The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different: Principles for Breakthrough Success

Carmine Gallo
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…When it comes to innovation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is legendary. His company slogan "Think Different" is more than a marketing tool. It's a way of life--a powerful, positive, game-changing approach to innovation that anyone can apply to any field of endeavor.

These are the Seven Principles of Innovation, inspired by the master himself:
1. Do What You Love.
Think differently about your career.
2. Put a Dent in the Universe.
Think differently about your vision.
3. Kick Start Your Brain.
Think differently about how you think.
4. Sell Dreams, Not Products.
Think differently about your customers.
5. Say No to 1,000 Things.
Think differently about design.
6. Create Insanely Great Experiences.
Think differently about your brand experience.
7. Master the Message.
Think differently about your story.

By following Steve Jobs's visionary example, you'll discover exciting new ways to unlock your creative potential and to foster an environment that encourages innovation and allows it to flourish. You'll learn how to match—and beat—the most powerful competitors, develop the most revolutionary products, attract the most loyal customers, and thrive in the most challenging times. Bestselling business journalist Carmine Gallo has interviewed hundreds of successful professionals--from CEOs, managers, and entrepreneurs to teachers, consultants, and stay-at-home moms—to get to the core of Steve Jobs's innovative philosophies. These are the simple, meaningful, and attainable principles that drive us all to "Think Different." These are The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

天工開物・栩栩如真

董啟章
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華人世界難得一見之百萬字三部曲長篇小說──「自然史」三部曲之第一部‧二聲部小說。這也是香港新生代著名小說家董啟章以數年時間完成的「自然史」三部曲之第一部，是「自我」探尋、確立之書。

日常的物件，構造出不尋常的人生。從物件的發展史——收音機、電報、電話、車床、衣車、電視機、汽車、遊戲機、錶、打字機、相機、卡式錄音機和書——，展現出人與物共生的歷程和圖景。

三代人的書，構造出V城三代人的歷史。從阿爺董富收藏的《天工開物》，和爸爸董銑鑽研的《萬物原理圖鑑》，到「我」利用文字工場的想像模式創造出來的《栩栩如真》——關於少女栩栩的「人物世界」——；通過小說，尋找通往所有可能世界的路徑。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life

Richard W. Paul, Linda Elder
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Critical Thinking is about becoming a better thinker in every aspect of your life: in your career, and as a consumer, citizen, friend, parent, and lover. Discover the core skills of effective thinking; then analyze your own thought processes, identify weaknesses, and overcome them. Learn how to translate more effective thinking into better decisions, less frustration, more wealth, and above all, greater confidence to pursue and achieve your most important goals in life.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

敦煌石窟全集

敦煌硏究院 主編
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敦煌石窟是全世界規模最宏偉、內容最豐富、延續時間最長、保存最完好的佛教藝術寶庫。由北朝到元代，歷經千多年，現存洞窟400多個，壁畫4.5萬平方米，塑像2,000多個，為國家級重點文物保護單位，並列入世界文化遺產。

敦煌世界知名，因為她太豐富、太微妙，幾乎關涉古代所有重大文明，還見證東方世界的思想碰撞──佛與儒道的合流。一粒沙裏看世界，敦煌是沙漠中看世界的天書。

敦煌石窟全集包括總卷《再現敦煌》及專題卷25卷，分為佛教、藝術、社會三類。

各卷卷名如下:

1 再現敦煌

佛教類
2 尊像畫卷
3 本生‧因緣故事畫卷
4 佛傳故事畫卷
5 阿彌陀經畫卷
6 彌勒經畫卷
7 法華經畫卷
8 塑像卷
9 報恩經畫卷
10 密教畫卷
11 楞伽經畫卷
12 佛教東傳故事畫卷

藝術類
13 圖案卷　〈上〉
14 圖案卷　〈下〉
15 飛天畫卷
16 音樂畫卷
17 舞蹈畫卷
18 山水畫卷
19 動物畫卷
20 藏經洞珍品卷(非賣品)
21 石窟建築卷
22 建築畫卷

社會類
23 科學技術畫卷
24 服飾畫卷
25 民俗畫卷
26 交通畫卷

(摘錄自商務印書館網站)

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever

Steve Chandler
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In this first-ever paperback edition of his long-time best-seller, motivational speaker Steve Chandler helps you create an action plan for living your vision in business and in life. It features 100 proven methods to positively change the way you think and act-methods based on feedback from the hundreds of thousands of corporate and public seminar attendees Chandler speaks to each year. 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself will help you break through the negative barriers and banish the pessimistic thoughts that are preventing you from fulfilling your lifelong goals and dreams. Whether you're self-employed, a manager, or a high-level executive, it's still easy to get stuck in the daily routines of life, fantasizing about what could have been. Steve Chandler helps you turn that way of thinking around and make what could have been into what can and will be.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

從中國古籍獲取不可思議的力量

北尾吉孝
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……北尾先生在這本書中所呈現給讀者的，是如何從中國的古代典籍中汲取精神營養，並且以其為指南，始終如一地運用於實踐所取得的成就和體會。篇幅雖然不長，但極富於哲理和人生經驗；所舉事例和論理，簡要而精闢，活潑而生動。我想任何人都會從閱讀此書受益，但我願特別推薦給我的同胞們 — 看一個日本的企業家是如何對待我們中國的傳統文化或者所謂國學的，得天獨厚的我們難道不該捫心自問，從而 — 借用一位偉人文章的標題 — 改造我們的學習嗎？

本書是作者關於如何參與國際事務、如何與世界為伍等問題的思考，作者認為應從中國古籍中汲取力量，作者還結合自身的體會，對中國古籍進行了通俗易懂的說明。

(摘錄自dangdang.com)