a sentence and a short paragraph in length.
      Once it's all out in the open, you can start to structure it. Which ideas go together? What is my question, my evidence, my conclusion? Is there a logical flow between idea chunks? Do the reader needs to know something first to understand this point? And so on and so forth. But now that you got it on the page it's much easier to do than if you attempt to do that in your head.
      s you structure these ideas you might find that you get further ideas or that there are certain puzzle pieces that you know, but didn't come out the first time round. Sometimes you might want to do additional brain dumps (maybe only about some sub-topics) or process some aspects with some of the other techniques. So, as you wrangle with the content of your brain dump, you slowly discover a logical structure. And once that has become sufficiently clear, you can start writing your actual text.
      Does that answer your question?

  • @itssyoboiii_ichiii
    @itssyoboiii_ichiii Před 2 lety

    I want to apologize to my friend, but i cant do it.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +2

      That can be a tricky problem and it's hard to analyse from a distance.
      Some questins you can ask yourself: Would it be a simple "I'm sorry" that you can't get out or do you need to say something more (e.g. to show them that you're aware now how they feel and that you "learned your lesson")? What exactly is holding you back? Are your emotions still too much in a turmoil when you think about what happened? Do you maybe have some programme against appologising (e.g. you subconsciously vew someone who appologises as weak and you don't want to show weakness)?
      Depending on your answers your problem might be a different one than the one I'm talking about here and my tips might or might not help you.

    • @itssyoboiii_ichiii
      @itssyoboiii_ichiii Před 2 lety

      @@bf-thinking its something that cant be forgiven by a simple "sorry".
      A year ago, i unintentionally confessed to my best friend that i liked her, which resulted badly. She lost her trust in me.
      Then last december, i had the opportunity to meet with her, so i spent the whole night, pshyching myself up, coming up with apology patterns, and after all of that preparations i knew that i was ready to face her, heck i didnt even slept so that i didnt forget that feeling. You see, ive been bottling all my emotions for the last 5-6 years so, at least i thought i must tell her what i really felt, what did go wrong, when did it first occured, the root of the problem, you know, i understood and knew what i want to say.
      Then later the next day, i blew up. Just as you said, it was like grabbing a smoke out of your hands. I got mental blocked, and didnt explained well.
      Not just that embarassing moment, it occured to me many times before. Talking to an audience, sharing my testimony in the church, performing speech in front of my teacher, all of these times i got mental blocked.
      Its just like the rails in my trains of thoughts always dissappears whenever i want to talk about something.

    • @itssyoboiii_ichiii
      @itssyoboiii_ichiii Před 2 lety

      Sorry for my bad english, it is not my first language.

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      @@itssyoboiii_ichiii As I said, it's hard to diagnose the problem from afar. I can just make some general comments and hope that some of them hit close enough to the mark to be useful.
      One thing that struck me while reading your explanation is how much energy you put into preparing to apologise to your friend. I think you might have put a big burden on yourself. Do you think this might be the case? If it is, then it's maybe not so surprising that your mind went blank. Our minds are funny things. Put a bit of pressure on them (for a limited amount of time) and you can perform better. Out too much pressure on them and they default to fight, flight or feigning death. None of these options is ideal for communicating. A similar phenomenon is known from students you put too much pressure on themselves before an exam and then go blank during the exam and perform much worse than they would have with a little bit less pressure.
      You also say that you bottled up your emotions for the last 5-6 years. Maybe you mean just with respect to the girl, but I have a feeling that you mean in general. The question is: why? Very often this is due to a fear of being judged. If that's the case this fear will run very deep by now and you invested a lot of time and energy by to set up this system. So, you'll need time and energy again to change it. Maybe by now you even hide some of your feelings from yourself.
      The techniques I talk about in this video might still help you to better understand yourself (in case you're hiding some of your feelings from yourself). And also for you to practice putting your thoughts into words.
      In addition, you might find it helpful to find a non-judgemental person or group of people in front of who you can practice public speaking in a save environment. Toastmasters International is an organisation that helped me a lot to get better at public speaking - you need to see whether or not that would also be helpful in your case.
      In any case, it will take time to overcome whatever's holding you back. Time and effort.
      I hope that's at least a little bit helpful. :)

    • @bf-thinking
      @bf-thinking  Před 2 lety +1

      @@itssyoboiii_ichiii Don't worry about your English. I had not problem understanding you. 🙂