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A Whole New Mind :Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

A Whole New Mind

A Whole New Mind :Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

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Published: 24 March, 2005
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This is a book that you have to read. A Whole New Mind is a groundbreaking look at how we should live our lives in a world turned upside down by rising affluence, the outsourcing of good jobs abroad, and the computerization of our lives a world fast shifting from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists. Software engineers. That's what our parents encouraged us to be when we grew up. But Mum and Dad were wrong. The future belongs to a very different kind of person - a person with a very different kind of mind. The era of 'left brain' dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which 'right brain' qualities - inventiveness, empathy, meaning - predominate. That's the argument at the centre of this provocative and original book, which uses the two sides of our brains as a metaphor for understanding the contours of our times. In the tradition of Emotional Intelligence and Now, Discover Your Strengths, Daniel Pink offers a fresh look at what it takes to excel in this new world. A Whole New Mind reveals the six essential aptitudes on which
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781573223089
ISBN10 1573223085
Number Of Pages 272
Item Weight 459 g
Product Dimensions 158 x 237 x 25 mm
Publisher / Reseller Allen & Unwin
Format hardback
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Media Reviews

"Will give you a new way to look at your work, your talent, your future." —Worthwhile Magazine

"Very important, convincingly argued, and mind-altering." —Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do With My Life?

"Wow! This is not a self-help book. It's way more important than that." —Seth Godin, author of Purple Cow

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Author's Bio

Daniel H. Pink is the author of five books, including To Sell Is Human and the long-running New York Times bestsellers A Whole New Mind and Drive. His books have been translated into thirty-three languages and have sold more than a million copies in the United States alone. Pink lives with his family in Washington, D.C.

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