How THINK is useful both as acronym and habit
Some months ago, I shared a meme to Facebook. It was a photo of a poster that said: "Before you use Facebook, send a text, tweet, or blog, THINK: T - is it true ? H - is it helpful ? I - is it inspiring ? N - is it necessary ? K - is it kind ?" "Think" also happens to be my employer's slogan since the 1920s (the Japanese translation is the imperative form rather than the infinitive, 考えよ). And as an INTJ, I both value and enjoy thinking (and perhaps over-thinking). Years ago I'd read about an abridged version of the acronym "THINK" - that is, it had omitted the "is it inspiring" criterion. Oftentimes since then, I'd found that my observations or insights meet only half to three quarters of the remainder of these criteria. As a result, perhaps I've become even more taciturn than in my youth - although even back then, I believed in the concept of "live and let live", which also meant I wouldn't try to med