Matt Moffitt

Prof. Fowler
BUS 1050
December 14, 2015
My Renaissance
I have learned many things during this class that have greatly impacted
my life. All to often, we focus merely on our strengths instead of exploring for new
concepts that can greater enhance our effectiveness in society. I also acted in
this manner until I realized the true value of critical thinking and worked to better
my use of it. Critical thinking was the main focus of our class, which makes me
very happy to say that it had the greatest impact in my life out of all of the
different topics we discussed. It is used to detect errors and to test hypotheses in
order to come to a conclusion, which makes critical thinking self-correcting. It
really makes you look deep within something and look at things differently in
order to figure out what their true purpose is. I hope to explain clearly how the
different views of critical thinking have helped me to achieve the main goal of
detecting errors in situations.

People often say that it is necessary to think outside the box. In reality,
the box is just an illusion created within our imaginations that makes us force
ourselves to be creative. There really is no box and coming to this realization is
something that greatly influenced my ability to critically think. Why would we want
to look outside of something if the answer is inside with us the whole time? The
ability to analyze the rhetoric situation around us is what will help us to detect
errors with the given circumstances. This imaginary box is what distracts us from

analyzing all possibilities while searching for problems because it can cause us
to overlook obvious factors. However, it is still important that we exercise our
creativity in order to have the best results in detecting errors. Removing the box
from my mind has helped me to better analyze my critical thinking.

I used to look at something and only see it for what is was right in front of
me. We must learn to see past the initial idea that is being presented to us and
search for a deeper intelligence to fully understand its purpose. This is exactly
what critical thinking is since it requires us to observe things from a different
perspective. In our textbook, William Golding has a section titled Thinking as a
Hobby, where he describes three statuettes that he once saw. When he first saw
them, he made a generic opinion of their meanings based on their appearance.
By the end of the chapter, he has completely reanalyzed the importance of each
one and what it truly means. This took much time of him thinking and debating
with himself about them, which is essential in critical thinking. When we look into
the different views of something, it can open our minds to new ideas that will
influence us in our lives. I started analyzing material objects and situations with
deeper intellectual intelligence and this helped me to be awakened to new
perspectives of life.

Straying from standardized thinking patterns is something that has brought

me greater success in not only school, but everyday life situations as well. Ive
always had a very quick and creative mind, but didnt know how to fully use it to

my advantage. I learned what it is that prevents one from thinking critically and
the conclusion that I came to is that there are many reasons for people avoiding
developing this skill. Our egos are usually the biggest barrier. People dont want
to be wrong so they fear the idea of searching for error, especially within
themselves. We must use critical thinking to test hypotheses and many people
dont want to go through the process of searching for errors from all aspects in
order to validate theories. Many people also dont know how to think critically, so
they continue to use basic thinking when problems are confronted. In order to
have the best results in our lives, we must stray from the norm accepted by
society at times. Contrary to popular belief, its a good thing to question our own
beliefs and values to be able to see what our true outlook in life is.

Critical thinking is the most important thing in business and I have learned
this throughout this class. I sell products for my job and being able to detect
errors with the patients has helped me to have a lot more success. We have a
note on the account of what they believe to be wrong, but talking with the patient
and really listening to what theyre saying can show that it is an entirely different
necessity that needs to be attended to. When we learn to be critical thinkers in a
business, we will be able to bring more characteristics that serve as an asset to
the table in order to help the business prosper. I became more open to new ideas
and changing my style of work based on the examples of others, which also
helped greatly. We must be open to the opinions of others and change in order to

progress in life. Critical thinking is a tool to help us filter which of these things are
worthy to be applied in our lives.

In conclusion, learning to think critically has had one of the most positive
impacts of my life. Its an attribute Im learning to develop and will continue
working on it during the course of my life. Through the process of critical thinking,
Ive detected errors in my life that Ive since changed and have noticed a greater
happiness in my life. I encourage everyone to not let their ego get the best of
them and strive to develop this attribute as I have. We must be patient in order to
grasp the full concept, but doing so can bring many benefits to our life.