Critical Thinking
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Day 1 : What, Why & How3 Sessions|1 To Do
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Self & Peer Assessment1 Session|1 To Do
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Your Commitment1 Session|1 To Do
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Day 4 : Six Step Process1 To Do
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Day 5 : Step 1 - Find the Right Question2 Sessions|1 To Do
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Day 6 : Step 2 - Type of information needed1 Session|1 To Do
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Day 7 : Step 3 - How to collect the information1 Session|1 To Do
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Day 8 : Step 4 - How to interpret the information1 Session|1 To Do
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Day 9 : Step 5 - Arriving at a conclusion in an unbiased way1 Session|1 To Do
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Day 10 : Step 6 - How to apply the solution effectively1 Session|1 To Do
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Day 11 : Mid-course assimilation & feed back
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Day 12 : Real life Examples2 Sessions
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Day 13 : Habits to make Critical Thinking a part of your daily life(Habit 1)1 To Do
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Day 14 : Habit 21 To Do
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Day 15 : Habit 31 To Do
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Day 16 : Habit 41 To Do
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Day 17 : Habit 51 To Do
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Day 18 : Habit 61 To Do
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Day 19 : Habit 71 To Do
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Day 20 : Habit 81 To Do
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Day 21 : Summary2 Sessions|2 To Dos
Session 2 : How to find that Right Question
How to formulate the RIGHT Question :
1) Write down the Purpose with which you want to solve any problem. Let’s take this problem of ‘Travel to Office’. e.g. If you want to have a safe, flexible, economic travel, we would like to eliminate the using the ‘public transport’ & ‘buying a bike’ option. This can lead to a sinlge question ‘which car to buy’
2) Now that you know which is the ‘question’ you want to answer ( in this case it is ‘which car to buy?’), try to make it as clear & precise as possible.
3) Ideally use your purpose to make this question clear & precise. e.g. You may want a car which is safe & economical. This might lead to more precise question of ‘Which Small car to buy?’
4) The above step will continue until you find the clear & precise question. Remember to use the purpose everytime to make the question clear & precise.
Remember☝Â Generic Questions lead to Generic answers.
A clear & precise purpose leads to a clear & precise question and vice versa.
Few iterations of the first 3 steps above👆Â will lead you to that RIGHT Question worth answering.
Check this oversimplified explanation of this step for ‘Travel to office’ problem for easy understanding:
a) Purpose: Travel to office – economically, safely, flexibility (Avoid Bike, Public Transport, Choose Car)
b) Question: Which car to buy > “Which Small car to buy from a dealer near my locality?”
Let us internalize this point with a To Do 👇