Become a more courageous truth-seeker. Truth-seeking and being open-minded are powerful habits of mind. This Mindset Booster focuses on the power that flows from trusting your own reasoning. The trust is based on using strong critical thinking skills with a mindset committed to open-minded and courageous truth-seeking. Using reflective thinking exercises, realistic examples, and questions with debriefs, this Mindset Booster invites you to develop your appetite and your capacity for asking tough questions and following reasons and evidence wherever they lead. In addition to learning the practical value of trust in reason, open-mindedness, and truth-seeking, in this Mindset Booster you will learn specific strategies to cultivate all three.

When you complete this Mindset Booster, you will see on screen your scores for: Personal Feedback – Overall. And score for three specifics: Truth-Seeking Boost, Trusting Reason Boost, and Open-mindedness Boost. You will be able to download a PDF copy of the feedback. It will include a summary of key ideas, along with your scores in each area.

Mindset Boosters are interactive personal development tools. Reflection on your own thinking process is the key to building positive critical thinking habits of mind. Use the questions, debriefs, insights, exercises, thought experiments, and explanations to strengthen your critical thinking mindset, and become a more reliable, reflective, decision-maker.