The Five Faces of Genius

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Summary: Breath of Fresh Air in a Very Tired Workplace
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This book will be helpful to every knowledge worker--the title should not scare off the 99% of the population that does not qualify for "genius" status.

Certainly there will be those looking for some magical way to lift themselves from obscurity, or lethargy, or oppression, that that think they are unappreciated geniuses and are simply looking for the window-dressing they need to be recognized. This book is not for them.

What this book does, in a very nice way that reminds one of Drucker's belief that the best work is work as a "calling"--work as a beloved endeavor that brings out the best we have to offer--or of the 7 Habits book that emphasizes the urgency of protecting those activities that are important but not urgent (things like family time, exercise, and freedom from the telephone--or now, email)--is "review the bidding" on five different workstyles, and how to make them better.

In a nutshell, this book is what results when Myers-Briggs and 7 Habits have children, and the children grow up to be artists. It is a good read, and at a minimum it will help *anybody* bring more reflection and more peace back into their daily work routine.

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Summary: My New Communication Bible
Review: Few times in my life have I picked up a book that was so insightful, so readable and so true that I have recommended it to almost everyone I have come into contact with. It has changed my whole outlook on understanding how to take my ideas and develop them simply by looking at them from a variety of facets and by asking the right questions.

This book has also helped me cope with people I once perceived as difficult to get through to. I have since been able to 'read' my coworkers in such a way that every exchange ends positively, not at a cross-roads like before.

Great for business, indispensable for life.

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Summary: Timeless wisdom
Review: In the business world, we are often stuck in a set way of creating solutions. This book teaches you look at that process. Through example, the author shows how visualizing success, pondering what is missing in an equation, adding two things together to make something better, stumbling accross something new and looking back to the past for solutions for the future can all lead to genius. This is a very rough account of how Annette Moser-Wellman spins a complicated web about real life wizards that have changed not only the business landscape but the way we view the world. She looks at the strategies men like Ray Kroc, Walt Disney and Alfred Nobel employed and the tools they used to achieve where no one else had acheived. It is also a guide for how to act and view the business world every day. I read it and started seeing my own creative process differently. Can you ask anything more from a book?