How to Think · Sitting 6
Think It Through — Then Act
A loop that does not change what you do is theater with extra worksheets.
- 40 min
- Practice · Reflect
- 15–18
Parent briefing · 5 minutes, before they sit
Capstone. A short written packet is the artifact. Model may only ask questions. No humiliation.
Hard edges
- No forced political conversion.
- Do not make this a confession ritual.
If they say
- “Thinking is the point, not doing.”
- If nothing could change what you do, you wrote a jersey, not a map.
Objective
The student completes one written loop and names one behavior that changes if the map moved.
The last line is DO
Sittings 1–5 without a change in behavior are a club. Write: claim, burden, steel-man, breaker, frozen term, where fluency tried to pay. Then: what I will do differently — or why the map did not move. If you cannot name the behavior, you performed. A model will write a humble last line. You still have to mean it on Tuesday.
Big idea
An unacted loop is theater. A named next action is a map.
Try this~18 min total
Loop plus DO
18 min- Pick a belief or disagreement from this year.
- Write the loop (claim, burden, steel-man, breaker, term, fluency catch).
- Write DO DIFFERENTLY or MAP DID NOT MOVE, because ____.
- Ask the guide only: 'Where is this still theater?'
- Keep the piece.
Lesson guide
Ask after you try
Critique only, after the draft.
- Paste the loop. Ask where it's theater. Revise yourself.
- Is DO DIFFERENTLY specific, or did they honestly freeze the map?
- Could they say it without the doc?
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Dinner table
What will we do differently because we thought it through?
Sits beside
- Science. Revision is the method.
- Philosophy. Impressions can be refused.
Booklet
Download the How to Think booklet
The full text behind this sitting. Printable PDF, plus Markdown for a Hermes agent. Pick the level that fits.
Integrity. Do not generate the loop. If the sentences aren't yours, it didn't happen.