Edward de Bono's masterthinker's handbook [antikvár]

FOREWORDThe main difficulty with thinking is confusion. We try to do too much in our minds at once. We need some simple way of paying attention to one thing at a time. In this way we can build up a sort of map. With such a map we know where we are. We can then take appropriate action.In this book I put forward a new framework which allows a thinker to direct his or her attention to one aspect of a matter at a time. This framework is useful in both reactive thinking (when something is put in front of you) and also in active thinking (when you have to generate the material).I am very conscious that there are many elaborate schemes for thinking. These are often complex. They look nice in a book. But, very few people can actually remember all the steps, so the schemes tend to remain in the books rather than enter into daily use. That is why my specific purpose in putting forward the framework in this book has been to aim for something that is very simple, very easy to remember, and very easy to use.I have chosen the 'body' as the framework because we always carry our bodies around with us. It turns out that this analogy of the human body (bones, muscle, nerves, fat) is also a most useful way of looking at thinking. What are the bones of this situation? Where is the muscle in this thinking?My many years of experience in teaching thinking skills have convinced me that simple frameworks used effectively can be very powerful. The framework put forward in this book can be used to guide your own thinking or it can be used to focus the thinking of others.