Emotions and ego

Emotions and ego

Emotions and ego play a significant role in decision-making and critical thinking, whereby the elements contribute to establishing guidance during critical thinking. Ego affects critical thinking through altering of perspectives from selfish gains. Attaining negative human traits in criticizing and judging others are some of the aspects of decision-making during the necessary thinking process (Yam & et al., 2014). Judgment becomes altered, whereas decisions are made from a biased perspective, undermining the accurate judgment’s implementation. The ego prevents one from hearing critically, affecting through undermining the efforts and necessary feedback from others, thus making one overestimate oneself’s skills and worth and underestimate skills and actions needed in attaining goals (Yam & et al., 2014). In return, critical thinking becomes altered with reasonable opinions and perspectives towards a subject in being limited from practical manifestation.

MInimizing of the negative aspects of ego and emotions can be attained by valuing people since the case results in humbling an individual, thus respecting every individual. The negative emotions can be distracted or prevented through becoming positively minded, whereby the negative thought patterns are immediately shifted to a different thought process when they occur. Ego is reduced via practicing humility and making a sound judgment in line with the organizational cultures and moral code (Yam & et al., 2014). Responding to the ideals in socially appropriate in line with one’s moral code and organizational cultural values and aims. Considerations of being transparent during decision making reduce negative thinking and ego amongst team members.

References

Yam, K. C., Chen, X. P., & Reynolds, S. J. (2014). Ego depletion and its paradoxical effects on ethical decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 124(2), 204-214.