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Gather successful people from all walks of life — what would they have in common? The way they think! Now you can think as they do and revolutionize your work and life!
A Wall Street Journal bestseller, How Successful People Think is the perfect, compact read for today's fast-paced world. America's leadership expert John C. Maxwell will teach you how to be more creative and when to question popular thinking. You'll learn...

Describes the different parts of the brain and what each part does, how the brain learns and grows, and brain functions such as memory, body regulation, and consciousness. Includes simple activities related to brain function.

RJ has had a rough day...he wakes up with gum stuck in his hair, misses recess because he's late to school, earns a zero on his math homework, kicks the ball into his own team's soccer goal, and messes up Mom's kitchen with his overflowing pancake batter! With his mother's help, RJ learns that his problems happen because he doesn't listen or pay attention to directions from her, his school principal, teachers, or even his friends.

In the interdisciplinary tradition of Buckminster Fuller's work, Gregory Bateson's Mind and Nature, and Fritjof Capra's Tao of Physics, Metapatterns embraces both nature and culture, seeking out the grand-scale patterns that help explain the functioning of our universe.

Explains current knowledge about the human brain and how it works and suggests ways of improving such skills as creative thinking, memory, and problem solving.

Shows readers how to do a better job of asking for permission, and making an apology. RJ learns that using these skills means a lot fewer trips to the "time out" chair.

"Questions about the nature of the mind are among the most hotly debated in philosophy today. Today, we are beginning to see the true complexity of this pursuit, as philosophers draw on the latest evidence from neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and other fields to probe still deeper into the inner workings of the mind ... Philosophy of Mind expertly sorts out the various approaches to understanding the mind, giving the...

"These bite-sized stories are more than brief brain-stumpers. They are illusions that will tickle your grey matter. Make you ponder. Shift your perspective. Devour the evidence, search for clues, connect the dots. Reflect on possible answers. Who is teetering on a ledge? Will she die trying to slake her thirst? Is he eating a chocolate-covered strawberry or something more seductive? Who exactly is she trying to capture? Are your guesses correct? Surprises...