Whatever you are doing right now is determined by the way you are thinking.
Whatever emotions you feel are influenced by your thinking.
Whatever you want – all your desires – are determined by your thinking.
If your thinking is unrealistic, it will lead you to many disappointments.
If your thinking is overly pessimistic, it will deny you due recognition of the many things in which you should properly rejoice.
In this webinar you will learn the tools the best thinkers use in their work and personal lives.
You will learn how to implement these qualities of the best thinkers:
- How to reflect on your thinking.
- How to be more purposeful.
- Intellectual tools to raise the quality of your thinking.
- How to distinguish thoughts from feelings and desires.
This webinar will help you reason well through the problems and issues you face at work and in your personal life.
About the Speaker: Dr. Brian Barnes
Dr. Brian Barnes holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Louisville.
Barnes is a veteran of the US Army, along with other non-academic careers, and currently teaches face-to-face and online classes at several universities in traditional philosophy topics, along with courses in sustainability, critical thinking, and Japanese sword practice.
He has co-authored articles examining critical thinking strategies and tactics for the National Teaching and Learning Forum and is the author of the textbook, The Central Question: Critical Engagement with Business Ethics (2013).
Barnes co-hosts the weekly radio show, Critical Thinking for Everyone!, on 106.5 Forward Radio in Louisville, and he also created the critical thinking comic book series, Adventures in Critical Thinking. Dr. Barnes is a Scholar of the Foundation for Critical Thinking, and was a direct student of Dr. Richard Paul.
Tags:
critical thinking, decision making, logical reasoning, problem solving, reflective thinking
