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Sociologist and Critical Thinking Educator, Dr. Esha Lovrić.
INNER AND OUTER WORLD: HOW CRITICAL THINKING HELPS YOU GET TO KNOW YOURSELF
Hello Readers, We must continue to examine how well our inner world aligns, or misaligns, with our external environment. The process assists us in identifying if we need to change, or something in our environment needs to change. It depends largely on the extent of...
AFTER NEGATIVITY BIAS: THE PERFECT SPOT FOR CRITICAL THINKING
Hello Readers, Welcome back and Happy New Year to our thinking community! I am rejuvenated and feeling excited for 2025 with lots of personal goals and voluntary responsibilities I will continue to set for myself. I will always make sure I place goals ahead of myself...
HOW CRITICAL THINKING MATURES EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Hello to my dear readers, Let’s learn how to get you or those you work with more emotionally intelligent by drawing on logical thinking/intelligence. Do not become afraid of the word “intelligent” and ignore anyone who says you can not develop the ability to use more...
TELL YOURSELF THE TRUTH
Tell Yourself the Truth That’s this week’s critical thinking lesson. The Problem: What Is Truth? Well, for any topic we first have to have a reason to be interested in it. We are also more likely to get close to the truth if we focus our attention on those with...
THE KNOWLEDGE WE OWN: HOW NECESSITY ACTIVATES THE MIND
"When the need arises, the mind awakens." — Jiddu Krishnamurti The Knowledge We Own: How Necessity Activates the Mind We will only recall and retain information that matters to our lives. Everything else, we are likely to reject, resist, or filter through our biases...
MENTAL OVERLOAD & LACK OF CONVERSATION ARE KILLING CRITICAL THINKING
Lessons in Critical Thinking Sunday, 9th March, 2025 with Dr. Esha Lovrić Mental Overload Is Destroying Your Ability to Think Clearly AND impacting your mental health Every time you are mentally overloaded, the chances of making good decisions decrease. Why? Well,...
CONSTRUCT YOUR LIFE WITH LOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Lessons in Critical Thinking Sunday, 30th March, 2025 with Dr. Esha Lovrić Hello readers, Welcome to the space will remind you to strengthen the muscles you have…but these ones are inside your head. As always, the letter gives you a trio of thoughts: Aphorism: In just...
JUDGEMENTS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT
Lessons in Critical Thinking Sunday, 13th April, 2025 with Dr. Esha Lovrić Dear Thinkers, This week we will explore the concept of “judgement” for critical thinking. ***Apologies for this week’s letter coming to you hopefully only one day late. I was in Giza, Egypt...
HOW TO LOGICALLY INCREASE YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Lessons in Critical Thinking Sunday, 6th March, 2025 with Dr. Esha Lovrić Dear Thinkers, Logically, as thinking, and feeling humans, we NEED emotional intelligence (EQ). This means how well you understand human emotions. Not just your own, but the emotions of others...
LOGICAL PATTERNS AND NARRATIVE STORIES
Lessons in Critical Thinking Sunday, 23rd February, 2025 with Dr. Esha Lovrić “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” —William Bruce Cameron LOGICAL PATTERNS AND NARRATIVE STORIES The lessons in this week’s letter...