Its very Important to our life thinking
I have always thought Robert Schuller’s book titled Tough Times Never Last but Tough People Do was a great title, and I think the book may be more relevant than ever. These are tough times, and we all need to be tougher than the times.
So how do we do that? We need to think and act with courage. We need to boldly step out and speak out. It doesn’t matter if we’re concerned about the economy, our work-life balance, or our national destiny. This is not the time for fear, negativity, and comfort-zone living. This is the time for courage.
Of course, courage is a rather vague concept. So let me be specific. I believe that we all need to be practicing three types of courage. The first is the COURAGE TO DREAM.
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I strongly believe in the need for positive thinking. Originally, I thought everybody would agree with such a noble concept. That’s not the case. Cynics call positive thinkers crazy. But who really is crazy? The play, “The Man of La Mancha,” raises that very question. Is Don Quixote, The Man of La Mancha, crazy for only seeing the positive possibilities in the world, or is the world crazy because it only sees the negative realities?
I would suggest that the crazy people are the negative people. All they see and talk about are the negatives of society, By so doing, they reinforce negativity. By contrast, the positive people give the world a dream. They point out the good in the world and in the people around them. By reminding people of their goodness, their potential, and their possibilities, people begin to believe it and behave it.
How about you? Do you still have the COURAGE TO DREAM? I hope so.
Second, we all need the COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT. One of the biggest problems in our society is the fact that the negative people are speaking out while the positive people are silent.
To make matters worse, unusual amounts of attention are given to the negative people. I’ve noticed, for example, that there can be conventions in various cities across the country, where hundreds or thousands of people have gathered for some good cause, but the news media will spend more time focusing on the eight protestors standing outside the meeting rather than the hundreds inside the meeting.
Thankfully there has been a shift in media attention to the heroes and heroines of events. More attention is being given to the positive people. That’s so refreshing and healthy. You and I need the COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT, which implies the wisdom to sort out. We need to sort out the winners and the losers, and we need to be careful about who we are listening to.
Some people, for example, say the world is a bad place, that it gave them a raw deal. They think no one cares. Others will say God is dead; prayer doesn’t work, and religion is a bunch of baloney. Take a close look at who’s saying those things. Are they winners or losers?
Some people say marriage is outdated, that such commitments are ridiculous. But look who’s saying it. Winners or losers? All too many people get hurt in a relationship, even divorced, and they become anti-marriage, anti-male, or anti-female, and they continually speak out their negativity.
One broadcaster had this courage instinctively. In her 30-year career, she was fired 18 times, but every time it happened, she set her sights on something better. When no mainline U.S. radio station would hire her, mostly because she was a woman, she moved to Puerto Rico and polished her Spanish. When the wire service refused to send her to the Dominican Republic to cover an uprising, she scraped some money together, flew there on her own, and started to gather and sell her own news stories.
Critical Thinking...a Very Important Life Skill
As I was doing some research in order to be able to write this post, I came across the definition of Critical Thinking and one phrase caught my attention: Expressed most generally, critical thinking is “a way of taking up the problems of life.
Wow, what an important thing critical thinking can be to our lives! And very often, this is a neglected area of "study" for our children. As I was perusing "Building Thinking Skills, Level 3 Verbal", from The Critical Thinking Co., I came to realize what a large percentage of standardized testing is really critical thinking. I was an excellent student, but very bored. I am also an incredible test-taker - not because I am so smart and know so much, but because I am a very good critical thinker. I can look at several answers to a question I don't know and eliminate those that could not possibly be the correct answer, thus narrowing down the problem to find the correct answer. And all without knowing the process to find the correct answer!
Critical thinking is also very important for us and our children to be able to encounter all the fallacies in the world and be able to discern what is truth and what is fiction. It includes logic as well as intellect, analyzing options and much, much more. Through The Critical Thinking Co. products, you will be able to provide your children (and yourself) with a fun way to increase their critical thinking skills. These books are so much fun that you don't even have to tell them it is school work! Just give them some pages to try and see if they don't ask for more.
So, back to the actual book that I had the opportunity to use and review for you - Building Thinking Skills, Level 3 Verbal. This book covered many different types of verbal thinking skills, including Verbal Similarities and Differences (like antonyms and synonyms), Verbal Sequences (including following directions, maps, flowcharting), Verbal Classifications (like diagramming, sorting, classes) and Verbal Analogies. I let me daughter try many different types of these worksheets and she had a great time! She is actually younger that this was intended for, but actually did quite well. I also enjoyed them very much and had a hard time putting the book down long enough to write about it. This is the kind of book that you can just leave laying out for your children to use in their free time. They don't have to have it assigned really, they will want to do it. And you can work on these together and discuss the problems presented, which will help broaden their thinking skills even more.
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I have always thought Robert Schuller’s book titled Tough Times Never Last but Tough People Do was a great title, and I think the book may be more relevant than ever. These are tough times, and we all need to be tougher than the times.
So how do we do that? We need to think and act with courage. We need to boldly step out and speak out. It doesn’t matter if we’re concerned about the economy, our work-life balance, or our national destiny. This is not the time for fear, negativity, and comfort-zone living. This is the time for courage.
Of course, courage is a rather vague concept. So let me be specific. I believe that we all need to be practicing three types of courage. The first is the COURAGE TO DREAM.
I strongly believe in the need for positive thinking. Originally, I thought everybody would agree with such a noble concept. That’s not the case. Cynics call positive thinkers crazy. But who really is crazy? The play, “The Man of La Mancha,” raises that very question. Is Don Quixote, The Man of La Mancha, crazy for only seeing the positive possibilities in the world, or is the world crazy because it only sees the negative realities?
I would suggest that the crazy people are the negative people. All they see and talk about are the negatives of society, By so doing, they reinforce negativity. By contrast, the positive people give the world a dream. They point out the good in the world and in the people around them. By reminding people of their goodness, their potential, and their possibilities, people begin to believe it and behave it.
How about you? Do you still have the COURAGE TO DREAM? I hope so.
Second, we all need the COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT. One of the biggest problems in our society is the fact that the negative people are speaking out while the positive people are silent.
To make matters worse, unusual amounts of attention are given to the negative people. I’ve noticed, for example, that there can be conventions in various cities across the country, where hundreds or thousands of people have gathered for some good cause, but the news media will spend more time focusing on the eight protestors standing outside the meeting rather than the hundreds inside the meeting.
Thankfully there has been a shift in media attention to the heroes and heroines of events. More attention is being given to the positive people. That’s so refreshing and healthy. You and I need the COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT, which implies the wisdom to sort out. We need to sort out the winners and the losers, and we need to be careful about who we are listening to.
Some people, for example, say the world is a bad place, that it gave them a raw deal. They think no one cares. Others will say God is dead; prayer doesn’t work, and religion is a bunch of baloney. Take a close look at who’s saying those things. Are they winners or losers?
Some people say marriage is outdated, that such commitments are ridiculous. But look who’s saying it. Winners or losers? All too many people get hurt in a relationship, even divorced, and they become anti-marriage, anti-male, or anti-female, and they continually speak out their negativity.
One broadcaster had this courage instinctively. In her 30-year career, she was fired 18 times, but every time it happened, she set her sights on something better. When no mainline U.S. radio station would hire her, mostly because she was a woman, she moved to Puerto Rico and polished her Spanish. When the wire service refused to send her to the Dominican Republic to cover an uprising, she scraped some money together, flew there on her own, and started to gather and sell her own news stories.
Critical Thinking...a Very Important Life Skill
As I was doing some research in order to be able to write this post, I came across the definition of Critical Thinking and one phrase caught my attention: Expressed most generally, critical thinking is “a way of taking up the problems of life.
Wow, what an important thing critical thinking can be to our lives! And very often, this is a neglected area of "study" for our children. As I was perusing "Building Thinking Skills, Level 3 Verbal", from The Critical Thinking Co., I came to realize what a large percentage of standardized testing is really critical thinking. I was an excellent student, but very bored. I am also an incredible test-taker - not because I am so smart and know so much, but because I am a very good critical thinker. I can look at several answers to a question I don't know and eliminate those that could not possibly be the correct answer, thus narrowing down the problem to find the correct answer. And all without knowing the process to find the correct answer!
Critical thinking is also very important for us and our children to be able to encounter all the fallacies in the world and be able to discern what is truth and what is fiction. It includes logic as well as intellect, analyzing options and much, much more. Through The Critical Thinking Co. products, you will be able to provide your children (and yourself) with a fun way to increase their critical thinking skills. These books are so much fun that you don't even have to tell them it is school work! Just give them some pages to try and see if they don't ask for more.
So, back to the actual book that I had the opportunity to use and review for you - Building Thinking Skills, Level 3 Verbal. This book covered many different types of verbal thinking skills, including Verbal Similarities and Differences (like antonyms and synonyms), Verbal Sequences (including following directions, maps, flowcharting), Verbal Classifications (like diagramming, sorting, classes) and Verbal Analogies. I let me daughter try many different types of these worksheets and she had a great time! She is actually younger that this was intended for, but actually did quite well. I also enjoyed them very much and had a hard time putting the book down long enough to write about it. This is the kind of book that you can just leave laying out for your children to use in their free time. They don't have to have it assigned really, they will want to do it. And you can work on these together and discuss the problems presented, which will help broaden their thinking skills even more.
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