Week2Discussion_HUM115_P2_2023

Balancing my emotions and reason when making a decision is very stressful because the

outcome may cause big changes. I once worked for a horrible boss, forming part of a

marketing media group. Though the experience was great, we were given great opportunities

and a platform to be creative, I did not agree with many of the values he had. At my

breaking point I had to choose between having a good job, or standing by what I believed in.

I thought about it so much the pros and cons etc, but eventually between my emotions and

reasoning my morals and what I stood for were much bigger than this job.The role of

communication in critical thinking is about how we deliver the message we are trying to

convey. Communication holds thing like forms of attitude, non verbal gestures, cultural

feelings about certain topics and discussions but its how we regulate them to determine the

kind of outcome we have in the end. For example; if you are more cool, calm and collected

you're more than likely going to listen and make a calmer choice. If you are angry,

disgusted, sad these may negatively affect your outcome because you're not thinking clearly.

I think i balance my emotions and reason for making decisions based off whats right and

whats wrong. I try not to let my personal feelings interfere with work and education. But, if

its more personal, I will express myself and say how I feel. I also feel as if this helps for a

healthy debate about certain things. I think communication differs from person to person.

We aren't all the same or think the same so, communication differs. I think its more the way

you represent yourself and our thoughts on certain things. I know for me personally, people

have told me they have felt a certain type of way because i use both verbal and body

language for my communication. I just feel like it helps get my point and views across. I

think certain emotions can effects how we make decisions. For example, if your calm and

collected you have a better chance at making a smart choice. That's the positive, but as for

negative i feel like the most common emotions are anger and fear. because when we feel

those emotions we tend to react quickly and make bad decisions because we are too upset or

too scared to think clearly. But being calm can really help with reasoning and breaking down

what you are thinking. That's why when you are in a situation that involves police or any

emergency service the first thing they tell you is to stay calm. Because some people may act

walk away from the situation regain my thoughts and return to make things right. I think

that's just part of growing up and becoming an adult. We all have to learn at some point. I

have used the walk away method plenty of times. Recently at work, My boss was being very

difficult with me and he was making me very upset. And as the conversation went on my

anger got worse. Because he was asking me to something that was nearly impossible for me

to do. And he wasn't being reasonable. So i stood up and told him i needed a minute to clear

my head. He was annoyed at first, but later that day he it was very smart for me to leave the

room because things would have escalated badly if i had stayed.

not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing but I just find it easier to sit back and

listen/observe. I get a feel of what i'm dealing with and then figure out how to address it.

That's helps me a lot, I'm not great with groups. I am not a group type of person. I am very

to myself and i get shy when i'm around more than like 2 people at a time. I just tend to clam

up and say less. But with that I've learned how to observe and listen very well. So when

someone asks me a question i'm not completely clueless. Or i use my body language to

avoid certain conversations.I enjoyed watching the videos this week. I think they really had

a lot of good information in them. I never realized how much i use my emotions and

communication to make decisions. I think its interesting to see how others react and respond

having difficult conversations & addressing concerns. It has also helped with how I handle

and respond to others. It's also important to recognize their emotional state as well &

respond in the most effective way. Communication is what brings your thoughts to the table

to share with others. If someone is lacking in communication, their ideas and views can't be

shared effectively and the message gets lost. I really enjoyed Tony Robbins video on

Emotional Involvement in Decision Making. He shared some great insight on what

influences our decisions and why. Positive emotions during decision making can inspire and

have great impact on people that influence them to ‘act’ for a cause. Negative emotions offer

the same outcome, but I believe if someone is forced, coerced or manipulated, the call to act

is temporary.

Some of the strategies I use to balance my emotions and reasons are meditation, prayer and

exercise. I utilize all 3 while at work most of the time. Years ago, I worked in an office with

2 other women. We all had different jobs but sometimes are duties crossed paths. The stench

of competition was strong. It seems we all had the same goal to impress the supervisor in

order to get a promotion. Since the mood and moral was low, we decided to get snippy with

one another until one day I stood up and said, ‘let’s just stop’. We then spoke to our

supervisor about taking a course that explained the source of our strength - respect.

Surprisingly, we all agreed and after we completed the training things got better.

care facility in Arizona. At the time of her passing, I lived in California. However, she

managed to give the care givers my number to deliver a message. The nurse told me that my

grandmother said she was proud of me and not to be scared. I totally mis understood and

thought not being scared meant ‘be firm or stern and say no. Man was I wrong. Lol

The results from the questionnaire about communication style stung and stunned me. It

made me realized that I’ve mis-managed my feelings. While it isn’t the best news, I’m not

sure if I want to be ‘made over’ as the textbook suggests. So, while the questionnaire is

partially right, I still enjoy being a square peg. Emotions are subjective to how individuals

feel about certain characteristics. Personal and professional emphasis on evaluating

judgment, are formed on certain opinions of a person. Emotions are also feelings from

critical thinking. Emotions compels an individual to act and decisions are made based off

feeling. How to balance my emotion in whatever mood I’m in I always analyze the situation

first. I often ask questions to get a better understanding of what’s going on. I then make a

final explanation of how I feel or what I think its best suitable for that specific situation. A

certain male coworker of mine is a womanizer. He proceeds to converse with me about his

beliefs of what a woman should do for him and how women should act. I have a low

tolerance for men who low rate women and are dishonest. He continues to talk about how

women should give him money and that women should pay for good quality in a man. Of

course, I was upset, but I didn’t let what was said get the best of me. I asked him questions

which will hinder a person from making wise decisions. Positive thinking ties into having an

open mind and can assist with making good decisions and using great critical thinking skills.

An example of how I balance emotion and reasoning is while I'm at work I have to not let

my feeling get the best of me while dealing with my mentally ill patients. Some cases are

really sad and disturbing and I have to make decisions based on the well being of the patient

not on my emotions. I think effective communication goes hand in hand with emotion and

reasoning. In this weeks activities, I liked learning about the different barriers of critical

thinking. I learned a lot. I also enjoyed the video with the instructor giving examples of

critical thinking. I liked the questions that we had to answer. There were a few times that I

had to reread the choices before I answered them correctly. Overall, I like the interactive

videos. I really found out a lot about myself as well. Emotions can have a major impact in

our critical thinking, whether they are positive or negative emotions they can drive us to take

action and ultimately lead us to accomplishments. Emotions can create a positive impact on

critical thinking by making an impact to make better decisions and strive for more. Emotions

are not just one sided, they can also have a negative impact on critical thinking that can

create barriers that may prevent you from thinking logically. I have personally experienced

the negative and positive influences emotions have on critical thinking, I was my father's

caretaker for a while and I had to make many tough decisions where my emotions became

overwhelming and stress and fear became a major factor and created a barrier for me to be

that the position fit my criteria exactly. Due to misinformation from a recruiter and the lack

of gathering information and facts on my end, the job turned out to be something I did not

want for myself at that time. In this week’s activities, I found the “Think Tank Self-

Evaluation Questionnaire” the most interesting. I found out more about myself by taking the

quiz and discovered that I am an assertive communicator, this quiz helped me take a step

back and analyze myself and I a was happily surprised with the results. Emotions can have a

positive and negative influence on critical thinking as they both can either cause you to

make a wise decision or a very poor one. The positive influence allows you to show

empathy, so for example you are able to reason with someone else's views. The negative

influence, when solely depended on, this can cause you to not make a wise decision when

you allow your feelings to get in the way of thinking rationally.

attitude and aggression towards me and the other leaders. When making this decision, I had

to think of how she explained previously she wanted to move up because she was in a