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Described by reviewers as "an audacious and powerful work," "a profound read," "right on the money," and "a miracle," the book reveals the six abilities individuals must master in an outsourced and automated world. Several publications named A Whole New Mind one of the best business books of 2005. It is now being translated into 12 languages -- and will appear across Europe and Asia in 2006.

For this updated and expanded edition, Pink has added dozens of new tools, tips, and exercises to help individuals and organizations sharpen their right-brain capacities. Find out why Thomas L. Friedman, author of the mega-bestseller The World is Flat, calls A Whole New Mind his "favorite business book."

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Adventures from the left brained

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As someone who had depended on her left brain way too much in life, this book is bringing me out of my shell and encouraging me to appreciate the right side of my brain again. I am in my second year of my master's studies in Landscape Architecture and the book's chapter on design highlights the need for everyone to become designers. This book is extremely readable, it has become my bed-side book. Pink writes fluently and has created a book that is both informative and enjoyable.

Why so much more than the print book?	Customer Rating:
I want to read this, but it doesn't make sense to me that an electronically transferred book is so much more than the current paperback price. I won't buy the kindle edition till the price drops.

"Welcome to the Real World"	Customer Rating:
I believe that you can expand your mind one book at a time and this is one that makes the complex simple, challenges you to think about business and life in a fresh new way and celebrates the future that is already here - "Welcome to the Real World"...Indeed Morpheus ...indeed

A Whole New Mind	Customer Rating:
An overwhelming wake up call for the "go to school, get good grades, get a good paying job" thinkers. I want to give this book to my kids especially my youngest who is interested in getting her MBA. The new staple for a changing educational and economical future. If you don't read this book, you are limiting yourself.

Conceptualization

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The author begins by describing how the spheres of the brain operate. The left hemisphere controls the right side, recognizes serial events (sequentially), manages text, siphons details and performs logistics. The right hemisphere controls the left side, manages simultaneity and context, looks at the big picture and knows the world from the experiential dimension. The back of the book has a large bibliography of scientific and journalistic references. The reader would be helped by cross-referencing some of the brain inferences to the scientific literature which supports the various statements made by the author. There are some fallacies in the inferences made by the author. For instance, people need a firm grounding in both spheres. Some examples will highlight the disparities. For example, too many children graduate grammar school and they cannot do simple arithmetic compilation. No amount of arts programs will make up for deficiencies in early childhood education in mathematics. Computer software engineers are not merely analytically inclined. Many practitioners design graphics software which is quite creative. Others design artificial intelligence algorithms which emulate brain function quite ingeniously. Lawyers are advocates and they must learn to negotiate and empathize instead of engaging in sum-zero tactics. Accountants must operate within the confines of considerable global principles of the profession. These are conservatism ( not being overly optimistic), materiality, the ongoing concern concept of operation and judgmental sampling to detect and confirm inadequacies in the accounting control or design thereof. Scientific sampling is more analytically determinable. Engineers must master principles of non-linearity; such as, sweeping motions of rotation, the Mohr's Circle of forces, multi-direction, shear and balancing chemical redox equations using both inference and analytics in combination with knowledge of the Periodic Table of Elements. Engineering is by no means a linearly based profession. The author does mention some important sensual skills which could be developed during the education process. These skills are creative design, synthesis, role playing, aesthetics in addition to functionality and the dynamics of story-telling. This section of the book could be invaluable to educators if developed in early education, middle school , high school and collegiate curricula. The book has some excellent ideas but there should be fewer generalizations. Overall, the volume would make for good reading. Superlearning by Ostrander and Schroeder would complement this book nicely.