Test Your Creative Thinking: Enchance Your Lateral Thinking; Learn to Think Outside the Box (Times (Kogan Page)) (Paperback)

by Lloyd King (Author) "One lunchtime grandpa peered up at this clock from his armchair..." (more)
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Product Description
Almost everyone is born with the capacity to be creative, but those skills are often neglected or untapped. Creative and lateral thinking is all about thinking "outside the box", which means breaking out of familiar thought patterns and coming up with new and unusual associations and possibilities. It is the key to improving creativity.

This book of nearly 250 brand new lateral puzzles, which includes two creative thinking tests, aims to encourage readers to think creatively. Whether at work, as part of an assessment or simply for fun, learning to think creatively can be hugely rewarding and make a real difference to an individual's ability. By trying to find unusual and unexpected associations, patterns and connections, readers can learn to keep an open mind and to look at everything in a different way.

With plenty of questions and tips, this book provides an ideal opportunity for anyone to assess and improve their creativity.

About the Author
Lloyd King is a renowned lateral thinking expert who has been designing puzzles for over 10 years. A prolific writer he has contributed to numerous books and is the author of the best-selling Puzzles for the High IQ.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Kogan Page (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074944004X
• ISBN-13: 978-0749440046
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #868,409 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the Best Puzzle Book I Have Ever Worked Through, July 6, 2004

By	William Bultas (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

And I have worked through dozens. As a professional puzzle writer/creator, I get to see a lot of "old chestnuts" that are repackaged versions of puzzles written decades or even centuries ago. Lloyd's book is quite different. There are a few authors (who I will not name) who have given "lateral thinking" something of a bad reputation. By comparison, Lloyd uses excellent illustrations (he is a painter and artist, btw), and really fun teasers that will have you scratching your head until you have that "aha!" experience and KNOW the answer. At first I couldn't make heads or tails of his puzzles, but once you get inside his head, it is quite enjoyable. I have now spent far too many hours on this book, and plan to spend many more. Fun stuff.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow. Really forces the reader to "think outside the box"!, June 3, 2004

By	Clifford A. Pickover (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lloyd King has created a fantastic book of puzzles that coax the reader to use lateral thinking and to break out of standard patterns of thought. This book is an incredible mind expander. The puzzles are original and hugely rewarding and will make a difference in the way you look at the world. The ultimate brain work out. Buy the book and feed your head.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Into The Mind of a Puzzle Wizard, July 14, 2005

By	Jonathan Wai (USA) - See all my reviews

The best puzzles are not always the ones with the most logical solution, but oftentimes those that stimulate your brain to make connections in an entirely new manner. Just as there are multiple proofs to mathematical problems, there are many novel ways to solve creative thinking puzzles that require various mixtures of convergent and divergent thinking. In Test Your Creative Thinking, Lloyd King brings together an adequate balance of intelligence, creativity and humor that pushed me to invent new patterns of thought.

One of the features I appreciated most about the book is the way it progresses evenly from low to high degrees of difficulty in a continuous development. Many of the items are deceptively easy, or seem to have no solution at all, but that is because the solution is typically a creative twist that is completely unique to Lloyd King. The advanced test will be a challenge to even the best puzzle solvers, and will without a doubt be a mental exercise worth engaging in.

What I enjoyed most about this book, as well as Lloyd's other books and creations, is the humor and easy going fun tone throughout the book. Many of the puzzles are indeed out of the box and the stories and settings that accompany them are no exception. I have purchased many puzzle books, and spent countless hours solving puzzles that seem canned or derivations of many others I had seen before. In Test Your Creative Thinking, this is definitely not the case, as puzzle wizard Lloyd King provides an opportunity to experience the workings of his equally divergent and convergent mind.