Heather Collins Ted X video on Successful Thinking, offers an insightful perspective on what successful thinking entails. Successful thinking involves conscious reasoning. It requires that one is aware of their immediate environment-in terms of the people and events around them. According to Collins, it is important to consider the impact of one's actions and thoughts. Since whatever one says will most likely have some type of impact- either direct or indirect, given that a person reacts with the environment around them on a daily basis (Collins, 2004). I realize that at times I do not always practicing successful thinking. Occasionally, I make comments or thoughtless decisions that can hurt others. After watching the Ted Talk, I have a better understanding what successful thinking involves. I will strive to be conscious of my environment in terms of the people I interact with daily and how I communicate with them. I will make them part of my …show more content…
How do you know? What is the rest of the story? Personally, I feel these questions encapsulate the rationale behind successful thinking. After watching the movie, I related the questions to some of my own personal experiences. I realized that the questions often summarize our daily thoughts, actions and the impact these have on the people around us. For example, in the future, before I “judge” a person based on their status, actions, or opinions, I will ask myself whether I really know the “full” story. Perhaps Heather wants her viewership to be more divergent and tolerant to various views, a perspective I too share. In order to attain successful thinking, we have to allow our brains to probe and learn new things every day. Our curiosity should lead us into making new discoveries of what we did not know before. This is what helps to keep us informed and enables us to learn and become creative in
In the first video “Beliefs That Make You Fail… Or Succeed” Dr. Steven Chew started off by stating you, the student, cannot become an A student overnight with little to no effort. He made a great point by saying “…students base their study behavior on their beliefs of how they best learn”, I agree with this statement because this could be the reason as to why everyone learns in many different ways. He went over three key facts which fall under “Beliefs That Make You Stupid”, which the first was you should always plan ahead of time because your assignments or reading will most likely take longer than you expected them to, therefore be realistic about your timing. The second key fact would be don’t isolate your learning, this meaning to be open minded because teachers look for conception and if you try to constantly remember the things you’re not really understanding what you’re going over. Thirdly, you aren’t born and automatically good at that subject. You must actually work towards achieving a high success in that subject matter. When it comes to being distracted you’re just losing more
Heather Collins defines successful thinking as “carefully reasoning about and actively engaging with your environment” (Collins). Successful thinking aids in building a more efficient brain and involves three processes: becoming aware of your thoughts, and express interest in what is going on in the world around you. To be a successful thinker is to think about your own thinking, go beyond the superficial surface of thinking, and thrive by continuously learning new information.
“The activity of thinking prefigures, prepares for, and lets us practice the freedom of mind we require to exercise discerning judgment while living among people who differ from us.” Elizabeth Kamarck Minnich stated in the passage Teaching Thinking Moral and Political Considerations. As part of the top ten in my graduating class, the process of structured thinking has worked in my favor, as it has set me to take classes others wouldn’t usually take; but in no circumstances have I thought that I was smarter than my other classmates. The structured thinking set upon us shows the capability of how well one listens and follows. Listening to what and how the work should be done is a major key in this cycle, and anyone is capable to do it. The second step in the other hand differs, as many tend to
The Ted Talk Video, by Malcolm Gladwell spoke about the success of Howard Moskowitz’ marketing and how it improved the Ragu sauce. He was instrumental in helping Campell soup while they were struggling with their spaghetti sauce against the competitor. Howard helped recover the Ragu sauce by researching how people liked their spaghetti sauce and “serviced the customer’s needs”. He was able to introduce a new spaghetti sauce that he found through research, that an astonishing one-third of the people desired. These therefore, boost sales significantly (Gladwell, 2004). This shows how important research is for a business. It is important to understand what the client’s desires and “service the customer’s needs”. After all, customers
George Orwell once said he writes because he has a “Desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other people’s idea of the kind of society they should strive after.” In the book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It, the author Ian Leslie also demonstrates his desire to push the world in a certain direction. In Curious, Ian Leslie makes a fervent thesis for the advancement of the “desire to know”. His main idea is to show that curiosity is an indefinite trait that needs to be fueled in order to exist. Leslie claims that it is critical to apprehend the uniquely- human condition that coerces us to wonder and explore the world around us. Ian Leslie allows the reader to reevaluate their own mental habits
In many ways, the Ted Talk overlaps with the psychology textbook. Two ways that it overlaps in my option is cognitivism or cognitive psychology and social influences. To begin with, let's start with cognitivism. Cognitivism is the framework for understanding behavior. In this school of psychology, they focused on the aspect of thinking; they believed that “thinking affects behavior in powerful ways” (Lilienfeld et al., 2016, p. 9). This relates to the Ted talk because while Jill was talking about her experience while having the stoke, she says that her mind was going back and forth between reality and “La La Land” while that was happening her behavior changed as well. In her La La Land she was not thinking rationally, she was a carefree human
The nature of discovery entails a journey that is transformative. Motivated by curiosity and wonder, discoveries have the ability to inform and amend an individual’s perceptions. This transformative process is fundamental to an individuals' understanding of their own humanity, often compelling them to admit new values, dynamically challenging and changing their own perspectives. Both William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Garry Ross’s 1998 film Pleasantville accurately elucidates how interest and speculation can be a facilitator in the discoveries of fresh understandings which lead to newfound awareness of humanity, heightened acceptance and forgiveness and renewed perceptions of reality.
The Ted Talks video featuring Edward Burynysk was very thought provoking. I felt like it directly related to the section in Chapter 9 on photography and social change. He produces breathtaking photographs of landscapes that are not known for their beauty. He has found a very innovative way to bring awareness to the issue of global conservation and sustainability.
Successful Thinking Successful thinking is similar to critical thinking. “Critical thinking is the process of reflecting deeply and actively, asking questions, and evaluating the evidence” ( King 5). “Successful thinking is carefully reasoning about and actively engaging with your environment”(Collins). First,successful thinking involves being aware of what is being thought and metacognitive awareness (thinking about thinking). Second, successful thinking is being curious about the world and ways to improve it (Collins).
After watching the Ted Talk video, I do agree with Hanauer and that inequality within the U.S and the triple down theory will only result in a economic decrease for all. What I found convincing was the overcasting theme of not status nor wealth but, the healthy competition for all classes and genders. This statement is logical and yet, fair, his example was that raising the minimum wage is one way to prevent the trickle theory and the decrease of economic growth. Simply, because rising the minimum wages benefits everyone and sets the foundation for a more equal ideology of economic balance pertaining to the United States.
Another example that was given about Saleem’s (2016) experience is when he explains to the audience that he grew up a shy kid, because he felt that if he did not talk, he could possibly be looked at normal by other people, to show this he says, “I've stuttered for as long as I can remember. I was the kid in class who would never raise his hand when he had a question -- or knew the answer. Every time the phone rang, I would run to the bathroom so I would not have to answer it. If it was for me, my parents would say I'm not around. I spent a lot of time in the bathroom.” (Ted Talk) I really like what is said in this quote and the fact that he said it, because it is something so real that
America’s education system always has been an issue, but money isn’t one of them. America spends more money on education than most countries. Every year the education system tries to improve by providing over hundreds of initiatives, but it’s all going the wrong way. In Ken Robinson’s TED talk he discusses America’s education issues and compares to it a “Death Valley”. He’s convinced there are three principles on how human life flourishes which are curiosity, creativity, and humans being different and diverse.
In Martin Seligman’s TED talk, he explains the values of positive psychology’s impact on creating happier lives. In 2000, Martin Seligman created a new field of psychology called Positive Psychology. This field of positive psychology is the study of positive traits and behaviors that can contribute to a positive “happier” life. In Seligman’s TED talk, The New Positive Era of Psychology, he categorizes positive lives into three categories. The Pleasant life, the life of engagement, and the meaningful life. But before he begins his speech, he explains the negative actions taken by psychology when treating people.
When it comes to choice it always seems to be a love hate relationship: we hate making them, but we can’t live without them. Anyone can all look back to a time in our lives where they wish someone could just pick for us, or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices, and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice, how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good, it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice, while Iyengar shows cultural differences in choice making. Both Schwartz and Iyengar
In How Successful People Think, John C. Maxwell discusses the thought processes used by successful individuals and describes how these techniques can be learned. He outlines the 11 types of thinking and the important skills attributed to each. People succeed by: 1. Seeing the wisdom of big-picture thinking 2. Unleashing the potential of focused thinking 3. Discovering the joy of creative thinking 4. Recognizing the importance of realistic thinking 5. Releasing the power of strategic thinking 6. Feeling the energy of possibility thinking 7. Embracing the lessons of reflective thinking 8. Questioning the acceptance of popular thinking 9. Encouraging the participation of shared thinking 10. Experiencing the satisfaction of unselfish thinking 11. Enjoying the returns associated with bottom-line thinking