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The Art of Original Thinking (6 CD set) by Jan Phillips
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First published August 1, 2006
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April 14, 2008
The Art of Original Thinking ushers in a new type of business person. This newest evolution of entrepreneur looks not only to make money but also seeks to create ideas, products, and businesses that will make the world a better place. This leader looks within at his or her talents to fulfill his or her passion and asks the same of his or her employees. This individual sees him or her self as a catalyst for positive change and a model for expressing personal authenticity and passion.
The Art of Original Thinking looks at this developing combination of spirituality and business for a better world that has been expressed in books like Megatrends 2010. The Art of Original Thinking not only illustrates various entrepreneurs and businesses following these models but also includes questions that the reader can ask him or her self to trigger more original passionate thinking.
The Art of Original Thinking looks at this developing combination of spirituality and business for a better world that has been expressed in books like Megatrends 2010. The Art of Original Thinking not only illustrates various entrepreneurs and businesses following these models but also includes questions that the reader can ask him or her self to trigger more original passionate thinking.
March 26, 2014
I listened to this book (a condensed version, narrated by the author).
Look, it's really hard to take a book seriously that has the phrase "Original Thinking" prominently in the title, but has not even a phantom of a scent of original insight in it. Who are the new role models? Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi...same role models as 50 years ago. How does one think originally? Concern oneself with the greater good in one's actions, don't be selfish or isolate yourself. Plutarch extolled these same values 1600 years ago in his Lives. How can one get from the things one knows about a subject to a more complete understanding? Take action and learn from there as you move. The same suggestion that every success speaker since Napoleon Hill has said.
Around the time that she started misrepresenting the theories of quantum science, I was ready to turn the book off. After the second time she started complaining about the evil patriarchy, I did turn it off.
Perhaps it's not my place to say what is or is not original thinking. Many people have come to Jan Phillips's same conclusions and found them quite profound. I know because many leadership magazines (at least in my industry) are just as trite and tedious to read as this book was. Probably because the content is the same.
What I had hoped for was not a re-hash of leadership empowerment nonsense, but practical advice on how to widen one's perspective, come up with creative ideas, recognize and move with cultural shifts, etc.
Look, it's really hard to take a book seriously that has the phrase "Original Thinking" prominently in the title, but has not even a phantom of a scent of original insight in it. Who are the new role models? Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi...same role models as 50 years ago. How does one think originally? Concern oneself with the greater good in one's actions, don't be selfish or isolate yourself. Plutarch extolled these same values 1600 years ago in his Lives. How can one get from the things one knows about a subject to a more complete understanding? Take action and learn from there as you move. The same suggestion that every success speaker since Napoleon Hill has said.
Around the time that she started misrepresenting the theories of quantum science, I was ready to turn the book off. After the second time she started complaining about the evil patriarchy, I did turn it off.
Perhaps it's not my place to say what is or is not original thinking. Many people have come to Jan Phillips's same conclusions and found them quite profound. I know because many leadership magazines (at least in my industry) are just as trite and tedious to read as this book was. Probably because the content is the same.
What I had hoped for was not a re-hash of leadership empowerment nonsense, but practical advice on how to widen one's perspective, come up with creative ideas, recognize and move with cultural shifts, etc.
March 12, 2017
To be honest I felt that the book was a little bit dry. Having said that I have been to a workshop with Jan Phillips on creativity and it was absolutely marvelous. It remains one of the highlights of my life.
March 7, 2016
If you want a feel-good, trite collection of hodgepodge inspirations, this might be a good choice. It talks about all sorts of people take initiatives and change the world for the better. It you want a scholarly written book that can show how to think originally, you might be sorely disappointed.
A piece of unsolicited advice to the author: it's ok to talk about we have some sort of collective consciousness (although I would say use terms such as "as if we have a collective consciousness"), but to say that this is what quantum physics "showed" and invoke quantum entanglement to explain your made-up concept of collective consciousness, you clearly don't know what you are talking about. So don't.
A piece of unsolicited advice to the author: it's ok to talk about we have some sort of collective consciousness (although I would say use terms such as "as if we have a collective consciousness"), but to say that this is what quantum physics "showed" and invoke quantum entanglement to explain your made-up concept of collective consciousness, you clearly don't know what you are talking about. So don't.
August 5, 2007
Unoriginal. A good collection of quotes interspersed with a hash of hackneyed filler. Is it possible to describe a box within which you can think outside of it? A jet-lagged purchase.
March 4, 2013
Tried this for a men's book group and it took them years to forgive me. Not a bad book, but I don't suggest it for a business setting.
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