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5 Common Mistakes Our Thinking Mind Can Make


Critical Thinking

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Here are 5 common mistakes that we can do while thinking:
  • Our mind subconsciously looks for information that confirms what we already know.
  • Our mind naturally makes us feel our losses far more than we feel our gains.
  • Our mind allows us to make incorrect predictions
  • After our decision has been made and we realize we have not made the right choice, our mind tricks us in believing that it was the right thing to do just to make us feel better.
  • Instead of making right decisions based on facts, our mind often misleads us to believe something is better just by comparing it to something else.

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In this video, we will discuss 5 common tricks our human mind can sometimes play with us.
The human mind controls every aspect of our lives. We can program our mind to take the right decisions by separating facts from our personal opinions and emotions. We can train the way we think making us more rational and self-aware. Knowing what we do wrong helps us control our mistakes and prevent us from repeating them. However, even if we think we have everything under control our mind sometimes tricks us unintentionally.
Here are 5 common mistakes that we can do while thinking:
  • Our mind subconsciously looks for information that confirms what we already know. The brain prefers to keep us in our ‘comfort zone‘ where we don’t question our beliefs. Instead of looking for differences, it makes us feel safer staying just the way we are.
  • Our mind naturally makes us feel our losses far more than we feel our gains. Worrying persistently about any kind of cost that we have paid for never lets us move forward. Cost does not always have to mean money. It could also be our time and effort that we have lost and could never get back.
  • Our mind allows us to make incorrect predictions Subconsciously allowing our emotions to take control, we can make wrong decisions just because we really wish for it to be this way.
  • After our decision has been made and we realize we have not made the right choice, our mind tricks us in believing that it was the right thing to do just to make us feel better.
  • Instead of making right decisions based on facts, our mind often misleads us to believe something is better just by comparing it to something else. It might not be the right choice, but it is certainly the one that looks more attractive.
All the above mistakes can be prevented when you train your mind to think critically. Being self-aware of what you can do wrong before doing it, increases the chances of you avoiding it!