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Ted X Video On Successful Thinking

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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

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