Think Differently : Discover Who You Really Are
Author: Edward L. Drew
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ISBN: 0967750709
Publisher: Personal Re-Engineering (15 April, 2001)
Sales Rank: 1,644,529
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Promote your unique abilities
When individuals accept the way that people have always done things, they develop rigidity of mind. This way of thinking is safe and comfortable, but it does not allow unique abilities to blossom. In Think Differently, Drew examines this static way of thinking and ways that individuals can free themselves from a rigid mind. He offers tools to help readers develop individual talents and to see themselves and others in a different, more successful light. As Drew states, "If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got." With this idea as a starting point, he sets out on a path to show how re-engineering thinking--a journey from the familiar to the unknown--can open new doors and help readers discover who they really are and who they are capable of becoming. Drew compares the programming of a computer, with its operating system and software, to the programming of the human brain. While parents program their children when they are in the womb, through birth, and often up to age twenty-one, most well-meaning parents do not have the knowledge needed to pass on the human interaction and behavioral skills their children will require in the twenty-first century and beyond. Adding to this difficulty is the fact that unlike computers--which we can frequently upgrade with new software, faster chips and more memory--our "brain ware" generally stays the same: It is slow and based on a centuries-old design, a problem that is not going to disappear. Though technology has revised the way that people live, individuals have not adapted their personal lives, which are still patterned after that of their parents. As Drew says, "We remain trapped. Trapped in a cage. Trapped in a cage that we either produced, promoted or allowed to be constructed around ourselves." Drew takes readers from old think to new ways of thinking, opening their minds by using divergent thinking to improve personal awareness. He begins the adventure by introducing the concept of re-engineering, asking the fundamental questions: Why do we do what we do? Why do we do it the way we do? He shows how individuals can overcome the blame game and self-defeating behaviors. He leads the reader through the process of personal change, with the goal being to discover who the individual really is by examining what the self, both public and private, knows--and what the self does not know. He offers a set of tools and techniques that drive change, the most powerful of which is combining commitment with action. Drew emphasizes, "We must, if we are to change, break the rules under which we currently operate." Think Differently is well annotated and easy to follow. Drew successfully adapts and applies computer and business concepts to personal improvement. Although he is clear with his concepts, the concrete examples he provides of changes his clients have made and how these changes affected their lives are not fully developed. Still, readers will be able to apply the pearls of wisdom offered here to their everyday life, which will allow their uniqueness to blossom.
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