Teach Yourself How To Think (Mass Market Paperback)

by Edward De Bono (Author)

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Product Description
Edward de Bono's masterly books offers a structure that broadens our ability to respond and cope with a vast range of situations. "Teach Yourself to Think" is software for the brain, turning it into a successful thinking mechanism, and, as such, will prove of immense value to us all.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (January 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140230777
• ISBN-13: 978-0140230772
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #494,691 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Think Better Than Ivy-league Professors, December 28, 2001

By	"dynocrp" (Silicon Valley, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself to Think (Audio Cassette)

I am thoroughly impressed with Edward De Bono's matter-of-fact, wholly insightful, and unique yet practical work(s) published in the field of Thinking over the last four decades. After listening to De Bono's taped works (such as "Teach Yourself to Think"), I was both saddened and amazed to realize how limited in scope were the types and tools of thinking I was taught in higher education. The Ivy-league schools I attended taught specialized material primarily by means of judgment, criticism, analysis, and argument. Other important thinking modes, especially action-oriented ones such as design, exploration, creativity, and so forth, were assumed to arise mainly from talent and intelligence, and therefore were not taught, even ignored. How wrong and damaging was that default view !

Ed De Bono's works are packed with useful tools and insights. Because they are packed, gaining the most benefit requires reading "between the lines". I believe the listener must "stop the tape" (or put down the book) and make the effort to expand on De Bono's concepts and comments, in part by mapping them into past personal experiences (particularly useful are those experiences that had costly or unpleasant outcomes for the listener because at the time he/she lacked (or misapplied) certain thinking tools).

I am convinced that anyone of average intelligence and education who invests about 20 hours effort to listen to, internalize, and then practice a half-dozen of De Bono's various thinking tools will be amazed at the improvement it will yield in his/her relationships and work. I offer this comment as neither a religious nor "New Age" promoter but merely as a person who continues to benefit from these approaches.

I also highly recommend De Bono's "Teach Your Child to Think" tapes. They largely complement this set.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very very nice book, October 13, 2003

By	Kosovar (New York) - See all my reviews

I only made a cup of coffee for myself,that's the only break I had while I was reading this book which was the very first by mr.De Bono. I couldn't put it down and even though this book could have been so complicated it isn't at all - as a matter of fact it was the author's goal to be as simple as possible with his ways of teaching us how to think properly. And with some effort I should be able to think properly now when I read this book. I knew I am gaining something with the humiliation I made to myself by chosing the book to teach me of something that "I already know"!!!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!, May 13, 2005

By	S. Mubarak - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Teach Yourself to Think, this book is a precious one! It really helps you to think! What I personally admired about this book is that it doesn't really tell me what to think or what i should be thinking about but it shows me how many of these different kinds of thinking can benefit me in my daily life! Furthermore, after being aware of these various kinds of thinking, I've been able to achieve some of my personal goals which I wanted to achieve them along time ago, about a year ago! Thank you Edward de Bono for this rare book! Im planning on reading some of the other books of yours out there!