
Jump Start Your Brain
How Everyone at Every Age Can Be Smarter and More Productive
Doug Hall(Author)
David Wecker(Co-Author)
Clerisy Press
2nd Edition
Published on 12. April 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-57860-284-1 (ISBN)
Description
Ideal for inspiring marketers, artists, teachers, and anyone who needs fresh ideas for work and home, "Jump Start Your Brain" helps readers crank up both their cranium and career. Featuring smart and creative methods for providing better leadership, igniting sales and marketing, and realizing dreams with breakthrough innovations, this book teaches time-tested practices that generate creativity and innovation. Relying on the latest research, the author pinpoints which methods and techniques work best in today's high-stress world so readers can get a leg-up on the competition.
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Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
B&W illustrations and photos throughout
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
503 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57860-284-1 (9781578602841)
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Persons
Doug is a professional inventor. He began his inventing career at age 12, inventing and selling a line of magic and juggling kits. After earning a chemical engineering degree from the University of Maine he joined Procter & Gamble where he rose to the rank of Master Marketing Inventor-inventing and shipping a record 9 innovations in 12 months. In 1986 Doug founded the Eureka! Ranch in Cincinnati Ohio. The Ranch's mission is to help corporate executives and real world entrepreneurs develop MEASURABLY SMARTER choices for growth. Eureka! services are available through a world-wide network of licensed Growth Coaches. DATELINE NBC described Doug as "an eccentric entrepreneur who just might have what we've all been looking for...the happy secret to success." He is one of the world's top speakers on creativity, innovation and marketing. Doug has authored national newspaper/magazine columns and has starred on network radio and television programs. In recognition of his success, Doug has been awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Prince Edward Island, the George Land World Class Innovator Award, The Ned Herrmann Spirit Award, the YMCA Character Award and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
David Wecker is a storyteller. He sharpened his eye and ear over 20 years with "The Cincinnati Post" and "The Kentucky Post," telling stories about real people, their values. their struggles and their victories. His stories showed again and again how the most outwardly ordinary people can be, at second glance, extraordinary and inspiring. Wecker has also worked with Hall over the past 16 years creating ideas for Fortune 500 companies. As chief concept writer at Hall's Eureka! Ranch, he has written roughly 5,000 new product concepts in nearly every conceivable category for such clients as Nike, Disney, AT&T, American Express, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, Coke, Chrysler and Ford.
Content
Why A "2.0" New Edition?
Introduction
Act I: Brain Training
- Innocence
- Adventurousness
- We Hold These Truths To Be Self-evident
- Ideas-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- The Eureka! Formula for Creativity
- Explore Stimuli
- Leverage Diversity
- Drive Out Fear
- Welcome to the Ranch
Act II: Jump Starts
- Top Ten Stimuli Jump Starts
- Top Ten Industrial-strength Jump Starts
- Top Ten Group Creativity Jump Starts
Act III: Go For It
- Real World Survival Guide