Improving Observation Skills
Improving Personal Observation Skills
Observation is more than just noticing details to answer questions you already have. It also involves engaging with your environment, deliberately noticing details, and using logic and imagination to visualize possible outcomes.
Tips
- Build a habit of being mindful of your surroundings, especially ones that you think you're already familiar with.
- Keep an observation journal detailing irregular occurrences, sounds, and events happening around you. This builds a habit of observing details. You can also do this conscientiously without writing everything down.
- When talking to someone, take into account their body language. If they seem distracted, slow down and ask what they are focused on.
- Make logical deductions from your observations. Be wary of fallacies !
- Play engaging board games with other people. Games require exercising your logic, and playing board games gives you the opportunity to test your assumptions.