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How to be a brilliant thinker : exercise your mind and find creative solutions / Paul Sloane.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Philadelphiaia : Kogan Page, 2010.Description: x, 182 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0749455063 (pbk.)
  • 9780749455064 (pbk.)
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Contents:
The need for different thinking -- Consider the opposite -- Confront assumptions -- Analyse problems -- Ask questions -- Think in combinations -- Parallel thinking -- Think creatively -- Think laterally -- Think what no one else thinks -- Evaluate ideas -- Make difficult decisions -- Develop your verbal thinking -- Think mathematically -- Get to grips with probability -- Think visually -- Develop your emotional intelligence -- Be a brilliant conversationalist -- Win arguments -- Ponder -- Maximize your memory -- Experiment, fail and learn -- Tell stories -- Think humorously -- Think positively -- Set goals -- Prioritize and focus -- Turn thinking into action -- Common thinking errors -- Boost your brain -- Games for brilliant thinkers -- Summary-a checklist for the brilliant thinker.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 153.42 S634 Available 33111006225383
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Do you want to have great ideas? Do you want to break out of the rut of conventional thinking? Would you like to be a genius? Would presenting brilliant ideas help in your job, career and social life?

How to be a Brilliant Thinker will help you to achieve all these ideals, by helping you to think in powerful new ways. It shows you how to harness techniques in lateral thinking, analytical thinking, problem analysis, idea generation and other areas so that you become much more creative. You will be able to conceive, evaluate and implement great ideas as well as improve your memory, sell your ideas and win arguments. It is packed with practical methods that you can put to immediate use, backed up by exercises, puzzles, quizzes, graphics and illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The need for different thinking -- Consider the opposite -- Confront assumptions -- Analyse problems -- Ask questions -- Think in combinations -- Parallel thinking -- Think creatively -- Think laterally -- Think what no one else thinks -- Evaluate ideas -- Make difficult decisions -- Develop your verbal thinking -- Think mathematically -- Get to grips with probability -- Think visually -- Develop your emotional intelligence -- Be a brilliant conversationalist -- Win arguments -- Ponder -- Maximize your memory -- Experiment, fail and learn -- Tell stories -- Think humorously -- Think positively -- Set goals -- Prioritize and focus -- Turn thinking into action -- Common thinking errors -- Boost your brain -- Games for brilliant thinkers -- Summary-a checklist for the brilliant thinker.

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