Category Archives: Critical Thinking

(Issue #652) Knowing It Without Knowing It?

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Steve Piscitelli

A frog in the well knows not the ocean.~attributed to a Japanese Proverb~ A few months ago, Laurie introduced me to one of her aqua fit classes at our gym. She raved about the workout she got in those 45-minute … Continue reading →

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(Issue #650) Fahrenheit 451

Posted on June 1, 2025 by Steve Piscitelli

What lessons or warnings did Bradbury present? Re-reading Fahrenheit 451  left me shaking my head. Was this book really written in 1953? (Rhetorical question. It was.) Bradbury wrote about censorship, interactive TV, people connected to technology rather than each other, … Continue reading →

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(Issue #576) Imagine The Karma Of Nobody Told Me

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Steve Piscitelli

Or maybe we chose—and choose—to imaginethat what we heard and saw would be a passing thing with no immediate consequences. A few months before his murder in 1980, John Lennon entered the studio to record “Nobody Told Me.” It would … Continue reading →

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(Issue #574) Did You Really See That?

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Steve Piscitelli

What we know we saw, we may not have seen at all. One of the first steps in critical thinking requires we recognize assumptions.  When we read, see, or hear something, before we draw a conclusion do we evaluate the … Continue reading →

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(Issue #511) Voice In Your Ear

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Steve Piscitelli

What can you learn? How can you grow? Voice in your ear* Hand on your shoulder Have you heard it?  Maybe in the morning upon waking or at night when drifting to sleep. Perhaps during the hour of the wolf. … Continue reading →

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(Issue #490) Calling for Deliberative Dialogues. 

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Steve Piscitelli

Acknowledge common ground to build a more unified and proactive community. Every day we find ourselves bombarded by lots of talking.  When fortunate, we get to hear and engage in real conversations. Speaking, listening, questioning, listening, responding, questioning, listening, and … Continue reading →

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(Issue #483) Think in Reverse

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Steve Piscitelli

Ask yourself what you need to do to create what you do not want. Wasn’t it Einstein who said that if we keep doing the same thing and expect different results, we’re idiots?  Well, I’m sure he didn’t use the … Continue reading →

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(Issue #479) Lessons by the Numbers

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Steve Piscitelli

Six short video strategy lessons. This week’s blog evolved from a former student. She reminded me of a guitar metaphor I used in class to highlight six dimensions of growth and resilience. That got me thinking about videos I had … Continue reading →

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(Issue #476) Red Team Analysis

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Steve Piscitelli

Reaching critically reviewed, dissected, and discussed decisions may require creative thinking about how to do it. Critical thinking, though, is not a synonym for creative thinking. I received a reminder about the simple eloquence of critical thinking during a recent … Continue reading →

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(#457) Responsibility: Important Questions to Consider

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Steve Piscitelli

This week’s blog post draws on the fifth core value from Community as a Safe Place to Land (2019): Act with RESPONSIBILITY toward others and ourselves. Our personal dreams and challenges give us direction. Our actions (or inaction) create our reality. The … Continue reading →

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