We all have the capability of imagination and expression. I am so thankful that I found the medium of Squidoo for my artful expression of what I think. It seems only right have our celebration of the art and importance of thinking! I think, therefore I am! You too?
"If I only had a brain."--The Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz. Remember that? What do YOU seriously think about it all?
Photo Credit: I Think Therefore I Am Limited Edition by Matt Rinard.
Please Take Our Thoughtful Poll. Which philosopher do you most identify with? Who do you think you are most like?
- Albert Einstein
- Aristotle
- Deepak Chopra
- Desiderius Erasmus
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Karl Marx
- Socrates
- Thomas Carlyle
- None of the above; I am my own philosopher!
Modern conversation is a lot like nuclear physics, argues William Isaacs. Lots of atoms zoom around, many of which just rush past each other. But others collide, creating friction.
Even if our atomic conversations don't turn contentious, they often just serve to establish each participant's place in the cosmos. One guy shares a statistic he's privy to, another shares another fact, and on and on. Each person fires off a tidbit, pauses to reload while someone else talks, then fires off another. In Dialogue: The Art Of Thinking Together, Isaacs explains how we can do better than that.
Isaacs, who is Director of the Dialogue Project at MIT and a consultant to major corporations, including AT&T and Intel, believes that corporate, political, and personal communication can be a process of thinking together--as opposed to thinking alone, and then trying to convince others of our positions by refusing to consider other opinions, withholding information, and ultimately getting angry and defensive.
This is not pie-in-the-sky, let's-all-hold-hands-and-sing stuff. He offers concrete ideas for both listening and speaking; for avoiding the forces that undermine meaningful conversation; for changing the physical setting of the dialogue to change its quality. The outcome, he says, can be quite different from the traditional winner-loser structure of arguments and debates.
Businesses can make more reasoned decisions, and thus earn more money. Governments can create peaceful resolutions to seemingly intractable problems. And, although this is a book primarily geared toward managers, even married couples can learn a few new ways to communicate. Dialogue: The Art Of Thinking Together by Lou Schuler
"When was the last time you were really listened to?..."
--William Isaacs
"When everybody thinks alike, Everyone is likely to be wrong."
--Humphrey Bancroft Neill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking."
--George S. Patton Jr.
This book about thinking presents readers with a systematic, practical, and friendly approach that encompasses all fields of study and business. It explores a valuable skill that will inspire and enlarge people's ability to think through life.
Chapter topics cover what thinking is, personal barriers, sensing, brain and memory, language, feeling, creative thinking, organizing, logical thinking, scientific thinking, persuasive thinking, problem solving, evaluating, decision and action, and the challenge to go on thinking. They draw ideas on thinking from every period of history - from the philosophers, poets, scientists, psychologists, linguists, and neuroscientists. For thinkers of the new millenium.
This text was written to give teachers and students a better and more comprehensive critical thinking text; one that presents an interdisciplinary, systematic, practical, and friendly approach to thinking - a valuable skill which can enlarge the students' ability to think through life. -- Thinking (4th Edition)
What you will learn from Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking - The Scientific Thinking Mechanism? Dr. Shingo explains the ethos of Toyota's production system, with examples of how other companies benefited and struggled with these principles.
This is the genesis guide to the foundations of the Toyota Production System.
* How to create an innovative company and culture
* How to manage a creative environment
* How to focus your resources for successful growth
* How to create an internal engine of idea generation
* How to harness the true value of improvement, and
* How to unlock human potential
Created to structure and motivate the reader's development of the seven da Vincian principles introduced in How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, The How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Workbook: Your Personal Companion to How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci represents the natural extension of Gelb's da Vinci line.
As any modern da Vinci student knows, Leonardo's notebook both served as the incubator and repository of his unique genius and provides the foundation of any modern-day student's attempt to emulate that genius on his own.
From the very first exercise in the original book, Gelb encourages readers to keep their own personal notebooks in which to hone their da Vincian skills; now he provides that notebook for them, with the added bonus of tips on exercises they'll recognize and new suggestions and assignments that will build on the work they've already done.
What did Albert Einstein say?
What do you think about the art of thinking? Has any of this stuff got YOU thinking today? Time for a little quiet reflection ... and then let's hear from you! No matter WHAT you think!
History: The Art of Thinking : Think Big was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on November 18, 2009. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #15,460 overall. Lens #580 in the quest for Giant Squid 600 Club.
