Sentence examples for Inflexible thinking from inspiring English sources

The passionate former Argentina captain has been a driving force behind the Pumas' rise up the international rankings and has long since been seen as a progressive figure keen to challenge some of international rugby's more inflexible thinking.

A leader with the capacity for critical thinking "seeks to obtain the most thorough and accurate understanding possible," the manual says, and he anticipates "first, second and third consequences of multiple courses of action". A leader deficient in judgment and strategic thinking demonstrates rigid and inflexible thinking.

"He or she needs to maintain a great openness to new experience and an abundance of curiosity -- for life, for people, for the richness of nature and whatnot". If we don't, if we close ourselves to the world and stop challenging ourselves, that can lead to dogmatic and inflexible thinking.

A classic example of inflexible thinking is a conviction that it's either Plan A or goat-wrangling in West Virginia.

Too much sisu in some situations may lead to inflexible thinking, ineffective risk taking, burn out or physical harm.

Cognitive Remediation Therapy was developed to treat an inflexible thinking style [ 35].

Although understanding the form and function of UEIs is an important first step, innovative strategies are needed to address challenging obstacles such as rigid thinking, institutional fragmentation and inflexible policies.

A personality disorder is a pervasive, enduring, maladaptive, and inflexible pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving that either significantly impairs an individual's social or occupational functioning or causes the person distress.

Those with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) generally have an inflexible pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving, whereas those with obsessive-compulsive disorder have obsessions (recurrent, persistent thoughts) and compulsions (repetitive behaviors).

My own 10-year bout with binge eating and inflexible perfectionism led me to understand the need to moderate my thinking.

We must ensure that our generational definition of Zionism does not become so inflexible that those who refuse to stand with Bibi are intimidated into thinking that they do not "stand with Israel".