Be all that you can be

[foal]

[ QUOTE ]

Abraham Maslow tells us that there are two processes necessary for self-actualization: self exploration and action. Self exploration is very important, the deeper the self exploration, the closer one comes to self-actualization. Self-actualization results from our desire to actualize our potential. As the Marines might say “Be all that you can be”.


[/ QUOTE ]
But what does this really mean? It's too vague for my liking.

[ QUOTE ]
I think that the area in which Western society fails most egregiously is in the matter of an intellectual life after schooling. We have a marvelous brain that goes into the attic after schooling is complete and is brought out only occasionally on the job or when we try to play bridge or chess.

[/ QUOTE ]
Our brain isn't used in socializing or working? I think it's silly to only relate "the brain" to academic study.

I do agree that critical thinking is an important trait to have. I don't know how much it can be taught, as people vary widely in their taste for engaging in it. I believe preference for thinking critically is actually considered a key personality trait by a lot of personality theorists.