Finding Your Talent Way - Edition 6 Critical Thinking, Building your CT muscle, and asking ChatGPT for advice.

Introduction

Welcome to the sixth edition of our newsletter. Finding Your Talent Way is a digestible bi-weekly run-down for active learners and people managers who want to take steps to become successful in life and work.

My Thoughts - Steps to Unlock your Critical Thinking

As we begin a new year, it's important to take stock of our habits and behaviors, including our thinking patterns. One essential habit to cultivate is critical thinking.

Critical thinking is the ability to analyze and evaluate information in order to form a judgment. It involves considering different perspectives and using logic and evidence to make informed decisions.

In today's fast-paced, information-saturated world, it's more important than ever to be able to think critically. With so much information available at our fingertips, it's easy to be swayed by misinformation, fake news, and biased perspectives.

One way to improve your critical thinking skills is to practice active reading. Instead of passively consuming information, actively engage with the material by asking questions, identifying biases, and looking for evidence to support or refute claims.

Another helpful technique is to consider multiple perspectives. Try to understand the reasoning behind different points of view, even if you don't agree with them.

Encourage new ideas and perspectives in your group discussions and decision making.

It's also important to be aware of cognitive biases, which are mental shortcuts that can lead us to make irrational decisions.

Some common examples include confirmation bias (the tendency to seek out information that confirms our existing beliefs) and the sunk cost fallacy (the tendency to continue investing in a project or decision because of the resources already invested). By being aware of these biases, we can work to counteract them and make more rational decisions.

I recommend following the teachings of my favorite writer and role model Ray Dalio . Ray is famous for cultivating an amazing company culture and successful personal life based on principled thinking. One of his key principles?is Be Radically Open-minded. Check out Ray's Youtube video, "Principles for Success".

Trending News - Build Your Critical Thinking Muscle

Our Community

In a recent post Christopher J. Patten reposted a video from Eve Vlemincx that demonstrates critical thinking from an unlikely source. As Christopher writes, "How do we 'break out' of "we always did it this way" mindset?

Rajiv Naithani asked ChatGPT for it's advice to humans. Check out his post for a most surprising - yet not - answer. Thanks for sharing your findings Rajiv.

Is there a community post we should be highlighting? Add the post link to the comments below.

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Have questions or thoughts about anything you read in this newsletter? I would love to hear from you. Please direct message me here on LinkedIn.

Thank you,

Jay and the TalentWay team

Jay Makarov is a spirited entrepreneur and people development expert capable of recognizing market needs and delivering innovative solutions. His academic and early career roots are in computer programming, where he excelled in product architecture and team leadership. Jay holds an economics Ph.D. with a dissertation on competency development. When not busy with TalentWay, you can find him traveling, swimming, playing basketball, or relaxing to some jazz music with a book.

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