Head First! : You're Smarter Than You Think

by Tony Buzan

Did you know that you only use 1% of your brain? In Head First, Tony Buzan, the foremost expert on creativity and the brain and the inventor of Mind Maps, shows you how to tap into the rest. Did you know that you have 10 different intelligences, each one more powerful and capable of development than you ever imagined? In Head First, Tony Buzan, the world's leading expert on learning and the brain, proves that you are smarter than you think. In 10 easy-to-follow chapters, Tony Buzan will take you through each of the 10 intelligences, which include verbal, physical, interpersonal, creative and sexual. Buzan will show you how to be brilliant with words, physically fit and more sensual, as well as how to be more in control of your time and in tune with your environment. With practical exercises and simple techniques, you will learn how to immediately enhance your ability to excel in social, personal and professional situations. Learning how to use your 10 intelligences will dramatically improve your life.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Business, Psychology

256 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

Tony Buzan was an English author, educational consultant, and pioneer of the mind mapping technique, which he developed to enhance learning, creativity, and memory. Born in Middlesex in 1942, he studied psychology, English, mathematics, and science at the University of British Columbia and later became a graduate student at Simon Fraser University, where he served as the inaugural president of the student society. Buzan was a strong advocate for mental literacy and radiant thinking, drawing inspiration from figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein. He authored or co-authored over 80 books, including the bestselling Use Your Head, The Mind Map Book, and The Speed Reading Book, and gained international recognition through his 1970s BBC series Use Your Head. Buzan co-founded the World Memory Championships, the Mind Sports Olympiad, and the Brain Trust Charity. His legacy lives on through his books, seminars, and iMindMap software.

Reviews

[Nash · Rating 4 out of 5]

When the top headline of the book reads "Are you smarter than you think?," you know that the author is a very smart guy himself.

Why I'm saying this, because, I only discovered myself in my mindfulness practice in a retreat that, people subconsciously think highly of themselves, no matter what type of person they are. That's why Lord Buddha says, "no love is greater than self-love (among those who are yet to be Enlightened."

This book was clearly written for all of us who are yet to be Enlightened. We tend to believe that may be we are really "smarter" than we think....NOT! Well, to tell you the truth, I always fall for a brain-development, IQ improvement kind of book since I was a kid. I was known to save up my lunch money to buy those books at least once a week. I'm really a helpless case.

And that bad habit did not go away when I became adult. I kept searching and searching and still found myself inadequate. The book series by Tony Buzan, like other self-help guru, excited me for a while, then I went back to the same searching mode again.

Today, 7 years later after I first read this book and 5 years after I first went to my first Vipassana or Mindfulness meditation retreat, I look at the book in a totally different way. I found that it is nothing more than trying to "wake you us to the senses" which is barely touching on the surface of vipassana is! Lord Buddha has done much more empirical work and his paradigm is much more profound. This book might get you excited for a while, may get you the kind of "success" that is worldly, but it doesn't deliver you out of suffering.

My advice, learn how to do mindfulness meditation, by all means! It doesn't mean you have to sit and close your eyes all the time. Mindfulness is all about waking up all your senses in every waking moment, under the proper paradigm that Lord Buddha taught us about. He has clearly led us a path to get out of both physical and mental suffering, once and for all. After I did mindfulness and got immediate benefit and know what it can and will offer, this book, as well as other self-help book based on the same concept, suddenly becomes "kiddie stuff!"

[Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Einstein and Alan Turing are considered true Geniuses by the author Tony Buzan
Being able to Day-dream, taking time to meditate daily. Also having alone time for self. If you love spending time with you, makes it easier for someone else to enjoy spending time with you too. Love the 12 Mind-Map Plates, very artistic.
This is a snapshot of INTELLIGENCES as at April 2009..These can change through life-long learning.
CREATIVE: 65%
PERSONAL: 60%
SOCIAL: 60%
SPIRITUAL: 80%
PHYSICAL: 60%
SENSUAL: 80%
SEXUAL: 75%
NUMERICAL: 70%
SPATIAL: 70%
VERBAL: 75%

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is what started off my interest in training/coaching/mentoring and generally enabling us humans to learn useful things about ourselves. Although I may have had an advantage, because having multiple disabilities meant that I had already got accustomed to tackling solving problems in very different, often-unusual ways. Also Tony Buzan is British and so am I!

This book also reminds me of the theory by Howard Gardner that we humans have Multiple Intelligences and not just IQ.

[asmaa setiete · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is a very useful book , i recommend to read it, help you to organize and use your brain effectively.

[Chocolat Shimo Fallatah · Rating 5 out of 5]

استفد وأستمتع بتفيذ خرائط توني بوزان العقلية
التي تساعدك على تنظيم حياتك أكثر

[Aalaa alawadi آلاء · Rating 5 out of 5]

كتاب جميل كنت قراته من 5 سنوات مثلا :))) وعلى ما افتكر عجبني واستفدت من افكاره جدا
محتاجه اقراه تاني :))

[☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Head First. 10 ways to tap into natural genius.

[إيناس عتمان · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب جميل ، قرأته مرة ، وأعتقد إني هرجع اقرأه تاني ، وتالت

[Mohamed A.razak Hussein · Rating 3 out of 5]

يستعرض الكتاب أنواع الذكاء ( الذكاء المتعدد ) ويتحدث عن طرق تنميتها واكتشافها، هدف الكتاب الاستفادة القصوى من القدرات الطبيعية للمرء ..
يعد توني بوزان من رواد منظري نظرية الذكاءات المتعددة، ولهذه النظرية العديد من الانتقادات توجد في مظانها .. ويشتهر بوزان بحديثه عن خرائط العقل ( الخرائط الذهنية )

[Kholoud Abdulkareem · Rating 2 out of 5]

الكتاب كان عادي بالنسبة لي
كنت بانتظار الحقائق العلمية لكني لم أجد سوى القليل منها والكثير من المواعظ والإرشادات التي يمكن أن أجدها في أي كتاب تنمية ذاتية

[Purushothaman]

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[Sara Al-tmime · Rating 1 out of 5]

انتقدت هذا الكتاب لعدة اسباب
١- جاب اشياء بديهيه للاستناد علي انواع الذكاء : وهالشي ما يعود علي شخصيا > إلا بالغرور او الغباء
٢- جاب مثال للذكاء وتكلم و اسهب بدفنشي ، مع العلم انه ما عاصر دفنشي و اصبحت هذه الفكره خياليه خصوصا وصف له دفنشي بشكل دقيق وخيالي
وكانه عاصر هالشخص ، وهذا استدالال علي الخروج عن المنطق بهذا الكتاب
٣- الكتاب يحمل صفات تضخيميه اكثر من الملخص او الفكره او الفائده
بين كل كلمه والثانيه يقول " عظيم ، رائع ، مبهره ، مدهشه ، ناجحه ، خارجه " كلمات تضخيميه وبدون فايده
٤- يحب يتكلم عن الكتاب اكثر من ما يسرد فوائده وهذا ما يعود علي إلا بمضيعة الوقت لقرائته و قرائة كلماته التضخيميه
ولا استطيع استند علي فكره واضحه ومفيده وصريحه
٥- كل الفوائد اللي يعتقد انه حطها او حملها بهذا الكتاب موجوده ومكرره بكتب التنمية البشرية
إذا نستنتج ان هذا الكتب وجد ، للتجاره الشخصية له علما با إن اخوه كاتب والمتوقع ان هذي صفقه تجاريه لغسيل المخ او لاستغفال الناس والكسب من ورا جهلهم وغبائهم لامحدود
و اذا قراءه واحد خبير بالتمينه البشريه يقرائه لغرض انه بالاخير يعرف انه اذكي مما يتصور
و فكره اذكي مما يتصور ما تجيب الا زيادة الغباء لانه ينعكس عليه بالرضا عن ذكاءه ويسهب الانسان بالكسل العقلي بدافع رضاه او توقفه عن تطوير نفسه

[Nomita Chakravorty · Rating 5 out of 5]

A systematic approach to develop the mental capacities. An insight into he most powerful organ, which lies underestimated and under utilised. Buzan not only encourages us to use its vast potentials but he also shows us how.
A must read!

[Sergio Ledward · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este definitivamente me gusta. Tony nos propone una visión expansiva no sólo de la inteligencia, sino también de la humanidad.
Creo que todos los chavos de prepa deberían leerlo... y los de 40 releerlo

[Vogue · Rating 4 out of 5]

another tuntutan kuliah.. but very inspiring..

[Metha Ary Chandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

wOw... thAt'S unBeLiEveaBLe...
I nEveR thOugHt thAt oUr bRaiN iS sO wOndErfuL beForE I rEad thiS boOk! It's hELp mE tO giVe uP mY mOtiVatiOn tO sTuDy hArd. ..!!

[شمه]

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[ابراهيم]

head fist

[Drreem]

the first book i fell in love with :0)

[Amo0osha · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب ممتاز ولكن يجب قرأته اكثر من مرة حتى تفهم مافيه

كتاب يساعد على تطوير العقل من كل جوانبه

[Ahmed Mado · Rating 5 out of 5]

i think this one is great ... i need to read it

[tasneem y. · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب ممتع...يخاطب كل واحد فينا ، يعرفك بقدراتك ،يلقي الضوء على جوانب من شخصيتك لم تكن أصلا تفكر فيهاولم يخطر في بالك يوما ان تطورها ....
أنصح الجميع بقرائته والإستفاده من التمارين المطروحه فيه

[Nomita Chakravorty · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent book with a systematic approach and offering practical techniques to utilize our brain to higher capacities.

[مروج · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[khaled · Rating 4 out of 5]

من أكثر الكتب الرئعه اللى قرأتها عن العقل
تونى بوزان :*