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Karl Albrecht

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Dr. Karl Albrecht is an executive management consultant, coach, futurist, lecturer, and author of more than 20 books on professional achievement, organizational performance, and business strategy. He is listed as one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in business on the topic of leadership.

He is a recognized expert on cognitive styles and the development of advanced thinking skills. His books Social Intelligence: The New Science of Success; Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense; and his Mindex Thinking Style Profile are used in business and education.

The Mensa society presented him with its lifetime achievement award, for significant contributions by a member to the understanding of intelligence.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Karl Albrecht Most of my work has been non-fiction so far, and I think my approach to writer's block (maybe a term that should never have been invented) is probably…moreMost of my work has been non-fiction so far, and I think my approach to writer's block (maybe a term that should never have been invented) is probably different from that of fiction writers.

I find that I experience fewer blockages when I have the content well mapped out and know what I'm trying to convey. When I'm starting a book, I don't write a word until I have a detailed design of the chapters and sections displayed on my wall, as a "tree" of index cards. I take whatever time is needed to get to a design that works for the project I have in mind.

When I sit down to write, I find it easier to get started when I'm mentally engaged with the material - I know what the next "chunk" of prose has to be, and I have a lead in mind that I like. I tend to treat each section of each chapter as if it could be a stand-alone article, suitable for publishing somewhere else. At the same time, the language needs to keep it stitched in to the overall flow of the chapter and the whole book.

If I'm not sure of the treatment for a section, or a chapter, I typically take a sheet of paper and "mind map" it, itemizing the elements of content and figuring out the connections and the sequence that moves it along. Then I start scratching my head for a grabby lead - maybe an anecdote or a story; maybe a catch question; maybe a provocative declaration; maybe a startling "factoid" or factual premise - that kind of thing. Once I have a lead that I like, then I can just follow it up with the preferred sequence of ideas.

One thing I do NOT do - although I recognize that many good writers do - is just dump a lot of "stuff" out onto the page and hope I can massage it into something that works. I do not write non-fiction as a stream of consciousness. I write to a well thought-out design, and I write finished copy (or nearly finished). Using a design strategy, I find I very seldom have to trash large chunks of text.

This works for me - your mileage may differ.

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Karl Albrecht Knowing that the reader has granted me the privilege of entering his or her private, interior world, and bringing ideas that might have interest, rele…moreKnowing that the reader has granted me the privilege of entering his or her private, interior world, and bringing ideas that might have interest, relevance, and value.

Without readers, there can be no writers.

In those cherished occasions where someone lets me know - whether in person, by feedback on an online forum, or with a direct personal message - that the ideas I've offered have in some way added value to their lives, I find great satisfaction.

Another source of joy and inspiration to me, as an intellectually inclined person, is that trading in ideas puts me in contact with bright people who value ideas as much as I do, who share interesting thoughts, and who are kind enough to show appreciation for mine.
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	Social Intelligence: The New Science of Success 3.63 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 2005 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense 3.73 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills: Learn To Improve Your Thinking Skills really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Service America!: Doing Business in the New Economy by Karl Albrecht (Goodreads Author), Ron Zemke 3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brain Snacks 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At America's Service: How Your Company Can Join the Customer Service Revolution 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Power of Minds at Work: Organizational Intelligence in Action 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Northbound Train: Finding the Purpose Setting the Direction Shaping the Destiny of Your Organization 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Only Thing That Matters: Bringing the Power of the Customer into the Center of Your Business 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corporate Radar: Tracking the Forces That Are Shaping Your Business 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Here's a link to a series of blog items I've posted on the PT website. Rather than copy them to the goodreads blog system, I presume it's acceptable to link over to the PT site. While you're there, have a look at the rich supply of blog dissertations offered by my colleagues.

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“Change your language and you change your thoughts.”
― Karl Albrecht

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“As we mature we progressively narrow the scope and variety of our lives. Of all the interests we might pursue, we settle on a few. Of all the people with whom we might associate, we select a small number. We become caught in a web of fixed relationships. We develop set ways of doing things.
"As the years go by we view our familiar surroundings with less and less freshness of perception. We no longer look with a wakeful, perceiving eye at the faces of people we see every day, nor at any other features of our everyday world.
"It is not unusual to find that the major changes in life-a marriage, a move to a new city, a change of jobs, or a national emergency-break the patterns of our lives and reveal to us quite suddenly how much we had been imprisoned by the comfortable web we had woven around ourselves.
"One of the reasons why mature people are apt to learn less than young people is that they are willing to risk less. Learning is a risky business, and they do not like failure. In infancy, when the child is learning at a truly phenomenal rate-a rate he or she will never again achieve-he or she is also experiencing a shattering number of failures. Watch him or her. See the innumerable things he or she tries and fails. And see how little the failures discourage him or her.
"With each year that passes he or she will be less blithe about failure. By adolescence the willingness of young people to risk failure has diminished greatly. And all too often parents push them further along that road by instilling fear, by punishing failure, or by making success seem too precious.”
― Karl Albrecht, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Success

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“I who am blind can give one hint to those who see-one admonition to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again."
-Helen Keller”
― Karl Albrecht, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Success

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