Critical Thinking: Easiest way to be smarter!
Knock the door of our brains now. An excellent simple maths (easy) problem that give birth to how quickly we settle into habits, is the following math exercise. Start by adding a few numbers in your mind. Do this in mind not on a piece of paper because it’s very easy!
Think about 1000
Then add 40
Add another 1000
Add 30
Add another 1000
Add 20
Add another 1000.
Add 10
What do we get? Maximum solvers answer 5000. Some of them scream out loud 6000. Others try to say 4700, some guess 5,100. And few say, 4100. No doubt, 4100 is right solution. Can’t believe on me? Please, do it again.
It’s the last addition of 10 that create an problem with our mind. Most solver get stuck adding 4090 plus 10. They directly say 5000. Nothing to worry, this is basic brain behaviour. This creates an barrier to be smart! (special barrier for productivity and profitability).
Patterns are the most favorite of our . What number is repeated in the math problem? A thousand. So when the brain is asked to add ten it’s already tuning out the request by jumping into the pattern of thousands.
Look, your brain is part of your body, right? Think. Just eat a good variety of reasonably healthy stuff, don’t eat too much, get out and exercise once or twice a week, and you’ll be fine. If you keep your body in pretty good shape, guess what? Your mind will come along for the ride and maintain its plasticity as you age.
Critical thinking is “disciplined and focused thinking”. This happens when we draw on our existing knowledge, experience and apply our problem-solving skills, to do things like: Reason why things happen Assess ideas and form opinions Understand other viewpoints and perspectives Make predictions of outcomes Come up with creative solutions Draw up comparisons, evaluate differences and understand relationships
Critical Thinking Skills help us to make good, sound decisions, understand the consequences of our actions and solve complex problems. We use them every day, in everything from solving a puzzle to working out a complex algorithm. Critical Thinking uses other many important life skills like making connections, understanding perspectives and communication. Critical thinking is considered one of the most important 21st Century Skills to learn. It consolidates all learning and thus is an essential life skill. And best of all, we can teach children to think critically!
- Sarthak Niwate
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