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Are You A Critical Thinker?
Jul 02, 2020
"You like her...until you don't..."
That's what I told one of my clients recently about her relationship with her supervisor. She's had different supervisors, and everything starts off great with each one...then it deteriorates into complaining about how bad the supervisor is. What I tried to help my client understand is that the common denominator in each case isn't the supervisor...it's her!
We can't win in life without critical thinking.
Do you have an open mind? Or do you dig your heels in and hold your beliefs without challenging them?
How about healthy skepticism? Do you take everything like a large-mouth bass or catfish swallows the whole hook?
Intellectual humility...is that something you cultivate? Or are you convinced that you alone hold court and know it all?
Are you a free thinker? Or are you prone to groupthink and just go with the crowd instead of thinking for yourself?
Do you have a deep desire (motivation) for Truth? Or you're alright having others tell you what ...
Transformative Experiences Come From Critical Thought
Jun 29, 2020
Growing up in Zambia, there were three national exams that we had to pass to matriculate into the next phases of school:
Grade 7 exams.
Grade 9 exams.
Grade 12 exams.
In Grade 7, we took two tests — Special Paper 1 and 2 — that checked our critical thinking and reasoning skills. When I moved to the U.S., I was amazed that Critical Thinking wasn’t formally taught for most until college...
Our times call for Critical Thinkers — people who refuse to hide behind the emotion of an experience, and judge it with BOTH a clear mind and a clear heart. Sadly, it’s quite clear that crucial critical thinking and reasoning skills are lacking right now...
Critical thinking doesn’t mean we don’t feel our emotions. Critical thinking means we don’t allow our emotions to blur our vision, poison the well of wisdom, or excuse us of all common sense. We can’t have what my friends at LeaderShape call “a more just, caring, and thriving world” without critical thinking. We can’t reach Kozhi Mak
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