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How to Have Creative Ideas: 62 Games to Develop the Mind
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Everybody wants to be creative. Creativity makes life more fun, more interesting and more full of achievement, but too many people believe that creativity is something you are born with and cannot be learned.
In How to Have Creative Ideas Edward de Bono - the leading authority on creative thinking - outlines 62 different games and exercises, built around random words chosen ...more
In How to Have Creative Ideas Edward de Bono - the leading authority on creative thinking - outlines 62 different games and exercises, built around random words chosen ...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
April 26th 2007
by Vermilion
(first published April 2007)
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فكرة الكتاب الأساسية تدور حول استخدام جدول من الكلمات مزود في آخر الكتاب بشكل خارج عن المألوف لإنتاج أفكار إبداعية . أعجبتني كثيرا فكرة اللعب على الكلمات .
و أيضا ، كما الكتاب السابق الذي قرأته عن الإبداع الفكري ، يؤمن الكاتب أن الإبداع الفكري ليس إلا مهارة يتم تنميتها بالتمرس ، من خلال تمارين يومية .
مما اقتبسته من الكتاب :
The use of creativity and the practice of creativity is the best way to develop the mental skill and the mental habits of creative thinking.
With creativity, there is no 'righ ...more
و أيضا ، كما الكتاب السابق الذي قرأته عن الإبداع الفكري ، يؤمن الكاتب أن الإبداع الفكري ليس إلا مهارة يتم تنميتها بالتمرس ، من خلال تمارين يومية .
مما اقتبسته من الكتاب :
The use of creativity and the practice of creativity is the best way to develop the mental skill and the mental habits of creative thinking.
With creativity, there is no 'righ ...more
There's not much that is new here. de Bono repeats a lot of what he has written previously and even within the book many of the "games" he describes are very similar. They all fall back to selecting random words and using these to generate new insights and ideas. Actually, it does work, but as de Bono writes in "Game 1", the "Random Input" method was first described by him in 1972 so if you have read some of his other work, there's probably not much point in adding this to your bookshelves. If y
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Simple and effective ways and exercises to improve your thinking skills and creativity .. Edward De Bono , I'm so Thankful :)
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Life changing Lessons !!
The author offers us 62 games proposals, based on his first studies of the 70s on the creative thinking that he called "lateral thinking". "Perceptual creativity" and "Constructive creativity" are the two ways to approach tasks in order to promote creativity in general and raise new points of view to any problem or situation that requires it. The games consist of using the tables of "random words" and "random numbers" with the instructions that correspond to each game.It is a methodical way of p
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Playing with words to train your creativity,
yeah well, that’s the purpose of this book anyway.
I’ve been doing this unconsciously my whole life though,
so not so much newness has been added to me.
yet there may be some variations which act as a bonus brain activity,
so yeah, it’s some good content there to improve certain skills.
yeah well, that’s the purpose of this book anyway.
I’ve been doing this unconsciously my whole life though,
so not so much newness has been added to me.
yet there may be some variations which act as a bonus brain activity,
so yeah, it’s some good content there to improve certain skills.
Do you learn anything? Not really!
Is it fun? Hell yeah!
Very good if you're going through a writers block and want some way of figuring out where to go or what to do! ...more
Is it fun? Hell yeah!
Very good if you're going through a writers block and want some way of figuring out where to go or what to do! ...more
I love how this book challenge our mind.. But I will love so much when make the problem like story and the random words are creative ideas 👍🏻
Práctica muy interesante
Un buen libro que debe acompañar a cualquier lector que quiere hacer las cosas distintas y aportar a su trabajo
Un buen libro que debe acompañar a cualquier lector que quiere hacer las cosas distintas y aportar a su trabajo
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Enrique
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it was amazing
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Shelves:
placer-literario,
crecimiento-personal
Entretenidísimo y superútil.
Helpful and fun exercises for those who want to have more ideas.
Este libro es ideal para aquel que quiera entrenar la generación de ideas basadas en las restricciones que impone el uso de palabras aleatorias y las acciones que se proponen en los ejercicios.
I liked the idea to develop thinking through these practices.
(Read in Hungarian.)
http://www.krisznadasiwrites.hu/blog/... ...more
(Read in Hungarian.)
http://www.krisznadasiwrites.hu/blog/... ...more
What comes to mind when you think of creativity? Do you naturally associate creativity and artistic talent? Have you always assumed that creativity is something that just happens, that it can’t be forced?
In reality, creating ad hoc without direction or objective generally accomplishes very little. Lateral thinking, on the other hand, brings forth alternatives and possibilities that are “outside the box”. This type of thinking is in fact a skill that can not only be taught but needs to be exercis ...more
In reality, creating ad hoc without direction or objective generally accomplishes very little. Lateral thinking, on the other hand, brings forth alternatives and possibilities that are “outside the box”. This type of thinking is in fact a skill that can not only be taught but needs to be exercis ...more
All the exercises in this book involve random words. This can become monotonous and boring.
Some of the exercises are useful and engaging whilst with some you get the impression that the author was just trying to fill up space for the book.
The useful exercises can be a very handy aid for teachers and lecturers of a wide range of subjects towards encouraging creativity in the classroom .
Some of the exercises are useful and engaging whilst with some you get the impression that the author was just trying to fill up space for the book.
The useful exercises can be a very handy aid for teachers and lecturers of a wide range of subjects towards encouraging creativity in the classroom .
I like this book and i do believe that this book can make you creative, especially when you stuck at some random words that don't have any relation or whatsoever with the task. Anyway,i think it was fun to do some of the games when you feel bored or need something fresh but remember; you have to follow the rules :)
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Amazing one from Ed Bono. Worth retaining the book lifelong. Loved the games
The games seem reasonable enough. I should review this book again in a couple of years' time once I've actually practiced the exercises.
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All activities are based on the verbal-orientation of using random words to stimulate 'lateral' (aka divergent) thinking.
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Edward de Bono shows you how to free yourself from your habitual thought patterns.
Only used by those who desire creativity in BUSINESS..
Not bad, all concepts are similar in structure, but have a very high practical use. If you need to generate ideas, then the book with help you without all the conceptual guff.
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