How To Have A Beautiful Mind
Published on 3. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-09-189460-3 (ISBN)
Description
People spend a fortune on their bodies, their faces, their hair, their clothes. Cosmetics, plastic surgery, diets, gym membership - everyone's trying to be more attractive. But there's an easier way to become a beautiful person. It doesn't have to be physical. No matter how you look, if you have a mind that's fascinating, creative, exciting - if you're a good thinker - you can be beautiful.
And being attractive doesn't necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated. It isn't about having a great personality. It's about using your imagination and expanding your creativity. And it's when talking with people that we make the greatest impact. A person may be physically beautiful, but when speaking to others a dull or ugly or uncreative mind will definitely turn them off.
In clear, practical language, de Bono shows how by applying lateral and parallel thinking skills to your conversation you can improve your mind. By learning how to listen, make a point, and manoeuvre a discussion, you can become creative and more appealing - more beautiful.
And being attractive doesn't necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated. It isn't about having a great personality. It's about using your imagination and expanding your creativity. And it's when talking with people that we make the greatest impact. A person may be physically beautiful, but when speaking to others a dull or ugly or uncreative mind will definitely turn them off.
In clear, practical language, de Bono shows how by applying lateral and parallel thinking skills to your conversation you can improve your mind. By learning how to listen, make a point, and manoeuvre a discussion, you can become creative and more appealing - more beautiful.
Reviews / Votes
Highly recommended * The Good Book Guide * One of the world's greatest thinkers has found a miracle cure for people in search of lasting health and beauty. And it costs no more than the price of a paperback. * Sunday Review * Edward doesn't just think. He is a one-man global industry, whose work is gospel in government, universities, schools, corporates and even prisons all over the world * Times 2 * The master of creative thinking * Independent on Sunday * Edward de Bono is a cult figure in developing tricks to sharpen the mind * The Times * Edward de Bono is a toolmaker, his tools have been fashioned for thinking, to make more of the mind * Peter Gabriel * de Bono's work may be the best thing going in the world today * George Gallup, originator of the Gallup Poll * The guru of clear thinking * Marketing Week * Mercifully free of the trite techniques offered by many publications promising to save us from social awkwardness, the book succeeds in doing just that * Independent on Sunday (Sunday Review) *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-189460-3 (9780091894603)
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Edward de Bono
How To Have A Beautiful Mind
E-Book
01/2010
1st Edition
Ebury Digital
€11.99
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Person
Edward de Bono studied at Christ Church, Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar). He also holds a PhD from Cambridge and an MD from the University of Malta. He has held appointments at the universities of Oxford, London, Cambridge and Harvard.
In 1967 de Bono invented the now commonly used term 'lateral thinking' and, for many thousands, indeed millions, of people worldwide, his name has since become a symbol of creativity and new thinking. He has written numerous books, which have been translated into 34 languages, and his advice is sought by Nobel laureates and world leaders alike.
www.debono.com
In 1967 de Bono invented the now commonly used term 'lateral thinking' and, for many thousands, indeed millions, of people worldwide, his name has since become a symbol of creativity and new thinking. He has written numerous books, which have been translated into 34 languages, and his advice is sought by Nobel laureates and world leaders alike.
www.debono.com