Think! Before It's Too Late

I have read a few books by Edward de Bono, I think the captioned is the best which I just finished reading, it recaps all (?) we need to know about thinking skills advocated by Mr de Bono, and the tools are summarised. I was inspired by it for the topic of my thesis for my Doctor in Education, tentatively it is: 'Teaching Thinking Skills to Adult Learners'.

I have recommended the book to 12 persons tonight.

AM

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Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on January 14, 2010 at 11:00

Annita

have you read Ted's first book "The Mechanism of Mind"(1969)? This is the volume to really persevere with and understand as deeply as you can. Out of print now, but you might just score a second-hand copy somewhere as I recently did...

This book forms the spinal column to the whole of de Bono Thinking. It outlines a model of the mind that has been investigated by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and found to work precisely as the author imagined. I have uploaded some relevant video clips to this site that may interest you. Maybe watch "Parallel Thinking 1-7" for some extra inspiration.

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Permalink Reply by Annita Mau on January 15, 2010 at 13:49

Kim, thanks for the tips, would try to find the book, I do not remember I have ever seen the book. Where are the video clips you mentioned?
Annita

Kim Jones said:

Annita

have you read Ted's first book "The Mechanism of Mind"(1969)? This is the volume to really persevere with and understand as deeply as you can. Out of print now, but you might just score a second-hand copy somewhere as I recently did...

This book forms the spinal column to the whole of de Bono Thinking. It outlines a model of the mind that has been investigated by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and found to work precisely as the author imagined. I have uploaded some relevant video clips to this site that may interest you. Maybe watch "Parallel Thinking 1-7" for some extra inspiration.

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Permalink Reply by Annita Mau on January 15, 2010 at 14:30

Kim, further to my previous message, I have viewed the Parellel thinking 1, it is fun, and useful. By the way, I recommended the book "Think! Before It is Too Late" to two ladies today, one of them decided to buy one for her sons (20+ of age).
AM

annita mau said:

Kim, thanks for the tips, would try to find the book, I do not remember I have ever seen the book. Where are the video clips you mentioned?
Annita

Kim Jones said:
Annita

have you read Ted's first book "The Mechanism of Mind"(1969)? This is the volume to really persevere with and understand as deeply as you can. Out of print now, but you might just score a second-hand copy somewhere as I recently did...

This book forms the spinal column to the whole of de Bono Thinking. It outlines a model of the mind that has been investigated by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and found to work precisely as the author imagined. I have uploaded some relevant video clips to this site that may interest you. Maybe watch "Parallel Thinking 1-7" for some extra inspiration.

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Permalink Reply by Franis on April 10, 2010 at 23:32

That's great! What a "maven" you are to heartily endorse what you believe in.

Can you give us a "review" of the book? Say something about what is inside? Some of us don't have so much time to read so we could use a synopsis from you.

mechanism of Mind" was a difficult book for me to wade through at the time - it took me forever to read. But I was fascinated, because it contained concepts that were beyond my imagination at the time. It's my opinion that the most amazing thing about "Mechanism of Mind" is that it was written so long ago... and ALL of it's models have be proven to work in the brain research that has since happened thirty and forty years AFTER it was published! So de Bono predicted the truth of what actual brain research found.

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Permalink Reply by Annita Mau on April 11, 2010 at 13:10

Hi Franis, are u talking abt the review for "Think! Before it is too late", it is actually a synopsis and extract of Dr de Bono's whole collections, I frankly am not up to the standard to do a review. Lucky you who has a copy of "The Mechanism of Mind", which I have never seen a copy. Annita

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Permalink Reply by Franis on April 12, 2010 at 21:26

Of course you can review it! Anyone can review a book they read. Reviews by their nature are subjective and incomplete. A review is merely a description of how the book affected you personally. The best reviews make observations about the book itself, describing why you think that the book affected you in the way it did by citing or generalizing some of the content.

You'll see examples of books that get reviewed on Amazon, for instance. Then people rate the usefulness of the review. Those with high marks are examples of great reviews.

The point of the description is that you're writing so someone else can decide, after reading your review, that the book contained (or didn't) something useful or interesting to them. Your description gives a little snippet of a sample of part of the book itself, while you're supporting your opinions about the book.