During your life, have you ever changed the way you think?

Answer 1

I am 63 and change the way I think often. With age, education, and experience, my religion, ethics, work, habits have all changed several times. I am certainly not the same person that was in college working on a Philosophy degree. Many of the changes are improvements to existing beliefs. Some are dramatic changes from beliefs that were based upon false concepts. I have even made quick changes to more superficial beliefs in the matter of minutes with better information.

Answer 2

People change the way they think often.. Anything that they might read or watch or experience or maybe just a sudden thought may influence the way they think.. It could be a positive change or a negative one...

And, my answer to your question is, yes. Many times. But mostly they had been minor negative changes. But, the major change in my life, occurred just a few days back. All of a sudden, I started looking at things in a positive way. I didn't bite anyone's head off for petty things, as I used to do. When someone did things that infuriated me, I just remained calm. I realized that this was much better than shouting at that person. Now, I'm much more at peace with myself. Thank God, I made that change!

Answer 3

a persons ability to change the way they think is critical to the success of a person in life.

for example a kid chases a ball into the street, and adult looks for traffic and chases it into the street.

we have to continuously re-invent what we are doing to keep up with changing times. When I was a young person, there were not phone answering machines the average family could afford. If you called a 1 800 number you actually talked to a real person. No cell phones, no dvd's, cd's, and cassettes were just coming out replacing 8 tracks. We all change with the flow of techology, and with change in society.

or we die

Answer 4

I take you question to emphasize a change in THE WAY one thinks, rather than a change in belief or opinion which is quite common. Everyone thinks differently as a baby; that's why we can't remember our babyhood. After that, however, THE WAY we think becomes hardwired. Through such practices as Buddhist mindfulness, one can learn to monitor one's thoughts and gain some control over them. So you can change the way you think about your thoughts, but you can't change the way the brain works.

Answer 5

Of course. When I was 6, I hated my older sister. Today I lover her dearly.

Being raised in a conservative military family, I was a Republican when young, today I am a democrat and social activist.

I once lived in mortal fear that someone would discover I was gay. Today I am comfortably out in all aspects of my life and care not one wit what anyone thinks about that.

I once thought I had all the answers, now I know I don't, but am by no means paralyzed by any such uncertainty.

Answer 6

Yes. I have become far more open-minded as I have matured. The more different types of people I meet, the more I realize how much we can all learn from each other.
Maturity has also allowed me to be more disciplined in my learning. I can and do put more effort into pursing knowledge. And this pays off everyday.

Take care, and enjoy your adventure in learning and maturing.

Answer 7

Everybody does from whining toddler to rebellious teenager to mature adult parent. Without change in the way you think it is not possible to make the many transitions necessary in life.

Answer 8

Many times.

Answer 9

The "way" you think is a process called epistemology. If men did not sometimes change their way of thinking, the species would have died out before it began to have a history.

Answer 10

The way I think changes all the time as I get older. If my 'younger self' could meet my 'self' of today she would probably find me extremely boring. I was a wild and reckless teenager and am now a sensible parent.