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Recently, critical thinking has become negative. The authors and preachers of positive thinking have contributed to this. I’m not against optimism. I’m talking about all these “believe in yourself, get out of your comfort zone, take risks, and victories will come” without backed up experience and taking into account the context of time and the person’s situation. Most of those who have achieved success do not know how to repeat it. If someone could, and succeeded — it does not mean that, repeating after them, you will be able to do the same. People on both sides rarely understand this. As a result, people do not work well with risk planning and analysis or do not work at all. I have seen many stories when people with pink glasses made changes in their lives, and then could not cope with the problems. They were left without work, returned after an unsuccessful move and lost money. Most did not understand what was going on and found the culprits around them. There are also good examples.

Critical thinking Semyon Kolosov 6 min read · Oct 1, 2023 -- 36 Listen Share Recently, critical thinking has become negative. The authors and preachers of positive thinking have contributed to this. I’m not against optimism. I’m talking about all these “believe in yourself, get out of your comfort zone, take risks, and victories will come” without backed up experience and taking into account the context of time and the person’s situation. Most of those who have achieved success do not know how to repeat it. If someone could, and succeeded — it does not mean that, repeating after them, you will

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