Conceptual Blockbusting

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• gyepi · Apr 7, 2014 · Recommends

  …same subject from different perspectives. To this list, I would add: anything by Robert Grudin, but especially: Time and the Art of Living and The Grace of Great Things How to solve it by G. Polya Conceptual Blockbusting by James Adams Nice to see the Mortimer Adler recommendation as well, but I think his How to Read a Book should be a prerequisite for serious reading. As I've gotten older, I've come to the conclusion…

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• starjockey · Jun 26, 2017 · Recommends

  …my life for the past 20 years.I have done the following: -understand myself better.see book "please understand me II", David Keirsey.check a copy on gen.lib.rus.ec -improve my perception processes."Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas", James L. Adams.you can check a copy for any book on prev website -start to observe and enjoy the details in even the most "mundane" things(like a rock) around me.the "diskworld"…

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• bkdbkd · Oct 22, 2024 · Recommends

  You might find the book: "Conceptual Blockbusting", James L. Adams helpful. It contains thoughts and activities that focus on the 'process of thinking' or problem solving. And how we go about characterizing a problem or situation. One of the best I've…

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• jwdunne · Mar 19, 2017 · Mentions

  How unusual :) I'm reading Conceptual Blockbusting, based on the recommendation in programming pearls (another great book btw). It just walked me through the method of loci technique as a demonstration of using long term memory.

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