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Eric Garner & Ventus Publishing ApS, 2012. - 53 p.Thinking Skills are some of the most valuable skills you can learn today. The reason is simple. While in the past, people went to work for their manual skills, today they go to work for their mental skills. We live in an Information Age, no longer an Industrial Age. That’s why brain has replaced brawn, and strength in thinking has replaced strength in muscles. No matter what kind of business you work for, nor what kind of job you do, today you are expected to apply a range of thinking skills to the work you carry out. This includes using your judgment; collecting, using, and analyzing information; working with others to solve problems; making decisions on behalf of others; contributing to ideas to innovate and change; and being creative about how your job can function better.This book covers all of these skills. It will show you that, whatever you think about your mental abilities or the level of your IQ or your formal education, your brain is the most powerful organ you possess. It is the tool that, if used skillfully, can help you perform better in your job, better in your team and better in your organization. By developing your thinking skills to meet the needs of the modern world, you are guaranteed to succeed.
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Eric Garner Thinking Skills Using Your Brain in the Information Age 2 Download free eBooks at bookboon.com Thinking Skills: Using Your Brain in the Information Age © 2012 Eric Garner & Ventus Publishing ApS ISBN 978-87-7681-966-8 3 Download free eBooks at bookboon.com Thinking Skills Contents Contents Preface 9 1 What Are Thinking Skills? 10 1.1 The Potential of the Brain 10 1.2 Brain Power 10 1.3 Exploding the Myths 10 1.4 Brainworks 10 1.5 Brain not Brawn 11 1.6 Management Thinking 11 1.7 Thinking Matters 11 1.8 Key Points 12 2 Positive Thinking 13 2.1 Untrained Thinking 13 2.2 Distorted Thinking 14 2.3 Catastrophising 14 2.4 Confusion 15 2.5 Distraction 15 2.6 15 Yo-Yo Thinking www.sylvania.com We do not reinvent the wheel we reinvent light. Fascinating lighting offers an infinite spectrum of possibilities: Innovative technologies and new markets provide both opportunities and challenges. An environment in which your expertise is in high demand. Enjoy the supportive working atmosphere within our global group and benefit from international career paths. Implement sustainable ideas in close cooperation with other specialists and contribute to influencing our future. Come and join us in reinventing light every day. Light is OSRAM 4 Download free eBooks at bookboon.com Click on the ad to read more Thinking Skills Contents 2.7 The Self-Image 15 2.8 Positive Re-Framing 16 2.9 Expecting the Best 16 2.10 Your Brain Wants Success 16 2.11 Key Points 16 3 Improve Your Memory 17 3.1 Synaesthesia 17 3.2 Landmarks 17 3.3 The Peg System 18 3.4 Rhymes 18 3.5 Mnemonics 18 3.6 18 Remembering People’s Names 3.7 Repetition 3.8 Key Points 4 Blocks to Thinking 360° th