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Jun
2009
Jun
2009
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A Whole New Mind (17)
Title: A Whole New Mind
Author: Daniel H. Pink
Genre: Non-fiction
It took me a while to get into this book. It’s been sitting around for a while waiting for me to get past page 35. Today I dedicated my Shabbat to walking and reading and kind of forced myself to dig into this book, I’m so glad I did. After a slow start the book really resonated with me as a “right brain-directed” creative kind of person. The descriptions of how my brain works in general terms and the kind of work I’m good at were amazing to read about in a book that deals a lot with the changing business landscape. In other words people like me aren’t usually mentioned in the same sentence as serious business stuff. If this guy is right (and I think he is) that is something that will certainly change as “boundary crossers” and others who didn’t necessarily knock it out of the park on standardized tests and other traditional measures of aptitude become more and more important to business. And truthfully will in fact change what “business” is for at least a good chunk of society. Really good stuff.
Category: loved, non-fiction