{"product_id":"practical-intelligence-9780787995652","title":"Practical Intelligence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKarl Albrecht's bestselling book \u003ci\u003eSocial Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e showed us how dealing with people and social situations can determine success both at work and in life.Now, in this groundbreaking book \u003ci\u003ePractical Intelligence,\u003c\/i\u003e Albrecht takes the next step and explains how practical intelligence (PI) qualifies as one of the key life skills and offers a conceptual structure for defining and describing common sense.  \u003cp\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003ePractical Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e, Albrecht explains that people with practical intelligence can employ language skills, make better decisions, think in terms of options and possibilities, embrace ambiguity and complexity, articulate problems clearly and work through to solutions, have original ideas, and influence the ideas of others. Albrecht shows that everyone's PI skills can be improved with proper education and training and challenges all of usfrom parents and teachers to executives and managersto upgrade our own skills and help others develop their own PI abi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Albrecht’s practical intelligence builds on the ideas of multiple intelligence, outlining a series of guidelines and exercises to promote better approaches to problem solving\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Thursday 19th July 2007)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. A Problem and an Opportunity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccidental Intelligence: The Terminal Assumption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Widening \"Smart Gap\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dumbing of America and the Culture of Amusement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnows and Know-Nots: The New Social Divide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Cares? Who Needs to Care?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Multiple Intelligences: The Possible Human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIQ Doesn't Tell the Whole Story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere Are at Least Six Kinds of \"Smart\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding Out: Applying Theory to Everyday Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuild-Out 1: Emotional Intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuild-Out 2: Social Intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Next Build-Out: Practical Intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. What Is Practical Intelligence?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking Is a Bodily Function.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeet Your Biocomputer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrain Cycles, Brainwaves, Brain States, and the Daily Trance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMind-Modules: You Have Many \"Minds\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMind-Models: Your Portable Reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Habits That Unlock Your Mental Capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Dimensions of PI: Your Mega-Skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting Started: Upgrading Your Mental \"Software\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Mental Software Upgrade 1: Developing Mental Flexibility.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre You a Finished Product?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDynamic Thinking and Archaic Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou Might Be a Mental Redneck . . .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Creative Paradox.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Beginner's Mind\u0026amp;\": Innocence and Humility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Plexity\" Scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere Is No Truth--Only Your Truth, His Truth, Her Truth, Their Truth . . .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow I Learned to Stop Arguing with People.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Way to Think About Opinions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Phrases That Can Keep Your Mind Open.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Mental Software Upgrade 2: Adopting Affirmative Thinking.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCleaning Out the Attic: Mental Decontamination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sensorship\": Choosing What You Will Allow into Your Mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance to Enculturation, a.k.a. \"Crap Detecting\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCleanse Your Mind with a \"Media Fast\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe-Engineering Your Attitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Attitude of Gratitude.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Attitude of Abundance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractical Altruism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeditation, Mindmovies, and Affirmations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Mental Software Upgrade 3: Adopting Sane Language Habits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage as Mental Software: What You Say Is What You Think.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Cookie Cutter\" Effect of Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJumping to Confusions: Inferential Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Clean\" and \"Dirty\" Language: Strategies for Semantic Sanity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpressions You Can Remove from Your Vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Self-Conversation: Cleaning Up Your Internal Dialog.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSnappy Comebacks: The Language of Funny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Mental Software Upgrade 4: Valuing Ideas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo You Have Lots of Good Ideas? (Almost Everyone Does).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It Slipped My Mind . . .\" (Almost Everything Does).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Greatest Thinking Tool Ever Invented.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking in Pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre You a Yes-Person or a No-Person?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe P.I.N. Formula: Protecting Ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Your Magical Incubator.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Metaboxical\" Thinking: Breaking the Boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Mega-Skill 1: \"Bivergent\" Thinking.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Divergent-Convergent Polarity: The D-C Axis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcess Consciousness: Managing the \"Pivot Point\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGroupthink: The Collusion to Fail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrainstorming: More Often Talked About Than Done.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystematic Creativity: The Balancing Act.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Mega-Skill 2: \"Helicopter\" Thinking.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Abstract-Concrete Polarity: The A-C Axis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisionaries and Actionaries: We Need Both.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnecting the Dots: You Have to See Them to Connect Them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePainting the Big Picture: Mindmapping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining the Big Picture: Using the Language of Ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Mega-Skill 3: \"Intulogical\" Thinking.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Logical-Intuitive Polarity: The L-I Axis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking Styles: Yours and Others?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSequential Thinking: Re-Owning Your Logical Abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrusting Your Hunches: Re-Owning Your Intuitive Abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Zen Mind\": Flow and Mindfulness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Mega-Skill 4: \"Viscerational\" Thinking.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rational-Emotive Polarity: The R-E Axis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst We Decide--Then We Justify: Irrational Thinking Explained.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe'e All Neurotic, and That's OK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Five Primal Fears We Live By: The Psychology of Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignal Reactions: Disconnecting Your Hot Buttons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmotions and Health: If It's on Your Mind, It's on Your Body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan You Motivate Yourself? The \"Popeye Point\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. How to Become an Expert Problem Solver.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForget Those \"Five Steps\" They Taught You.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Heuristic (a.k.a. Natural) Problem Solving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Five Key Mindzones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe High-Speed Problem-Solving Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. Success Programming: Causing the Outcomes You Want.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing What We've Learned.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMindmovies: Who's Producing Your Life's Story?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlpha Programming: Making the Movies You Want.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour Life Wheel: Taking Stock, Setting Priorities, and Making Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. Answers to Thinking Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. Fifty Tips for Better Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. A Vocabulary for Practical Intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD. A Code of Intelligent Discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE. Learn to Meditate in \"One\" Lesson: The Harvard Mantra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405054746967,"sku":"9780787995652","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787995652.jpg?v=1730488518","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/practical-intelligence-9780787995652","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}