Web Thinking: Connecting, Not Competing, for Success (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "When the world was created, spheres and ellipses and spirals and curves all circled out to be contructed into complex and dynamic planets and stars..." (more)
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When Linda Seger entered the business world in the 1980s, she encountered the traditional hierarchal structure that was not only unfair but inefficient. This was the result of linear thinking that has dominated Western culture for 5,000 years. Its metaphor was that of a line, or ladder with separate rungs or levels, and it stifled her creativity at every turn. By changing her thinking, becoming relationship-oriented, learning to share power and control, she transformed her work and personal life and freed her creativity. She called it "web thinking" and found that every discipline from biology to theology was encouraging this shift away from the linear model. The view that our lives are independent and disconnected from each other was simply inaccurate. Her research attests to our being in dynamic and mutual relationship with each other. The metaphor of this model is that of a circle or spiral. Web Thinking describes the process and gives the specific steps needed to change our thinking and thus change our lives from one of isolation to deep connection and fulfillment.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Inner Ocean Publishing; 1st edition (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930722087
• ISBN-13: 978-1930722088
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,655,884 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Weaving A Life-Long Web, June 25, 2002

By	Talk Story Gal (Pasadena, California United States) - See all my reviews

Some people may wonder why script consultant Linda Seger has written a book that departs from her usual arena of Screenwriting. But if you read WEB THINKING carefully, you'll begin to see the connection between "web thinking" & creativity & most of all, how this can be applied to all aspects of your life. In a highly competitive, highly-stressed out world, this book makes sense & in the film/TV industry in which I work, this book should be required reading for those who want to survive & thrive in "show biz". You'll be surprised that much of what is written is what you may have instinctively known or "felt" all along...but Seger has finally articulated it for you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Way to Greenlight your Project, September 21, 2006

By	Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D. (Northville, MI USA) - See all my reviews

In her book Web Thinking, successful Hollywood screenwriting consultant and author of numerous books on the entertainment industry, Dr. Linda Seger reveals the real secret to success in any job. She hits the nail on the head--it's about relationships. In my years as a performance improvement specialist to Fortune 100 corporations, 80% of success was not just showing up (like Woody Allen has said), nor is it technical competence and know-how (as our school systems wrongly assume), but rather the establishment of mutually beneficial relationships with our peers, our suppliers and our customers. People get jobs and lose them primarily because their egos are too big to help others succeed. Or as Seger puts it, we need to be "Connecting, Not Competing." Regardless, listen to the interviews with A-listers in any industry. More often it's not the project that creates the critical mass for a greenlight, but how much one person wants to work with another.

Linda's writing was very helpful in the writing of my own book on screenwriting published by Michael Wiese Productions: THE MORAL PREMISE: Harnessing Virtue and Vice for Box Office Success.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Working with the Web, July 7, 2002

By	Pamela Jaye Smith, MYTHWORKS (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews

As a Consultant and Lecturer on Group Dynamics I find in Dr. Seger's book a helpful simplification of those sometimes abstruse principles of how human consciousness works. The clarity of her explanations of various states of mind and how to affect transitions between them will be valuable metaphors in my work, particularly for audiences not schooled in more esoteric thought.