Friday, July 14, 2006

The Power of Critical Thinking

In business today more than ever, you need to have people working around you who really make you think critically about what you are trying to achieve. People who ask the hard question and who make your brain hurt are a real find and a rare gift.

Training yourself to think deeply is the discipline that can unleash new energy and ideas that are powerful, invigorating and that sustain your action. Such activities are enlivening.

Everyone these days seems to be looking for the quick fix and the magical short cut. There are none. Don’t let yourself off the hook by settling for less.

It is only by reading extensively, engaging in dialogue and healthy debate with others and conversing at depth that we solve problems that exist and build depth within ourselves that informs purposeful action in the world of our business and in our lives.

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