Now You're Thinking!: Change Your Thinking... Revolutionize Your Career... Transform Your Life

by Judy M. Chartrand, Stewart Emery, Russ Hall

If you can change the way you think, you can change the world. That’s the theme of Now You’re Thinking! as it tells the story of how a 2-year old Iraqi girl’s life was saved through determination, courage, and critical thinking. The book begins with the heroic story of how a Marine battalion beat the odds to save this little girl, and ends with a model of critical thinking that will help you STOP and THINK to recognize your emotions, evaluate arguments, and draw conclusions to make better life decisions. This book also provides the opportunity for you to take the My Thinking Styles assessment for free to learn your natural thinking preferences, strengths, and biases. This short read will give you a real-life example of great thinking plus tons of resources to guide your further interest in effective thinking.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Ebooks, Psychology, Business

153 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2011

Reviews

[Mark K]

Excellent book. The title says it all!

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 3 out of 5]

This ebook was free when I downloaded it from Barnes and Noble.com, and I am glad I did not have to pay for it.
As other reviewers noted, there is a story about Amenah who needed heart surgery and who had to come to US for her surgery. The reader is 40% done with the book when the story ends and then more space is used at the end of the book for biographical information about the people who made this possible.
There is some good information about critical thinking which is summarized in Fig. 3.1. with its five-point plan:

1. Stop and Think
2. Recognize Assumptions
3. Evaluate Information
4.Draw Conclusions
5. Plan of Action.

The information about cognitive biases is shoved into Appendix B.
I recommend this book for Fig 3.1 and Appendix B so I am glad it was free. If I had to buy it I would likely give it only 2 stars.

[Bob Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short, but well done. The book starts with a story of a sick little Iranian girl brought to America for special surgery by members of the US armed forces. The story, though interesting in itself, illustrates the different thinking styles that discussed later in the book. Coupled with an online thinking style test, the book talks about different thinking style preferences and how to use them to improve your thinking. Adding tools to your cognitive toolbox.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mmm... wasn't expecting so from a book on critical thinking as 50% of it is about the story of a little Iraqi girl saved by American soldiers during the war. Interesting the connections the authors find of this miracoulos story with theour daily life... honestly... I found kind of forced the use of this story. At times I also had the impression that the second part was a pretext to write the story of Amenah and these heroic armed forces. After all the book is dedicated to them.

[Lindsay · Rating 2 out of 5]

I agree with a lot of the other reviews. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, and the discussion seemed a bit forced around the story. Still, an interesting way at looking at decision making processes.

[jessica]

[hmm, not great reviews, but it was free...]

[Lee Ann · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was OK. Took one story about a little girl and picked it apart. I did not feel like it had enough in it to make a critical thinking book by itself.

[Jamie Belt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting story (and moving), but not what I was expecting in a critical thinking book.