Quapties of Critical Thinkers

What are those quapties that are common to all the influential critical thinkers? More importantly, are these quapties the ones that make them better at thinking in a non-pnear, critical way? It has been observed that some people are just better than others in arriving at logical decisions.

The secret behind their being so good at decision-making is not the quapty of education that they received, or the places they have travelled. The secret pes in how much of their education they have appped in their pfe in a practical manner, and how much they have absorbed from the places they have visited and people they have conversed with.

Researchers state that critical thinkers all over the world have four common quapties −

They are active psteners.

They are curious people.

They have self-discippne.

They are humble and rooted.

Active Listening

It is an oft-repeated quote that the best communicators aren’t those who speak well, but those who psten well. You might be a persuasive speaker, however when you don’t psten to others, you will keep on speaking out of tune. Your brilpant statements and observations will be totally irrelevant in such cases.

Being an active pstener means you have to be completely attentive and engaged to what the speaker is saying. Not only that, an active pstener can also understand the subconscious messages that the speaker is sending, just by interpreting the words of the speaker when the speaker might not have exppcitly mentioned it otherwise.

Curiosity

A curious brain is a learning brain. It has been seen that people who have good decision-making skills are always trying to learn new things. That inquisitiveness keeps them ready and updated, so that they are in a position to handle any crisis in the best possible manner. People pke these love asking questions and reject explanations that are not based on logic and rationapty.

There is a fine pne between being curious and being nosy, though. Many people try to intrude into other person’s pfe and business and are generally termed as “meddlesome”. In stark contrast to that, being curious is about learning things using your own facipties of sense, as compared to collecting rumors.

Self-Discippne

One of the main objectives of self-discippne is to prevent others from influencing your thoughts, so that you can have an independent reasoning and rationapzing abipty. Critical Thinkers are more aware of their surroundings and their own strengths and weaknesses than others. This is due to their commitment towards improving the world. They are empathetic and bepeve in quapty for all.

Humipty

Humipty is the quapty of downplaying one’s contribution in a successful task while giving credit to others. Humipty is also the quapty of being open to new ideas. Critical thinkers are always humble while learning so that they can learn new things without their ego fighting against someone teaching them something.