Make the Most of Your Mind (A Fireside book) [Paperback]

Tony Buzan (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Fireside book | Publication Date: February 24, 1984

Your brain is like a sleeping giant - its potential is far greater than was generally imagined. Even the commonly heard statement that on average we use only one per cent of our brains may well be an overestimation. Tony Buzan, the leading expert in the field, sets out to help you develop that astounding untapped potential. Essential reading for anyone keen to learn, read, memorize and think more efficiently, this classic bestseller explains clearly how your brain works and how to maximize its unrealized power.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone (February 24, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671495194
• ISBN-13: 978-0671495190
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tony Buzan is the world-renowned inventor of Mind Maps and the multi-million copy bestselling author of Head First, Head Strong and The Mind Map Book. He appears regularly on television and lectures all over the world. His work has been published in 100 countries and 30 languages.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Realize and improve your full learning potential, quickly., October 28, 1997

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[e-mail] (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Make the Most of Your Mind (A Fireside book) (Paperback)

This book is a must for everyone from school children to the business person. It will help you :-

Realize how much you already know
Improve information retention
Improve the recalling of that information
Read more efficiently
Learn more efficiently

I came across Tony Buzan's work in 1990, when I had just started studying for a degree whilst working full time. It was not until I read this book that I actually learnt how to learn quicker, more efficiently and be able to access that knowledge easier.

Throughout this book you are given examples, explanations and tests that you can use to prove to yourself within minutes that what you have just been told works. In fact, not only are you told at the start how incredible your brain is and how much you already know, but this book then helps you proves it !!

Each chapter could be a book in its own right, however the aim of this book, quite rightly, is to give you 80% of the benefit for 20% of the effort.

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Minding your own mind, January 3, 2002

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Mike Bowman (Sydney) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Make the Most of Your Mind (A Fireside book) (Paperback)

Four stars only as this is more of the 'popularisation' of the right brain/left brain stuff and, if you haven't come across that before then there's something of interest. However, most of the topics are covered without detail and so the the book is more a primer for Tony's other works than something you can read and utilise.
If you have some of the other generic intros to 'brain power' then you don't need this one. If you need a starting point then this should open many a synaptic vista...enjoy

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Significant learning through whole brain applications, March 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Make the Most of Your Mind (A Fireside book) (Paperback)

Clear, easy to read and understand. This book is not only practical, it can also change lives of those who take the lessons seriously. Applications from this book have made me effective in teaching a graduate school elective called Integrative Systems for Intuitive Natural and Creative Technologies (In.St.I.N.C.T.). The subject is very well recieved and is offered in three of the top business schools in the Philippines. Thanks to people like Buzan, we can become more confident, creative and meaningful in our lives & work. An excellent all occasion gift...