Category: Critical Thinking

“You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions”.- Napoleon Hill

It is rightly said and that is what I learned in these three days. One of the biggest hallmarks of critical thinking is the capacity for independent thought. Here we learn about where and when you need to think critically. Not only for your big decisions in life but it actually helps in day-to-day life. Initially, It’s like what is this bias but today when I did an activity, It actually clears my thought process. Sometimes being critical leads to overthinking so we need to be mindful when to control our thoughts and when to look at all the skeptical perspectives and take the decision. Sessions are helpful to enhance my decision-making skills considering all the “BIAS”, shifting paradigms and beliefs.

“CRITICAL THINKING” The word itself made me think about what are we going to do in this life class. I hope it’s not boring and so on. But the very first day, in the first half I felt “WOW, It’s interesting.” Critical thinking leads to more research and looks for solutions. It helped us ponder upon our cognitive bias, think rationally, beliefs, and values of our traditions. Having a lot of bias is not harmful but that should affect us and others.  It had taught me when to think and how much to think. It’s not that we think critically every time. The exercises were very interesting and engaging. Looking forward for more sessions.

Critical Thinking sessions have helped me to think critically where I used to think emotionally before. I have understood the importance of having evidence or facts to support your thinking. The sharing done by the participants also helps you understand it better. I have become more conscious in understanding the biases based on my actions. Thank you so much Aman Sir and Shraddha for creating beautiful plans and passing on your learning to us. Looking forward to more such interesting sessions :).

As learnt in Emotional Intelligence Class, we are living in a Volatile Uncertain Complex Ambiguous world (VUCA world). It is more natural for all of us to keep experiencing Amygdala Hijack if we don’t implement the right balance of Emotional Intelligence and Critical Thinking in our lives. Easier said than done!! We have to be careful of not letting the Critical Thinking turn into Overthinking. It is important to understand that CT is not reflexive, rather it is an analytical stance. It helps you become more aware of your biases, take ownership of your beliefs, question things rather than blindly following/accepting it and finally helps you handle situations appropriately. A positive feeling that comes with these sessions is that we are already instilling it in our students. Eager to get more insights from the coming sessions and on the path to becoming a critical thinker (knowing well that it’s difficult and would happen with conscious efforts only).

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle

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Being critical is HAZARDOUS for your health.

Critical thinking has its positives as well as negatives. It is ofcourse good in all the sense but also has negative effects in others sense.

When it comes to relationships in life, be it parent,  friends, children,  or life partner. There are times when you want to apply critical thinking but your relation can come on stake, so you tend to ignore your critical thinking skill and keep it a side.

Sometimes being so critical effects your personal life, when it comes to questioning a religion, when it comes to questioning a ritual or questioning the paradigms for that matter, it is difficult to change people mindset and again you tend to keep your critical thoughts on a side.

I guess we all have faced such situations,  mention in comments down….. if you want….😉

“Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.”

George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

I would have never liked someone who always disagrees to my opinions but lately I have started respecting them. Thanks to the last session which has created this huge impact on my thought system that Disagreements leads to better decision making. We all may like gullible people but as a leader and for the benefit of the organization I have started equally respecting the most argumentative people as well. This is something that will stay with me for the rest of my life. The best thing that I could ever learn in critical thinking classes so far. The session by VK on Mathematical calculations for decision making was extremely informative. Helped me to change my investment plans. The sessions are really good. Making a difference and leaving an impact.