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Handbook for the Positive Revolution [Mass Market Paperback]

Edward de Bono (Author)
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January 1, 1995
Sets out practical steps for achieving positive change - whether on a personal or a global scale.

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In this scattershot collection of advice and aphorisms, De Bono advocates a positive, direct approach as the most effective means of personal or worldwide change.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (January 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140126791
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140126792
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,096,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dr. Edward de Bono is regarded as the leading international authority in the field of conceptual thinking and also the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He originated the concept of "lateral thinking," which is now officially recognized in the Oxford English Dictionary-and which contributed to the success of the 1984 Olympic Games. He was a Rhodes Scholar at oxford and has held faculty appointments at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Harvard.

He has written twenty-seven books, which have been translated into twenty languages. These include: Opportunities; Lateral Thinking for Management; Future Positive; Atlas of Management Thinking; Wordpower; Children Solve Problems; Tactics: The Art and Science of Success; Conflicts: A Better Way to Resolve Them. He has also made a ten-part BBC series called "De Bono's Thinking Course" and two other television series.

Dr. de Bono's instruction in thinking has been sought by many of the largest corporations in USA, Canada, Europe, and the rest of the world. These include: IM, Exxon, Shell, BP, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Prudential, General Foods, Bell Telephone, Northern Telecom, Monsanto, DuPont, and ICI. He has given seminars all over the world, from Helsinki to Buenos Aires, from Toronto to Tokyo.


 

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4.0 out of 5 stars A deceptively simple collection of positive life strategies, March 14, 2000
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Tim Burness (Brighton, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Handbook for the Positive Revolution (Mass Market Paperback)
With a clear simple title and a bright yellow cover, "Handbook for the Positive Revolution" is packed with practical, constructive and enlightening ideas to help change your world and the world of those around you. Dr. de Bono distinguishes between two types of revolution, the negative revolutions of the past and the positive revolution, which some people might feel has continued to develop since this book was published in 1991.

De Bono suggests that those who wish to create a more positive future could do well to turn away from traditional "I am right - you are wrong" thinking. In negative revolutions of the past (e.g. the Marxist fight against capitalism) there is an enemy to be hated, this hatred giving cohesion and energy to the revolutionaries. With a positive revolution however, there is construction instead of attack, design instead of criticism, change through awareness instead of change through violence. A flexible sense of humour is proposed instead of an inflexible ideology!

Five basic principles are outlined: effectiveness, constructive, respect, self-improvement, contribution. The proposed positive revolution is certainly not a passive one. Self-improvement suggestions include learning new skills (anything from learning a new language to starting up a new business) and becoming better at anything you are doing. The section on respect draws on the Chinese wisdom of Confucius, who claimed that if everyone behaved properly towards other people, civilization would work.

Although some of the slogans and symbols towards the end are a bit gimmicky for my taste, I continue to dip into this deceptively simple book for positive inspiration, many years after I bought it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Direct, practical steps to a positive future for the world, August 17, 1996
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Edward de Bono describes a model for people to work with individually and together to build a better future. It is simple and practical rather than descriptive and preachy. Buy this book if you haven't yet given up hope
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