> I did find Six Thinking hats useful The biggest impact life lesson I had from that book was to be upfront with my feelings (red hat.) Unacknowledged emotions

> I did find Six Thinking hats useful The biggest impact life lesson I had from that book was to be upfront with my feelings (red hat.) Unacknowledged emotions sit in the background and strongly influence thinking while often being quite dumb. Emotions brought out in the open tend to shrink to their proper significance and can be quite informative.