The Value of Critical Thinking
- Give your opinion on whether being an effective critical thinker makes decision making easier or more challenging. Justify your response.
- Consider the following statement: “The major difference between a successful person and one that is not successful is that the successful person, over time, tends to make better decisions than the less successful person.” Discuss whether or not you believe this statement to be true. Explain the fundamental ways in which effectively applying critical thinking concepts has helped you to become more successful.
Answer Preview
Critical thinking is the process of purposefully reasoning about something while considering all the evidence, context and the criteria used in the event (Lau, 2011). In my opinion being a critical thinker only makes the decision making process harder and more complex than it was before. This is because by being a critical thinker, one takes into consideration many more variables when making a decision than they normally do and this only…
(395 Words)