Richard CanfieldPodcast Host and IBC Advisor, Ascendant Financial · Authorized Infinite Banking Practitioner | Author of 4 Books

Stop Chasing Numbers. Start Thinking.

5 May 2025 · 1 min

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This YouTube video ("Stop Chasing Numbers. Start Thinking.") features a conversation about analytical thinking. In this excerpt, one speaker advises analytical people to "focus on the logic" first—ensure the problem makes sense hypothetically—before turning to numerical solutions, because numbers alone are meaningless without understanding the problem.

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What kind of things would you suggest for an individual who is in a similar position, like yourself, if they were looking at the concept?
I would say the first thing that comes to mind for me when I work with, let's call it the analytical types, is they're over analytical. What I like to share with people of that mind, because I'm analytic myself, is to focus on the logic. Focus on the logic first, let it make sense from a logical or hypothetical standpoint, and then you can look at the numbers after. As we like to say, if you don't understand the problem, then the solution won't matter. And the solution really is a bunch of numbers and it won't matter mean anything if you don't understand the problem.