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RED in Real Life
Examples of good and bad critical thinking and making decisions with the RED model!
Do you WAIT in meetings? You should.
I keep coming back to a tweet I read month ago. It said we should “W.A.I.T.” and ask ourselves, “why am I talking?” Some of us may interpret this as another way to say “think before you speak” or “engage your brain before you engage your mouth” but I think it’s taking it one step [...]
Critically Thinking About Your Personal Brand Online
If someone asked, “who are you?” what would you say? A mother, an entrepreneur, a conservative, a reality TV show fan, a soccer player, a dreamer? Each of those individual characteristics that you use to define yourself should be part of your personal brand. Here’s a more difficult question- “Is your brand at work different than your [...]
The Art of Bookend Meetings
Last month I was introduced to the term “tailgate meeting.” This meeting doesn’t require beer nor do you have to convene in the parking lot. Instead a tailgate meeting is the post meeting reflection. As catchy as the tailgate meeting sounds, I like the visual of bookends better. A meeting cannot stand-alone. There are those [...]
Critical Thinking Exercise: Watch the News.
I often wonder how many people actually watch the news. Until today, I never realized that it’s a pretty hard statistic to find. But there are a bunch of different news programs on television which leads me believe that there must be a decent number of viewers. Until recently, I’ve always gone to one channel [...]
To Promote Critical Thinking, You Must Model It
I have a Twitter search set up for the words “critical thinking” and receive an alert in my Google Reader anytime someone tweets that phrase. I have found some really great quotes, articles, and ideas based on this search. I have also seen many insults hurled in the name of dounouncing someone else’s “lack of [...]
Critical Thinking Fail: It Can Happen to You!
Meet Theo. Theo is my family cat. About four months ago, Theo began acting up. We took him to the Vet, who gave him a full examination. Finding nothing out of the ordinary, we were told that Mr. Theo was suffering from anxiety and that we should invest in some aromatherapy to help calm him. [...]
What NOT to Do When You Resign From Your Job
If you’ve ever given notice to your employer, you know how stressful and delicate the process can be. If you were a happy employee, you may be worried about your boss being upset about your departure. If you were an unhappy employee, you may be tempted to leave with impact and tell everyone exactly what [...]
4 Steps to Influence Others’ Assumptions
After meeting Carolyn Kepcher, I’ve been thinking a lot about career advice. Ultimately I came to the conclusion that what I was looking for is a way to control the assumptions others make about me. I was fortunate enough to discuss this with Anne & Charlie Kreitzberg, authors of Critical Thinking University, who explained that [...]
Monday Morning Critical Thinking Fails
It’s Monday morning and like the rest of the working adults in America, you are guzzling coffee and struggling to find motivation. We, at critical-thinkers.com, believe it’s time for a laugh and to learn from the critical thinking failures of others. Enjoy! (Sources noted on each picture)
How to Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking
How early should you start teaching your kids to think critically? In my opinion, it is never too early. The fundamentals of critical thinking, recognizing assumptions, removing emotional bias, evaluating arguments, solving problems, and making decisions are so valuable that we should make an effort to teach our children how to think better every [...]