It's there somewhere!
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If you can put up with the very informal and chatty style of this book, then you'll find some very interesting gems of information. But it's hard work! It would have been nicer to have had a smaller format and kept to the bare facts, rather than having to trawl through tons of verbiage. Give it a go, but only if you're a very selective speed-reader!
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Please....
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Anyone that starts with the bogus assertion that we use only 1% of our brains hasn't got the brains to write a book about brains. If you want completely unscientific clap-trap that will make you feel better about yourself, go ahead and buy this book. If you actually care about this sort of stuff, try buying something a little more respectable.
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Mensa IQ is not the only measure of intelligence; thankfully
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Modern day thinking has eveloved whereby a person's intelligence is not only measured by their school/university results but can now be measured using a number of other attributes, social, creative, sporting, etc. Tony manages to caputre in this book a way of opening our eyes and minds to the other measurements of intelligence. Thought provoking book that hopefully will stop people being so narrow minded when determining who is intelligent and who is not, based on the opinion of a french man in the 60's who devised the IQ test.
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HEAD FIRST giving you a Head Start !!!!!!
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Buzan provides a crisp and very futuristically creative handbook for the ultimate self-development of an individual's most valuable, but under-utilised tool.....the Human Brain. I am currently reading the first chapter, all about creativity....and I tell you, this guy is brilliant. How many uses can you think of for a paper clip [in 2 minutes]??? Buzan has re-opened my mind and has refuelled my enthusiasm for self-development. As Buzan puts it....we are now in a new Millennium, now it is time for the Brain Age.
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The fantastic user's instruction manual for the Brain.
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Tony Buzan simplifies and demystifies the brain and the ways in which it works. Using anecdotes,personal experences and self assessment tests he highlights that we underutilise this most incredible of computers. Like a muscle the brain benefits from 'exercise' and Tony suggests that we have enormous - no unlimited - potential should we use more than our current 1% capacity! Working through the exercises in the book highlights your own strengthes and weaknesses and suggests strategies to develop all 10 human intellegences I was engrossed in this book and read it from cover to cover in three sittings but I do have a couple of niggles. The book doesn't always practise what it preaches - it could do with a lot more images to illustrate its points and the use of more colour would have been welcome. Interestingly the pages for note taking are lined and not blank to facilitate mind mapping - surely an oversight.
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