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The Think · Thinking-Tools Gym

Measure and train the 13 thinking tools used by da Vinci, Feynman, and Einstein.

The 13 thinking-tools gym

Thinking is
a muscle

The 13 thinking tools da Vinci, Feynman, and Einstein all used. Don't just read — measure, and train.

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13
thinking tools
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training items
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diagnostic · auto-scored

Why train?

Reading a book won't grow your thinking. Thinking is a muscle, not knowledge — you have to measure it and repeat.

01

Measure

See where you stand today as a number with a 10-min diagnostic

02

Train

Repeat by difficulty, starting with your weakest tool

03

Re-measure

Check again how much you've grown

The 10-minute diagnostic auto-scores your fundamentals in Observing, Analogizing, and Abstracting with answer-key mini-tests. After the diagnostic, you repeat all 13 tools with open-ended training by difficulty.

All 13 thinking tools, open right now

You can start training with any tool right away.

01

Observing

Separate what you see from what you know

02

Analogizing

The domain is clothing; the structure is the class

03

Abstracting

Keep only the essence, drop the rest

04

Imaging

Picture it in your head and turn it around

05

Recognizing Patterns

Read the structure inside repetition

06

Forming Patterns

Make rules and assemble a world

07

Body Thinking

When your head is stuck, solve it with your body

08

Empathizing

Become that person

09

Dimensional Thinking

Change the scale and the axes

10

Modeling

Build it small to understand it big

11

Playing

Play around with a serious problem

12

Transforming

Change the representation, change the thought

13

Synthesizing

Weave the tools into one

The diagnostic (radar) is measured against the 3 core tools: Observing, Analogizing, Abstracting.

Honest measurement

This score is not an IQ. It's not a standardized psychological test either.

It's a training baseline that auto-scores your fundamentals in Observing, Analogizing, and Abstracting against an answer key. The point of the score isn't to judge you — it's to decide what to train first.