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What is critical thinking? How do you use critical thinking in your life? What is an example of an instance when critical thinking had a positive or negative effect on your life?

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Critical thinking is the ability to evaluate and analyze a situation. It is a process of reflection and weighing of benefits and harms for a certain situation and coming up with the best solution for the situation at hand. This type of thinking uses every facet of a person's mind and reaches the best decision possible when all possible outcomes are analyzed.

In my life, I have to use critical thinking to decide about the best way to handle my clients as well as to decide how to best live my life everyday. Every time ...

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