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Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life
Richard W. Paul, Linda Elder

FT Press, 2002

A useful guide to thinking critically.

+ Helping to gain access to our own reasoning!
+ Great Timing
+ Better thinking, better living
  
  











  



  
Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite
Paul Arden, 2006

Unbelievable!...

+ Whatever you do, buy this book
+ So simple!

Fresh!... Logic!... and absolutely magnificent!... It's kind a book that gonna change the way you thinking! a basic psychology knowledge in a good visualization! Applicable to general human live and in any profession! And it's an reader friendly book! Anyone could read it! Two thumbs ...
  
  











  



  
A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative
Roger von Oech

Business Plus, 2008

STAND OUT resource

+ Read it, use it!
+ Open the doors to the mind by lubricating the hinges!
+ If not a whack, at least a little thump
+ Ideas that linger
  
  











  



  
Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
Jim Collins

HarperCollins, 2005

Excellent companion addressing not-for-profits' unique needs

+ Good to Great & Strategic Planning
+ Taking a non-profit from Good to Great
+ A Must Read Together With Built To Last
  
  











  



  
52 Projects : Random Acts of Everyday Creativity (Perigee Book)
Jeffrey Yamaguchi

Amazon Remainders Account, 2005

Great and fun ideas.

+ Fun/Great Stuff
+ Nice Book
+ need to be inspired? this is the book for you.
  
  











  



  
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2007

An Excellent Management Guide!

+ A must read...
+ Very good book
+ Great book
  
  











  



  
Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (8th Edition)
Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley

Prentice Hall, 2006

Fantastic!

+ Questioning leads to knowledge...and knowledge leads to wisdom!
+ Great book
+ Good questions. Very helpful indeed.
  
  











  



  
Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius
Michael Michalko

Ten Speed Press, 2001

Practical Techniques to Boost Creativity

+ Very good content
+ Visual art help
+ First learn and then unlearn and learn again
+ Great read
  
  











  



  
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckstrom

Portfolio Hardcover, 2006

The Starfish and the Spider relevance to Relationship Economics

+ Continuous Change vs. Bureaucracy
+ Very interesting
+ An interesting overview of a decentralized business model
  
  











  



  
The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki

Anchor, 2005

Excellent Primer

+ Never judge a book by its cover!
+ Groups of People are Smart!
+ The Wisdom of The Wisdom of Crowds
+ An Entry Level Review
  
  











  



  
Six Thinking Hats
Edward De Bono

Penguin Books Ltd, 2000

"Hats" is a winner.

+ Approach a problem from multiple viewpoints
+ Teaches the Left Brain and Right Crossover!
+ Brief yet entertaining
  
  











  



  
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
John Allen Paulos

Hill and Wang, 2001

Very good book

+ Must-Reading
+ Good despite the self-referential inference to innumeracy
+ A Good Look at the NUMBERS!
  
  











  



  
Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues
Vincent Ruggiero

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2007

A splended, and marvelous book on ethics

+ Interesting read
+ Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues
+ Challenging inquires
  
  











  



  
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Random House, 2007

In order to be memorable, you must use SUCCES

+ A superb book for teachers and school leaders
+ Gotta Stick with it
+ good book, not a fun read
+ Useful Communication Advice
  
  











  



  
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Jim Collins

Collins Business, 2001

My Personal Number 1 Management Book

+ It was Great
+ Challenge to be Passionate
+ Good to Great experience
  
  











  



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