Thinking Skills by Eric Garner $m@!!

Product Details:
ISBN: 978-87-7681-966-8
Publisher: bookboon.com; 1 edition (January 10, 2013)
Pages : 53
File Size: 2.69 MB
Language: English
ASIN: B00B00A2IE

Book Description:
Publication Date : January 10, 2013
This eBook will cover all kinds of thinking skills and will make you see that your brain is the most powerful organ you possess. It is the tool that, if used skillfully, can help you perform better in your job, better in your team and better in your organization. By developing your thinking skills to meet the needs of the modern world, you are guaranteed to succeed.


Content:

Preface

1 What Are Thinking Skills?
1.1 The Potential of the Brain
1.2 Brain Power
1.3 Exploding the Myths
1.4 Brainworks
1.5 Brain not Brawn
1.6 Management Thinking
1.7 Thinking Matters
1.8 Key Points

2 Positive Thinking
2.1 Untrained Thinking
2.2 Distorted Thinking
2.3 Catastrophising
2.4 Confusion
2.5 Distraction
2.6 Yo-Yo Thinking
2.7 The Self-Image
2.8 Positive Re-Framing
2.9 Expecting the Best
2.10 Your Brain Wants Success
2.11 Key Points

3 Improve Your Memory
3.1 Synaesthesia
3.2 Landmarks
3.3 The Peg System
3.4 Rhymes
3.5 Mnemonics
3.6 Remembering People’s Names
3.7 Repetition
3.8 Key Points

4 Blocks to Thinking
4.1 Assumptions
4.2 See Things from Other Points Of View
4.3 Thinking and Doing
4.4 Get Rid Of Lazy Thinking Habits
4.5 Think like A Child
4.6 See the Detail As Well As the Big Picture
4.7 Think For Yourself
4.8 Time to Think
4.9 Key Points

5 Logical Thinking
5.1 Left-Brain Thinking
5.2 Right Brain Thinking
5.3 Managerial Thinking
5.4 Logical Thinking
5.5 SMART Goals
5.6 Systematic Planning
5.7 Using Information
5.8 The Limits of Information
5.9 Key Points

6 Creative Thinking
6.1 Think like A Child
6.2 Be More Curious
6.3 Play with Ideas
6.4 Make New Connections
6.5 Be A Little Illogical
6.6 Laugh More
6.7 Think Outside Your Limits
6.8 Key Points

7 Brainstorming
7.1 Brainstorming
7.2 A Brainstorming Session
7.3 An Example of Brainstorming: The Honey Pot
7.4 Brainwriting
7.5 Key Points

8 Decision-Taking
8.1 Time Them
8.2 Align Them
8.3 Balance Them
8.4 Act When You Have To
8.5 Use a Decision-Making Model
8.6 Instinct
8.7 Don’t Decide Without Acting
8.8 Keep Your Decision under Review
8.9 Key Points

9 Problem-Solving
9.1 The Problem with Problems
9.2 The Classical Approach
9.3 Do Nothing
9.4 Take Your Time
9.5 Sleep On It
9.6 Attack the Problem
9.7 Two Heads are Better than One
9.8 Occam’s Razor and the Five Whys
9.9 Key Points

10 Innovation
10.1 Create an Innovative Climate
10.2 Keep Your Eyes Open
10.3 Dreams and Daydreams
10.4 Develop Washing-Up Creativity
10.5 Make New Connections
10.6 Necessity is the Mother of Innovation
10.7 Test, Test, Test
10.8 Adopt and Adapt
10.9 Take Lessons from Nature
10.10 Key Points

11 Web Resources on “Thinking Skills”