Lessons From The Art Of Juggling: How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Business, Learning, and Life [Paperback]

Michael J. Gelb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 1996

Featuring simple, illustrated instructions for learning to juggle, this book focuses on the valuable lessons this lighthearted pastime offers, from learning to keep a number of things "up in the air" at the same time to coping gracefully with mistakes by learning to "drop the ball" from time to time. Illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Gelb, a learning consultant, and Buzan (The Mind Map Book) present a quirky and effective amalgamation of managerial principles, learning theories and ideas on juggling. Using juggling (tennis balls or fruit) as a learning metaphor, they hypothesize on goal setting, attitude transformation, relaxation and confidence building. The benefits of mastering the art of juggling-including correct balance, ambidexterity and confidence-are readily applied to other endeavors. Amply illustrated with sketches, this uncommon approach to self-improvement has more to offer than other such guides and is a great deal more fun.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Experienced juggler Gelb and Buzan, author of Use Both Sides of Your Brain, combined forces to write this guide to the juggling metaphor method--a method of achieving psychophysical ambidexterity. The authors contend that in practicing juggling, people learn to draw on both sides of their brain, to achieve greater physical fitness (by increasing the difficulty of the juggling experience), and to change their attitude toward mistakes and regard them not as failure but as an element of growing and learning. The first half of the book is a genuine juggling lesson; the second part is an application of those skills to the business world, coaching, and everyday life. An interesting philosophy that has been taught at corporate seminars, schools, and military and police academies. Denise Perry Donavin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (January 3, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517886553
• ISBN-13: 978-0517886557
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,643,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate success book, January 30, 2000

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Mark Mifsud (Malta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lessons From The Art Of Juggling: How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Business, Learning, and Life (Hardcover)

If you want to achieve your full potential in anything you are ever to do, whoever you are, look no further. This book helps with just that. Written in a playful tone, and with practical examples from the game of juggling, you will find all the confidence, courage and mental skills to do anything you aspire. As the book also teaches juggling, it's style will feel a bit unfamiliar to most readers, but considering how it improved my life I MUST give it a 5 star. Check out books about accellerated learning by the same authors as well.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An insightful book for jugglers and non-jugglers alike, July 20, 1998

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[e-mail] (Claremont, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lessons From The Art Of Juggling: How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Business, Learning, and Life (Hardcover)

A wonderful book. I am a very experienced juggler and found Gelb and Buzan's use of juggling as a metaphor for achieving success quite refreshing. The book is thoughtful and insightful and is readily accessable to jugglers and non-jugglers alike.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learning to Learn, April 11, 2007

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Jay Busari (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lessons From The Art Of Juggling: How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Business, Learning, and Life (Paperback)

I was amazed that I could do 3 ball juggling just from reading this book...of course, it took me some time and effort. But I did not expect that a written text book could teach and coach the development of motor skills.

I was also pleasantly surprised at the emphasis on relaxation techniques...which were very useful, and it felt awesome to be able to develope some techniques by reading a written text book.

I always believed that motor skills can be taught more effectively using a video or with a personal coach. So I was a little skeptical about being able to learn juggling from a book, but I really wanted to see if I could actually learn juggling on my own.

I have absolutely great respect for the author...for his technique of learning to learn.

I even tried to teach my staff juggling using the same premise and philosophy as this book. It was great to see them realize that they can in fact learn anything...and we juggling A4 sheets (crumpled up into paper balls)!