The Art of Insight: How to Have More Aha! Moments

by Charles Kiefer, Malcolm Constable

We have all experienced the jolt of an insight arriving like a thunderclap, unexpectedly and without warning. But what if insights could be accessed more reliably? Drawing on years of research, reflection, and experiences with colleagues, friends, and clients, Charles Kiefer and Malcolm Constable present a thorough, pragmatic approach for dependably generating fresh thoughts and perspectives. Guided by their user-friendly practices and helpful exercises (both in the book and online at www.TAOI-Online-Learning.com), you'll develop your own personal approach to cultivating a mindset where insights come so readily that new or long-standing problems are solved with confidence and ease.

Genres: Audiobook, Business, Psychology

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2013

About the author

Charles Kiefer nasceu em Três de Maio (RS), em 1958. É professor de literatura e instrutor de oficinas literárias. Fez mestrado em Literatura Brasileira e doutorado em Teoria da Literatura, pela PUCRS. Publicou mais de 30 títulos, entre eles O pêndulo do relógio, Você viu meu pai por aí?, A dentadura postiça, Dedos de pianista, Quem faz gemer a terra, O escorpião da sexta-feira, Nós, os que inventamos a eternidade & outras histórias insólitas, O perdedor, Contos escolares, O poncho, Antologia pessoal, O elo perdido, Os ossos da noiva, Um outro olhar, Valsa para Bruno Stein, A face do abismo e Logo tu repousarás também. Já recebeu, entre muitos outros, prêmios da Academia Brasileira de Letras, o Jabuti, o Prêmio Afonso Arinos, o Prêmio Monteiro Lobato e o Prêmio Altamente Recomendável, ambos da FNLIJ. Fez parte de dezenas de antologias brasileiras e tem livros publicados em Portugal, França e Espanha.

Reviews

[Tadas Talaikis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Here's simpler solution - do the f*g job and you soon will receive as much insights as you want. People can wonder about insights if they don't dig deep enough and stop halfway there.

[YHC · Rating 3 out of 5]

This short book got very precise information about how you could get the flesh/thunder light in your mind to solve the problem that troubled you for long.
It suits for personal and professional usage. Basically you need to practice breathing techniques, inhale exhale relax to try to slow down your breathing. Some people can get the insight/ inspirations while walking, jogging, swimming, some just easily get this before falling asleep.
We also feel this when we are actually listening to someone's sharing new ideas, we got distracted for a small moments and it just solved your own problem, gave you new ideas.
It mentioned about self practice, i obtain this insight that clear my obstacles of mind mostly through reading, jogging, and even very often watching movies can give me the new way to exam how i see my own life.
A peace of mind if very important, you can not see the whole picture while you are not in a calm condition. Keep thinking, keep learning, keep letting go!!

[Stela Idrizi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This had some good ideas although I find that I already knew and used everything in the book. This is okay because the book tells you that you already know these things abyway. It wasn't so much what the book was saying that helped me have insights rather than the noise of someone speaking(audiobook) in the background that made me zone out. I enjoyed it. I think that it is a good book to read if you want to learn more about insights.

[Cassandra Cridland · Rating 1 out of 5]

Insight: If you start with no content, add no content, then no matter how many times you repeat it, you still have no content.

I made it through 75% before I stopped wasting my time. It is a compendium of repeated words, cliches, mixed metaphors, and unrelated anecdotes borrowed from their lives and the lives of their family and friends.

[Lara · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is interesting, but reads more as a workshop overview. Many of the exercises require other people. Overall, it's about how to keep your mind relaxed so that you don't get too caught up in seeing things from only one perspective, but are open to making connections with other concepts.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've got an idea! Go to https://www.bkconnection.com/home/boo...
Happy fresh-thought hunting!

[Dodie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s book was ok. There were a few interesting techniques but for the most part I would not brother with this book.

[Wesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was initially disappointed with this book. It was very short on practical advice and long on anecdotes. On further reflection, though, insight doesn't have a lot of techniques -- you either recognize how to do it or you don't. The best an author can probably do is walk you around it until you suddenly realize what all the words are about. Then all of the words are meaningless.

[Toshi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe I need to have Insight State of Mind to read through this book again. Intellectually understood but not yet "aha" moment for me. Will do the on-line learning. Maybe my "aha" is that Zen is about this state of mind.

[Tony Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical and helpful. Too many books like this are based on techniques and quick fix ideas to get insight. This book helps us to learn to let go of trying to think your way into insight moments. A great book. I got a lot out of it.

[Luigi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read