An edition of Practical intelligence
(2007)
Practical intelligence
the art and science of common sense
by Karl Albrecht
- 0 Ratings
- 0 Want to read
- 0 Currently reading
- 0 Have read
Share
×Close
This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Subjects
Common sense, Conduct of life, Success| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Practical intelligence: the art and science of common sense
2007, Jossey-Bass
in English
0787995657 9780787995652
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
A problem and an opportunity
Accidental intelligence : the terminal assumption
The widening smart gap?
The dumbing of America and the culture of amusement
Knows and know-nots : the new social divide
Who cares? : who needs to care?
Multiple intelligences : the possible human
IQ doesn't tell the whole story
There are at least six kinds of smart
Building out : applying theory to everyday life
Build-out 1: emotional intelligence
Build-out 2: social intelligence
The next build-out: practical intelligence
What is practical intelligence?
Thinking is a bodily function
Meet your biocomputer
Brain cycles, brainwaves, brain states, and the daily trance
Mind-modules : you have many minds?
Mind-models : your portable reality
Habits that unlock your mental capacity
Dimensions of PI : your mega-skills
Getting started : upgrading your mental software?
Mental software upgrade 1: developing mental flexibility
Are you a finished product?
Dynamic thinking and archaic thinking
You might be a mental redneck
The creative paradox
The beginner's mind : innocence and humility
The plexity scale
There is no truth, only your truth, his truth, her truth, their truth
How I learned to stop arguing with people
A new way to think about opinions
Phrases that can keep your mind open
Mental software upgrade 2 : adopting affirmative thinking
Cleaning out the attic : mental decontamination
Sensorship : choosing what you will allow into your mind
Resistance to enculturation, A.K.A. crap detecting?
Cleanse your mind with a media fast
Re-engineering your attitudes
The attitude of gratitude
The attitude of abundance
Practical altruism
Meditation, mindmovies, and affirmations
Mental software upgrade 3 : adopting sane language habits
Language as mental software : what you say is what you think
The cookie cutter effect of language
Jumping to confusions : inferential thinking
Clean and dirty language : strategies for semantic sanity
Expressions you can remove from your vocabulary
The self-conversation : cleaning up your internal dialog
Snappy comebacks : the language of funny
Mental software upgrade 4 : valuing ideas
Do you have lots of good ideas? (almost everyone does)
It slipped my mind ... (almost everything does)
The greatest thinking tool ever invented
Thinking in pictures
Are you a yes-person or a no-person?
The P.I.N. formula : protecting ideas
Using your magical incubator
Metaboxical thinking : breaking the boundaries
Mega-skill 1: bivergent thinking
The divergent-convergent polarity : the DC axis
Process consciousness : managing the pivot point
Groupthink : the collusion to fail
Brainstorming : more often talked about than done
Systematic creativity : the balancing act
Mega-skill 2: helicopter thinking
The abstract-concrete polarity : the AC axis
Visionaries and actionaries : we need both
Connecting the dots : you have to see them to connect them
Painting the big picture : mindmapping
Explaining the big picture : using the language of ideas
Mega-skill 3: intulogical thinking
The logical-intuitive polarity : the II axis
Thinking styles : yours and others
Sequential thinking : re-owning your logical abilities
Trusting your hunches : re-owning your intuitive abilities
The zen mind : flow and mindfulness
Mega-skill 4: viscerational thinking
The rational-emotive polarity : the RE axis
First we decide, then we justify : irrational thinking explained
We're all neurotic and that's ok
The five primal fears we live by : the psychology of risk
Signal reactions : disconnecting your hot buttons
Emotions and health : if it's on your mind, it's on your body
Can you motivate yourself? : the Popeye point
How to become an expert problem solver
Forget those five steps they taught you
Using heuristic (A.K.A. natural) problem solving
Your five key mindzones
The high-speed problem-solving process
Success programming : causing the outcomes you want
Using what we've learned
Mindmovies : who's producing your life's story?
Alpha programming : making the movies you want
Your life wheel : taking stock, setting priorities, and making changes.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?
| February 7, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | add more information to works |
| December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |