Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills

Mike Kallet 
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Learn Critical Thinking techniques for better decisions, problem solving, and innovation

Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills is the comprehensive guide to training your brain to do more for you. Written by a critical thinking trainer and coach, the book presents a pragmatic framework and set of tools to apply critical thinking techniques to everyday business issues. Think Smarter is filled with real world examples that demonstrate how the tools work in action, in addition to dozens of practice exercises applicable across industries and functions, Think Smarter is a versatile resource for individuals, managers, students, and corporate training programs.

Thinking is the foundation of everything you do, but we rely largely on automatic thinking to process information, often resulting in misunderstandings and errors. Shifting over to critical thinking means thinking purposefully using a framework and toolset, enabling thought processes that lead to better decisions, faster problem solving, and creative innovation. Think Smarter provides clear, actionable steps toward improving your critical thinking skills, plus exercises that clarify complex concepts by putting theory into practice. Features include:

• A comprehensive critical thinking framework
• Over twenty-five "tools" to help you think more critically
• Critical thinking implementation for functions and activities
• Examples of the real-world use of each tool

Learn what questions to ask, how to uncover the real problem to solve, and mistakes to avoid. Recognize assumptions your can rely on versus those without merit, and train your brain to tick through your mental toolbox to arrive at more innovative solutions. Critical thinking is the top skill on the wish list in the business world, and sharpening your ability can have profound affects throughout all facets of life. Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills provides a roadmap to more effective and productive thought.

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批判性思維 : 思維、溝通、寫作、應變、解決問題的根本技巧 (Critical Thinking)

理查德・保羅 (Richard Paul), 琳達・埃爾德 (Linda Elder)
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成功取決於你的思維：

批判性思維能力在美國受到特別的推崇，是美國公認的優秀人才的標準之一。無論在美國的著名學府還是在全美頂級企業，選才用才的重要標準便是是否具有批判性思維能力。擁有該能力的人，在創造力、鑒別力、商務溝通能力和解決問題的能力上往往勝人一籌，而且會給企業帶來持續發展的動力。

培養這種批判性思維能力是美國包括哈佛、耶魯在內的大學共同的核心教育目標、也是歷任美國總統的首要教育目標。對批判性思維的推崇提升了美國高等學府的含金量，也使得接受過該項訓練的人，成為炙手可熱的人才。

本書作者均為國際批判性思維領域的著名專家。本書作為批判性思維的權威著作，被美國各著名學府普遍使用，同時也被採用為頂級企業的員工培訓教材。

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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Alan Jacobs 
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...Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible. In contrast to the more methodical approach of Mortimer Adler's classic How to Read a Book (1940), Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices.

Invitingly written, with equal measures of wit and erudition, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction will appeal to all readers, whether they be novices looking for direction or old hands seeking to recapture the pleasures of reading they first experienced as children.

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如何閱讀一本書 (How to Read a Book)

莫提默・艾德勒 (Mortimer J. Adler) , 查理・范多倫(Charles Van Doren) 原著
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這本書，不論什麼時候讀，都不能不嘆服作者對閱讀用心之深，視野之廣。不懂閱讀的人，初探閱讀的人，讀這本書可以節省冤枉路。對閱讀有所體會的人，讀這本書可以有更深的印證與領悟。這是一部有關閱讀、永不褪色的經典。

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College Success Guaranteed: 5 Rules to Make It Happen

Malcolm Gauld 
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As a lifelong teacher, Malcolm Gauld has watched thousands of kids go off to college. Some return to visit after their first year exuding the vibe of conquering heroes. Others look, well, pretty bummed out. This book offers a plan to help the new college student complete Year #1 as a member of the first group. With anecdotes from current college students and recent graduates, the book presents five simple rules:

Rule #1: Go to Class - I've never known a kid who flunked out of college who attended all his or her classes.
Rule #2: Study 3 Hours X 5 days per week - How to transition from homework to study.
Rule #3: Commit to Something - Don't drown in free time. Here's how to stay afloat.
Rule #4: Get a Mentor - How to set up a support system.
Rule #5: Procrastination Kills - How to rise above.

The book is a short, non-preachy, fun, and tad irreverent primer that can help you get off to a strong start toward the 'best four years of your life.'

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哈佛情商課：哈佛精英是如何練成的

鄧東文 著
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如果你不懂EQ，從現在起，我們宣布——你落伍了！

—美國《時代週刊》

你知道富蘭克林．羅斯福、約翰．甘迺迪等8位美國總統、喬治．明諾特、愛德華．珀西爾等34位諾貝爾獎得主、比爾．蓋茲、路易士．郭士納等幾十位商業領袖有什麼共同特徵嗎？

他們都是哈佛大學的莘莘學子，都非常注重哈佛的情商課。

在哈佛，成績絕對不是唯一重要的條件。哈佛選人的要求是學生的綜合素質。哈佛大學教授、著名心理學家丹尼爾．戈爾曼有句至理名言：「成功＝20％的智商＋80％的情商。」

如果說成績由智商決定，那麼綜合素質主要取決於一個人的情商。只有提高情商，才能有效地發揮組織的協調能力，才能培養領導能力和團隊精神，也才能成為政治和經濟方面的領袖。

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