Note on the bottom of the page titled, “Why Critical Thinking?”  in  the Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking that a higher level  of  thinking (i.e., critical thinking) is self-directed, self-disciplined,  self-monitored, and self-corrective.  In other words, each of us  individually becomes ultimately responsible for how we think!  We cannot  and should not allow others to do our thinking for us.  In addition, we  should often critique our thinking and try to improve it (some of the  ways we can do this are detailed in the bullets under the Result  section).