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Critical Thinking Skills are Paramount
Today
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Q: The Economic Crisis is on everyone’s mind. Can Critical Thinking Skills help me?
A: Yes!
With the biggest economic crisis in the past 80 years facing us today, Critical Thinking skills are absolutely paramount to handle the problems and decisions that you will face with confidence and resolve.
Each person will handle the crisis differently, but those with core Critical Thinking Skills will have the competitive edge to knowing what to do that is best for themselves and their families.
Q: How can the book: The Re-Discovery of Common Sense Help Me?
A: The Re-Discovery of Common Sense teaches the core skills of Critical Thinking. These skills are cornerstones of success and right now; cornerstones of financial survival.
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense will teach you Critical Thinking, Decision Making and Problem Solving skills in a fun and entertaining format. There are easy to understand explanations, fascinating historical examples, hilarious cartoons and great quotes. There are also practical examples to apply what you have just learned. The book is a fast read and it can be used over and over again for reference.
What can you do right now?
Critical Thinking and the Stock Market Meltdown
The 4 most important things you need right now!
This is not the first time we here in the United States have experienced crisis, nor will it be the last. We are strong, and will be strong again, but right now we have extremely big problems.
First let’s look at the current stock market collapse. Most bear markets have a drop of 20 to 40 percent or more off the high. Since 1946 there have been 11 bear markets. So far the S&P 500 has been down as low at -43%. That’s third on the hit list of the 11 bear markets and this bear market is only a year old. Only two other bear markets have produced worse. The worst bear market with a drop of 49% started in March of 2000 and lasted 929 days. We are one or two very bad days of becoming the worst bear market since the great depression. Now that’s scary!
How much further can it go down? No one knows but we are definitively in interesting times. The Chinese have a curse that says:
“May you live in interesting times!”
What happens next
The sub prime mortgage meltdown is still occurring. Also, right ahead of us we still have credit default swaps lurking in the dark unregulated alleys of the stock market. Credit Default Swaps are an instrument most people never even knew the name of just a couple months ago. Many of these credit default swaps become due shortly. More shock waves are sure to be injected into the economy from these financial weapons of mass distruction!
Credit Default Swaps are extremely complicated unregulated sophisticated insurance policies that total somewhere around 46 Trillion (yes trillion) dollars. While little known to most individual investors, credit default swaps are commonly used contracts to insure against the default of financial instruments such as bonds and corporate debt.
How much will the failure of the Credit Default Swaps affect the finacial markets is anybody’s guess.
Next, many people may begin to default on their Credit cards who have defaulted on their mortgages. This will put even more pressure on already fragile financial system.
Sub-prime mortgage failures, Credit Default Swaps, an increasing inventory of increasing foreclosures, collapsing businesses, and dried up consumer spending doesn’t paint a pretty picture for the near future.
Fortunately may governments are paying attention and scrambling to save the economies of the world. But, is it too little or too late?
What will the stock market do? Who knows? Should you be in or out? Only you know the answer to that question. One thing is for sure…these events are unprecedented in the past 80 years, and there are still plenty of surprises. It is a very dangerous game to invest right now. Vegas probably has better odds!
The 4 things you can do right now:
- Protect your cash. Minimizing dept and having cash reserves is important right now. How much you should have in the stock market is an individual decision based on facts, data, common sense and feelings about what is right for you and your family.
- Protect your confidence. Making sound critical decisions will help you to preserve your confidence and help you make wise decisions on your finances. This means when you can feel comfortable to invest and spend again.
- Knowledge is power. There are an incredible number of excellent resources to help you gather facts and data (the first step in great decision making). I have included some of the top resources on my Resources Page on my website. These will help you understand the Mortgage and Credit Crisis, the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis.
- Strengthen your critical thinking skills!. Strong critical thinking skills are needed more than ever right now to address this stock market meltdown. My book: The Re-Discovery of Common Sense provides the basics on Critical Thinking, Decision Making and Problem Solving. Armed with this knowledge you will be able to sleep better and night and make wiser decisions for your future. Knowledge is power. When you take control of your life and finances you will have the power to make wise decisions on what is right for you and your family. You will base your decisions on facts and data and common sense rather than knee jerk actions based on fear and the mushroom mentality.
I hope this information has been some help. My name again is Chuck Clayton and if you would like to learn more about improving your critical thinking and decision making skills please read further... |
Let's dig deeper into the core of Critical Thinking Skills!
THE SECRETS OF GREAT
DECISION MAKING!
What type of decisions are you facing right now?
* How do you protect yourself finacially in this economic crisis?
* Should you buy that high priced car with good gas mileage?
* Where can you take a great vacation and not break the bank?
* How do you plan an exciting future for yourself?
* Should you take that new position at work?
* How do you plan for a great retirement?
* What career should you pursue?
* What school should you attend?
* What home should you buy?
Work Smarter, Not Harder!
We continually have to make decisions in life. They are part of living. But, where do you get a “how to” guide that strips away the complexity of decision making and replaces it with an easy to understand format?
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense takes the mystery and mystique out of decision making and replaces it with an easy to use “step-by-step guide” that you will enjoy learning from. It teaches concepts, methods and provides resources for making almost any decision. It also teaches how to think critically. Easy to understand explanations, real life examples, cartoons, and fascinating quotes make the book educational, engaging, and fun.
You will learn the 7 steps of making any decision and the 8 steps of doing any project. You will also learn the key elements of critical thinking, the power of your multiple intelligences and much more.
Once you have learned the powerful tools and techniques of decision making and critical thinking you will learn how these skills can be applied to real life. Practical examples teach you how to get the best deals on vacations and cars. Other examples teach you how to lower your electric bills, how to do home projects and how to create an exciting future for yourself!
The book is geared for high school students and above. It is also for anyone needing strong decision making skills. Teachers and parents will find the book especially helpful for their students and children who need that little extra nudge to think more critically and make wise decisions in their lives.
Great decisions make a great life. The Re-Discovery of Common Sense—A Guide to the Lost Art of Critical Thinking is a practical book that will teach you powerful skills for becoming successful both personally and professionally!
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense
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Now, a few words for Educators and Parents!
If you are a Educator (or concerned parent) of High School students please consider the following training system.
Are your students:
- Having difficulty making decisions
- Having difficulty solving problems?
- Learning the life skills they need to be successful?
- Asking questions they should know the answer to?
If you answered yes to any of these questions then please consider "The Secrets Of Great Decision Making Training System" for your students learning needs.
The Secrets of Great Decision Making
Training System
will help your students make great decisions, save money, do projects quickly, free up time to do fun things, lower their frustrations and create a great future for themselves.
This powerful training system includes a book (The Re-Discovery of Common Sense) and its workbook to teach your students how to make great decisions, solve problems and think through tough situations.
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense is an easy to read guide. It eliminates the mystery of decision making and provides a easy step by step process. It also teaches how to do projects quickly and effectively. It’s cartoons, practical examples, and fascinating stories make a tough subject non-intimidating. The book is entertaining and educational. Your students will enjoy learning!
The book has two purposes. First, It provides strong fundamentals for critically thinking about any subject. And, it acts as a reference guide. Each chapter teaches a definitive subject presented in a clear, crisp and practical manner. Few words are wasted.
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense Workbook helps reinforce the ideas in the book. It provides practical examples your students will enjoy doing. This helps students internalize what they have just learned.
Great Decision Making Skills not only improve student's decisions, they improve confidence, attitude towards school, and productivity!
"A Must Have Primer on a Great Topic--Book Critic Mallory
"Jan Dynes author of Refraction recommended this book to me, for my son and I bought it at the L.A. Book Festival with the workbook. My somewhat directionless son actually enjoyed the way the material was presented and read each page and did each step and he is a changed kid. A big thank you to Chuck Clayton and books that mold and make a difference!"
Important Notice!
This training system isn't just for High School Students. It is for anyone who is interested in developing great decision making skills! |
Why was this Training System Created?
There is a serious lack of Critical Thinking in our country and the world. For example, Alan Greeenspan in his book "The Age of Turbulence" writes:
“A
dysfunctional
U.S. elementary and secondary education system has failed to prepare our students sufficiently rapidly to prevent a shortage of skilled workers and a surfeit of lesser-skilled ones, expanding the pay gap between the two groups. Unless America’s education system can raise skill levels as quickly as technology requires, skilled workers will continue to earn greater wage increases, leading to ever more disturbing extremes of income concentration.”
On the other side of the coin Greenspan says:
“It is not accident that human beings persevere and advance in the face of adversity. Adaptation is in our nature, a fact that leads me to be deeply optimistic about our future.”
What do we take away from this? The simple answer is that each of us must choose our own future and that future will affect our collective future.
To create a great future we need a clear path to travel. The difficulty of choosing that path is increased because of ever expanding options in everything we do.
In a highly stimulating environment it is too easy to spin our wheels. How do we choose a path that improves our life both individually and collectively?
Fortunately there is hope!
The message is clear. Those who will succeed and prosper in the coming years will have the following skills and backgrounds:
Decision making
- Knowledge
- Schooling
- Experience
- Reasoning
- Intuition
- Common Sense
- Confidence
These skills can be boiled down to one skill. It is a major skill that we all need to be successful in whatever career we choose.
The skill is powerful, transferable to any field, and has made countless people enormously successful and prosperous through the ages. If your students learn to use it well you can become extremely successful in their professional and personal lifes. It is:
The Lost Art
of
Critical Thinking!
What is Critical Thinking?
I am glad you asked!
Critical Thinking is the ability to make and carry out informed decisions by efficiently utilizing your lifetime knowledge, experience, common sense, reasoning, intuition, feelings, and confidence.
People can learn critical thinking skills on their own through trial and error. However, trial and error takes much longer than if properly taught and coached.
It is painfully clear that most people aren’t taught critical thinking skills in a formal manner, or for that matter, in any manner. Critical thinking skills can be learned at any age though good books and from informed teachers, coaches, mentors and parents who care. The younger the students, the better, however, we all need these skills. To help fill the void, this book has been created.
Would you like to learn more?
From The Introduction of
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense
The purpose of this book is to teach you how to think critically. You will be embarking on a journey of discovery. You will learn concepts, methods, and resources to make informed decisions, complete projects, and achieve objectives. You will also learn how to answer questions and solve problems quickly and effectively.
Critical thinking is an art. Like all art, the strength of the work depends on the skills of the artist. You will become the artist who uses critical thinking as a creative palette to accomplish what you strive for.
This book is designed to help you tap into your wealth of knowledge and experience and to strengthen these areas further. It is A Guide to The Lost Art of Critical Thinking. Learning strong critical thinking skills is simply The Re-Discovery of Common Sense!
Knowledge, Experience, Common Sense and Critical Thinking
There are three elements to becoming a powerful thinker. Each is important. Together they are an unstoppable combination.
Knowledge
This includes what you learn from books, teachers, parents, coaches, and mentors. Classes, lectures, discussions and self-study give you much of the knowledge you need to be successful.
Experience
There is no replacement for experience in life. As important as knowledge is, it can’t by itself prepare you for the challenges faced in the real world.
Completing tasks are part of your existence. They are always different than what you have been taught through books, lectures and other sources. Experience allows you to gain a deeper understanding and confidence in yourself and your approach to new tasks.
Common sense
Common sense is the glue that binds knowledge and experience together. Common sense helps strengthen reasoning, intuition, feelings and confidence. It helps you become a powerful thinker who is able to use the full potential of your critical thinking skills.
And, there is a money back guarantee! If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase mail it back within 30 days for a complete refund!
Some Key Questions and Answers about:
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense
From the Introduction of the
Re-Discovery of Common Sense
Workbook
Introduction
This workbook is a companion to the book: The Re-Discovery of Common Sense—A Guide to the Lost Art of Critical Thinking.
The purpose of this workbook; as with The Re-Discovery of Common Sense; is to strengthen your Critically Thinking Skills. It will help you create a critically thinking mindset. It will also help reinforce the concepts you have already leaned!
We all have busy schedules today. The Re-Discovery of Common Sense and this workbook strive to respect that fact. Consequently, both are written to be clear, concise, and easy to understand and apply.
As with: The Re-Discovery of Common Sense; this workbook teaches you to apply concepts, skills, and resources to make informed decisions, complete projects, and achieve objectives. You will also learn how to answer questions and solve problems quickly and effectively. Once you understand the basic mindset of critical thinking you will be able to apply these skills to all aspects of your life.
Organization
The workbook is organized by individual chapters. Questions have been designed to strengthen your critical thinking skills. Each chapter builds on the previous ones.
Starting in Chapter 7 and completing in Chapter 12, there are five Real Life Exercises that address everyday challenges we all face. Each exercise has been carefully constructed to teach a particular aspect of critical thinking. The examples are:
- Real Life Exercise #1: Planning your Vacation
- Real Life Exercise #2: Doing your own Home Project
- Real Life Exercise #3: Doing your own Comparison Study
- Real Life Exercise #4: Learning how to reduce your Electric Bills
- Real Life Exercise #5: Creating a great future for Yourself
Appendix A has been added as a Bonus. It provides The Top 25 Skills of a Critical Thinker!
Recommended Methods to Use This Workbook
There are a three recommended Methods to use this workbook. Actually there are four methods. (if you use a combination!). Choose the one that fits best with your learning style. The methods are as follows:
Method 1
Read The Re-Discovery of Common Sense cover to cover. Don’t attempt any exercises provided in this workbook yet. Then, read each individual chapter (Starting with Chapter 1) and then do the exercises for Chapter 1. Next, read Chapter 2 and do the exercises for Chapter 2. Continue with this method throughout the book.
Benefits
The benefits of this method is you are exposed to the information three times. The first time is when you read the book through. The second time is when you read each chapter again. And the third time is when you do the exercises. Many studies have shown that it frequently takes at least seven times to see information before it is internalized. By using Method 1 you are well on your way to learning critical thinking skills. If you use the book as a reference guide in the future, you will soon be seeing much of the information seven times or more!
Who should use the workbook this way?
If you have had little exposure to critical thinking skills, method one may be right for you.
Method 2
Read a chapter of The Re-Discovery of Common Sense (Starting with Chapter 1) and then do the exercises for Chapter 1. Next, read Chapter 2 and do the exercises for Chapter 2. Continue from there!
Benefits
Method 2 takes less time than Method 1.
Drawbacks
You may not internalize as much information with only two initial exposures to the material.
Who should use the workbook this way?
There are three reasons to consider using Method 2.
- If you have been exposed to some Critical Thinking before and feel confident that you only need to read the book once.
- If you feel that reading the entire book would be too much information to absorb at once and may be overwhelmed.
- If you feel you don’t have the time to use Method 1.
Method 3
This method is similar to method 2. You will only read the book once, however you will read it cover to cover. Then do all of the exercises in the workbook.
Benefits
It takes less time than Method 1 or 2.
Drawbacks
You may not internalize as much of the information.
Who should use the workbook this way?
There are three reasons to consider using Method 3.
- If you have been exposed to some Critical Thinking before and feel confident that you only need to read the book once through to do all the exercises, then consider this option.
- If you have an excellent memory, and don’t like to start and stop in a book, then this option may be right for you.
- If you don’t feel you have the time to read the book twice this may also be a good option.
Author’s Request
This is a living document. Your input is invaluable to continually improve this workbook. Please e-mail me with any recommendations to make this workbook better for others. When it is reprinted, I will incorporate suggestions that will strengthen the material.
chuckclayton@comcast.net
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(This is a great overview to check which skills are good and which are lacking)
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- THE TOP 25 CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
(This is a good overview to check which skills are good and which are lacking)
- THE CRITICAL THINKING BOOK MARKER
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Thanks for stopping by!
Please contact me with any comments or suggestions:
chuckclayton@comcast.net
"There is nothing more uncommon than common sense!"
~Frank Lloyd Wright
Contact Information:
Chuck Clayton
3859 W. Valley Mine Dr.
Tucson AZ 85745
(520) 743-1257
chuckclayton@comcast.net
October 17, 2008
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