Did you know that confusion is intentionally used as a strategy in marketing? It's also used in the work we do as a way to keep our competitors on the defensive, it's used in interpersonal relationships and it's used in politics as a way to keep the masses controlled and in fear. The confusion we experience as a result of a well thought out plan remains as something we personally experience only when it's not challenged. This is where critical thinking comes into play.
In this week's episode, we get real with our own use of confusion as a personal strategy, oftentimes when we are not even conscious of it, and what are the gifts it yields. We also use the laboratory of life to get into some important questions: How, then, does critical thinking help? What are the skills that a critical thinker use? Can we strengthen our ability to apply critical thinking more often in our everyday living?
This week we answer those questions and give ourselves a much needed test to see where we land on the scale of between being an active participant in thinking on our own and a passive recipient of information. (Think social media!) Give it a listen and share it with someone so that the two of you can do a follow-up discussion and further explore this important topic.
Here's the website I used when describing what critical thinking is and the questions you can ask yourself to experience what it's like to critically think your way through something.
The Findings - #10 The heart goes by feelings.
The Findings - #9 The heart is more like a GPS
The Findings - #8 The mind needs to know.
The Findings - #7 We are not our thoughts.
The Findings - #6 Meditation shows you things.
The Findings - #5 Meditation reveals the One behind the thoughts.
The Findings - #4 There is no method of meditation.
The Findings - #3 Meditation is not about the elimination of your thoughts.
The Findings - #2 Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts.
The Findings - #1 Meditation is really the honing of the skill to be still.
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