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Title: I Am Right-You Are Wrong: From This to the New Renaissance: From Rock Logic to Water Logic by Edward De Bono ISBN: 0-14-012678-3 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Too much analysis of the problems and minimal solutions
Comment: I agree with Daniel Crew of Nashville. This book has a few gem in it but it takes too much effort to dig them out. Dont get me wrong, I think highly of De Bono's thinking tools but this book failed to deliver against the expectations he never stop building up through out the entire book. AND he came across as a really insecure person because he constantly need to give himself credit for ideas he has already established as 'his' - which is irritating.
He did a pretty good job of explaining why the current system of thinking is archaic but he failed to explain in a simple and clear manner the solution that he is proposing - that is because he only made references to them - you wont find them in the book, you need to go out and buy more of his books to learn about those methodologies.
So, this book ended up sounding like a really long brochure on why you need to use his thinking tools and methodology. Save yourself the time and money. Just go out and buy Six Thinking Hats and the other books. He does a pretty good job in explaininig why the tools work and why you need them there again.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't waste time here
Comment: For the most part, this book seemed contrived and impractical. There are a few good ideas in here, but they are buried. It takes a lot of effort to sort through and pull them out. I have three main beefs with the book:
1) The author refers to himself and his works WAY too often. There is definitely more than Narcism there, I think maybe he is his own hero. But I don't find lateral thinking to be that fascinating. He satkes his reputation on this concept. "Lateral Thinking" is the same thing as "mechanized creativity."
2) There is a fundamental flaw in the book that shoots itself down. The entire book is about how we should avoid absolutes and deal with perceptions instead of concrete facts. Then it proceeds to claim that the author was "right" about this and that in previous works and it makes assumptions like that more food production is a goal to aspire to. Ultimately, this is a good "exploration" of a subject the author has not applied to himself. As such, I don't feel he should be regarded as speaking with authority.
3) It is about 200 pages too long. There are 3 redundant forwards, followed by a lengthy introduction (32 pages), followed by a redundant introductory section. On page 110, the author is still referring to things he intends to do with the book. Don't talk it up, just do it.
There are more than 70 pages building up what the book will do, and the rest of the book just fails to live up. ONE of the THREE Forwards says that the book is in simple terms because De Bono is a master and can dumb it down. Not so. It is in simple terms because it is not a complete concept and the whole book is filled with testaments to the author's lack of understanding of his own concepts.
All that said, I actually do enjoy the "lateral thinking" exercises of De Bono. I suggest spending your reading time there instead of here.
Rating: 5
Summary: A concise explanation of a complex subject.
Comment: This book stands out as one of the best explanations of how the mind works, and doesn't work, and how to make make the best use of your own. He destroys in a few paragraphs a lot of deeply entrenched misconceptions that western society has been operating under for centuries. I've seen a lot of other long and wordy attempts that fail to get half as far as De Bono has in this little book. It's densely packed with concepts, each touched on just long enough to give the reader the main points, without all the flowery self-indulgent nonsense that so many other writers of books for the lay person love to fill their pages with. De Bono gets to the point. And good points they are! Excellent book.
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Title: Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono ISBN: 0316178314 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 18 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Lateral Thinking : Creativity Step by Step by Edward De Bono ISBN: 0060903252 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 29 October, 1973 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: De Bono's Thinking Course by Edward De Bono ISBN: 0816031789 Publisher: Checkmark Books Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Teach Your Child How to Think by Edward De Bono ISBN: 0140238301 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: July, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Edward De Bono's Smart Thinking by Edward de Bono ISBN: 1559272392 Publisher: Audio Renaissance Pub. Date: 15 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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