08/18/2021

Six Ways to Build Your Critical-thinking Skills

Each of us should actively challenge our beliefs for validity

While teaching listening skills at an all-employee meeting online this week, I included the fundamental need to have an open mind and consistently question your beliefs.

With the great public divides on questions of fact, including whether the earth is a sphere, it is clear that each of us should actively challenge our beliefs for validity.

In fact, we should proactively update our beliefs, as I’ve written before about Amazon’s Leadership Principles, which note that “[Our leaders] seek diverse perspectives and work to disconfirm their beliefs.” (my emphasis)

Please select this link to read the complete blog post from John Millen.