How to apply critical thinking to personal finance and investments

Imagine someone offers you a "guaranteed profitable investment" that you are not familiar with. How do you react first? I'm curious who is offering it and why to me specifically.
I will check if this seems to me like an opportunity that I should not miss.
I will start looking for information about it, but I am giving myself time to think.
I will call someone whom I perceive as financially knowledgeable.
I don't think about it much, I'll wait until it clarifies itself.

In an old suitcase, you will find notes and calculations related to finances that don't make sense to you. What will you do? I'm trying to figure out what they mean – it could be something important.
I'll leave it as it is – I am not interested in foreign finances.
I am examining whether it could be a scheme or an investment plan.
I will be unsettled – maybe there is something I shouldn't know.
I will start imagining the story of the person who wrote them.

If you had to choose one symbol that represents your financial decision-making, what would it be? Compass - I seek direction, not certainty.
Mirror – I observe how my decisions reflect back.
Bridge – I connect the past, present, and future.
Fog – sometimes I go more by feeling than logically.
Machine – system and routine are fundamental.

During a conversation about money with a loved one, you find out that they spend on things you consider pointless. How do you react? I wonder if I sometimes do similar things as well.
I will condemn him/her in spirit, but I won't say anything out loud.
I am asking him/her for the reasons – maybe I'm missing something.
I will start to defend my way of farming.
I don't pay much attention to it – everyone has their own.

Imagine that all your investments suddenly plummeted. The first thought? I need to find out what exactly happened and what can be saved.
I feel frustration, but I know it’s just money.
I am starting to analyze where I could have made a mistake.
I blame external circumstances.
I am thinking about what I should learn from this.

When you hear the term "financial security," what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Freedom to make decisions without pressure.
Boredom – certainty means stagnation.
Something that can be planned, but never completely achieved.
Trust in your own abilities, not the numbers in your bank account.
Responsibility towards oneself and loved ones.

What is your inner attitude towards risk in finance? It is a tool - when I know it, I can work with it.
I avoid him unless it is necessary.
I accept it when the potential gains are sufficiently attractive.
I see risk as an opportunity to show what is in me.
Sometimes I underestimate him, other times I overestimate him.

Which of these statements best describes your decision-making about money? I make decisions based on data, but I also leave room for intuition.
I need advice to feel more confident.
I follow what makes sense to me, even if it's not traditional.
I perceive money as a means, not an end.
I am trying to eliminate mistakes – I don't always succeed.

Which of these stories attracts you the most? Someone who slowly and thoughtfully built stability.
An adventurer who risked it all and sometimes won, sometimes lost.
The one who contemplated the meaning of wealth and shared it.
An analyst who predicted something that others overlooked.
Someone who lived simply but happily – free from financial stress.

If you had to invest in something intangible, what would it be? Knowledge and education - they always pay off.
Relationships are more important than any profit.
Experience – the more I experience, the better I decide.
Self-awareness – investing in oneself is key.
Influence - the ability to change the things around you.